Senior Empowerment: Art by New and Seasoned Artists, an exhibition curated by Sculpture + Expanded Media junior Emmy Corsaro, will feature a wide range of art created by seniors living in Northeast Ohio retirement and nursing home communities.

Corsaro led more than a dozen workshops, during which participants were guided through the processes of weaving, watercolor and acrylic painting. They were encouraged to embrace the action of making, allowing them to express creativity in a comfortable environment.

Seniors from the following communities took part: Judson Park in Cleveland; Kemper House in Highland Heights; Breckenridge Village in Willoughby; and Mentor Ridge and The Preserve in Mentor. Corsaro is pursuing a career in art therapy and has worked with residents at Mentor Ridge as an activities assistant for nearly four years.

In addition to the collection of work by seniors, Corsaro will present one of her own sculptural pieces made specifically for this exhibition, tying into her emotional experiences working in this field. In Corsaro’s studio practice, she works with fiber and found objects to make creatures that represent the stages and grief and emotions that go alongside them. Her creatures evoke object empathy within the observer and illustrate the love that goes into their making.

An opening reception for Senior Empowerment: Art by New and Seasoned Artists will be held from 4:30 to 6:30pm Friday, May 16 at Judson Park’s George A. Streeter Gallery (2181 Ambleside Drive, Cleveland). An artist talk will be held the same day from 4 to 4:30pm in Judson Park’s Audra L. Rose Art Studio.

Garage parking and entry are available at the Ambleside Drive entrance. There will be a sign-in at the reception desk there, and the receptionist can then direct visitors to Streeter Gallery. If the receptionist has stepped away from the desk, there is a phone there to contact security.

This exhibition will be on view from May 16 through June 6. Streeter Gallery is open daily from 9am to 8pm.To arrange a visit, call Judson receptionist Susan Gillespie at 216-791-1234.

Senior Empowerment: Art by New and Seasoned Artists was created through CIA's Creativity Works program, which is made possible by the generous support of the Fenn Educational Fund and the G.R. Lincoln Family Foundation. Creativity Works is a self-initiated internship program with the goal of supporting a student's professional development. Participating students create proposals that align with their long-term professional goals.

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