An art show opening June 4 provides ample evidence that people with disabilities don't have any handicap when it comes to creating art. Works produced by seven artists with developmental disabilities and other impairments are being displayed in Western Michigan University's Unified Clinics on the third floor of the University Medical and Health Sciences Building at 1000 Oakland Drive.
Pieces run the gamut from paintings and drawings to prints and mixed media.
Some three-dimensional pieces also are included. The show's opening from 5 to 8 p.m. is being included in the Arts Council of Kalamazoo's Gallery Hop on June 4 and will let people not only see the art, but also meet the artists. The artists are clients of the Center for Disability Services, formerly the Center for Developmentally Disabled Adults. They are the first group to take part in a new center art program that started after one client requested an art class. The program now serves about 30 artists in five groups meeting twice a week.