Wall to wall originals

Dream to Create art program set to unveil inaugural exhibition at Mount Gambier’s Little Blue Wren Gallery

An exhibition featuring original artwork created by local people living with disabilities involved in the art program Dream to Create, will be held at Little Blue Wren Gifts & Art.

To be launched this Friday, Bring Your Imagination to Life is a free, public exhibition displaying a range of artwork including, drawings, paintings, sculptures, woodburning and more completed across a range of different mediums by participants in the local program offered by Dream to Create. This is the first year the event is being held.

“At Little Blue Wren we believe that the arts have the capacity to brings us all together; it changes us and changes our communities. Therefore, we want the arts, and our space to be accessible to everyone,” gallery owner, Gareth Williams said. “To this end, we have partnered with Dream to Create, and have been showcasing one artist from their program on a rotating basis every fortnight, displaying their work in our gallery.

“Hosting a dedicated Dream to Create exhibition was a natural progression of this idea, and an opportunity for the families and communities of these artists to come in and celebrate the program participant’s creativity.”

Dream to Create manager Jodi said the organisation was proud to be able to show the artworks to the wider community through this exhibition.

“Art is a creative outlet for many of our clients and this exhibition provides an opportunity for our clients to share their passion with the wider community,” she said.

Dream to Create is an organisation based in Mount Gambier which provides opportunities for people with disabilities to come together to create art and craft in a fun community setting. The structured program is a practical, beneficial, and unique alternative to day options and is aimed to develop participants’ creativity, confidence, independence, communication and social skills.

“Here at Dream to Create, we believe in the abilities of the people that we support. We are proud to provide the opportunity for self-expression through our programs and we are proud to encourage creativity and watch the artists flourish,” Jodi said.

A majority of the pieces on show are available to purchase, with 100% of the proceeds from every piece sold going directly back to the artists who created it.

The exhibition will be open to the public until May 18.