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DECADE.

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>>>  AN AWARD CELEBRATING

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ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ARTS,

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RECENTLY GIVEN OUT TO THE 2023

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RECIPIENT. AN ANNUAL AWARD

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PRESENTED BY ARTS MIDWEST FOR

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MIDWESTERN ARTIST 'S WITH

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DISABILITIES. HOW

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CORRESPONDENCE INTRODUCES US TO

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US THIS YEAR'S ONLY CHICAGO

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RECIPIENT.

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>> VISUAL ARTIST  MATT CLARK

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GIVES HIM A VOICE.

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>> THAT SORT OF POWER GIVEN

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BACK TO ME,

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I THINK WITH THIS

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MOMENT OF TRANSITION FOR ME.

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>> THE POWER HE REFERS TO COMES

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AS A RESULT OF HARD WORK AFTER

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BEING DIAGNOSED WITH WHAT'S

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DESCRIBED AS AN INVISIBLE

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DISABILITY.

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>> WHEN WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS

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ABOUT DISABILITY  IT'S VERY

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OFTEN THESE VISIBLE

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DISABILITIES AS THEY GET A LOT

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OF ATTENTION SO THEN WHAT

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HAPPENS IS THE INVISIBLE

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DISABILITY , IT'S HARDER TO

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BELIEVE.  SOMETIMES THERE'S THE

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STIGMAS THAT EXIST  BEHIND

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MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE PEOPLE

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SAY THINGS LIKE PULL YOURSELF

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UP  BY THE BOOTSTRAPS OR WORK

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THROUGH THE SADNESS. MAN UP.

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THERE'S NOTIONS THAT WE SHOULD

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BE ABLE TO MOVE BEYOND THIS

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BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE IT.  I WAS

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DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOAFFECTIVE

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DISORDER. IT'S TWO PARTS,

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WINNING THE LOTTERY OF MENTAL

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HEALTH.  YOU GET THE MIXTURE OF

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SCHIZOPHRENIA  AND A MOOD

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DISORDER  SO I GET SEVERE

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DEPRESSION. I WAS DIAGNOSED

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AFTER A SERIES OF MISDIAGNOSIS

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TRYING TO WORK THROUGH WHAT WAS

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GOING ON  AND IT WAS PROBABLY

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18 YEARS AGO NOW.

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>> THAT SAID, THE COMMUNITY OF

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OTHER DISABLED ARTISTS  HELPED

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HIM TO FIND A SPACE .

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>> I WAS WORKING WITH THE

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COUNSELOR .  THEY DID ENCOURAGE

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ME SINCE I WAS MAKING ART

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BEFORE , THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO

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USE IT  AND TALK ABOUT THIS

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BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS

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THAT IS MOST DIFFICULT FOR ME

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WHEN I'M IN MY WORST STATE.

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WHEN I CAN NO LONGER VERBALIZE

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WHAT I'M SAYING. FROM THERE

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THEY WANT TO ME TO USE HEALING

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ART TO TALK  SO TO SHARE MY

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EXPERIENCES BUT IN A VISUAL

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FORM.

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>> THE EXPERIENCE WAS GROWING

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UP IN THE CHURCH.

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>> I GREW UP IN A RELIGIOUS

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ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.  WHEN I

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WAS REALLY YOUNG  AND FIRST

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DIAGNOSED THERE WERE DOCTORS

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THAT WERE SAYING  I NEEDED TO

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REPENT OF MY SINS , I NEEDED TO

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DO THE RELIGIOUS THING WHICH

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HAD NO  ROLE IN WHAT I WAS

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EXPERIENCING. THAT  CAME

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PROBLEMATIC AS WELL.

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>> WITH THE HELP OF  OIL PAINT,

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HE BROUGHT HIS EXPERIENCES TO

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LIFE  AND CELEBRATING

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DISABILITIES BOTH VISIBLE  AND

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THE INVISIBLE.

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>> RELIGION  PLAYS A PART IN

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THE WORK  THAT I SEE IT MORE

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CRITICALLY. THE FIGURES I USED

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TO WORK ARE OFTEN THE NET

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OBSTINATE. RELIGIOUS FIGURES

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UNDER DIFFERENT THINGS. I COULD

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PULL UP THESE  SORT OF STORIES

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FROM HISTORY  THAT HAVE BEEN

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HANDED DOWN TO US AND EVOLVED

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THROUGH VISUAL ART AND I COULD

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POSE THE QUESTION AGAIN . THIS

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PERSON HEARD VOICES.  THEY

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DANCED IN THE STREET. THEY DID

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ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD

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GET THEM INSTITUTIONALIZED

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TODAY  WHY DO WE VENERATE THEM

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AS THE SAME TIME  WE TREAT THE

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PEOPLE IN OUR HOME NOW?  THEY

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MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR

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THINGS.  WHY CAN'T WE TREAT

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THEM WITH HUMANITY? EVERYONE

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EXPERIENCES  MADNESS

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DIFFERENTLY.  CERTAINLY FOR

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SOME PEOPLE  THIS IS HELPFUL.

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MEDICATIONS CAN BE HELPFUL.

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THEY MAY NEED IT.  SO TO

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CATEGORICALLY DISMISS THE POWER

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OF ART WOULD  BE PROBLEMATIC.

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>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT .

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>> EACH AWARD HE RECEIVED $3000