On Friday, February 17th from 6-8 PM, Access Gallery is thrilled to host a live facilitated painting demonstration to show the power of Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.) in action. An artist/tracker pairing will work live in Access Gallery to create a 24 x 24” painting that will be available for sale. Founded over 25 years ago by visual artist Tim Lefens, A.R.T. empowers artists who lack articulate use of their hands to transcend physical limitations and share their creativity.

Thanks to generous funding received through Arts in Society, Access Gallery has brought the long-awaited, incredible Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.) program to Denver. This year, Access Gallery set up a studio at Easterseals Colorado's Vestal Center. Artists who cannot use their hands gain perfect individual control of the art-making process using technologies, studio programming, and training. In the case of Access Gallery this was accomplished in multiple ways depending on the artist's abilities. Some Access artists used a laser pointer and non-verbal cues. Others voiced their ideas and incorporated resource images found from the internet. One artist in particular physically painted onto the canvas. All of this was accomplished through the aid of a tracker; a person who is assigned to be a conduit for the artist to transfer their creative thoughts to the canvas. Access Gallery’s latest group exhibition, Heart and Soul, features work created through the A.R.T. program.