Art in Hand

Art in Hand  
Gold Country (Nevada City/Grass Valley)

Art in Hand has a vision of creating portable art supply kits that can be used to engage the public in art-making. These kits will offer an easy and reproducible way to create personal connections. With a guiding principle of radical inclusion, the project will examine how to engage myriad populations, including people with developmental disabilities and people with mobility limitations. Art in Hand looks to counteract the epidemic of loneliness and the societal norm of screen time. We plan to experiment with giving people we engage with a small supply of art supplies to keep so they can become agents of art engagement. We will spend one year developing this program with rigorous documentation so the project is reproducible elsewhere.