Community Access to the Arts: redefining disability

Excerpt from an article by Amanda Rae Busch for Berkshire Living:

Clichés, smeeshays. Sticks & Stones mirrors, crafted by creative people with disabilities at Great Barrington’s Community Access to the Arts under the guidance of faculty artist and Cut It Out twig furnishings founder Janice Shields, are guaranteed to elicit double-takes. Made of sticks collected in Stockbridge, Mass., and polished river stones, the organic adornments send a mighty message.

16- by 18-inch frames about $125 at the Berkshire Botanical Garden Shop, Routes 102 & 183, Stockbridge, Mass., 413.298.3926; Campo de’ Fiori, 1815 N. Main St./Route 7, Sheffield, Mass., 413. 413.528.1857; Evergreen Fine American Crafts, 291 Main St., Great Barrington, Mass., 413.528.0511; Community Access to the Arts, 40 Railroad St., Great Barrington, Mass., 413.528.5485; Cut It Out by Janice Shields, 413.298.0677.