The Absolute Gallery in Old Town Lansing is highlighting the work of a several local, autistic artists including the work of Scott Fargus, an autistic Okemos High School graduate.
According to excerpts from the article:
The recent Okemos High School graduate’s paintings are bright and bold and often labeled by others as “abstract” or resembling the Cubist style of Pablo Picasso.
“His artwork is affirmation that we all come with gifts,” says his mother, Esther Onaga. Fargus and his mother celebrated those gifts at the opening reception of Absolute Gallery’s “Autism: Communication through Art,” an exhibit featuring colored pencil, crayon, acrylic and watercolor workby eight students with autism from throughout Michigan.
“Autism is such a popular buzz word lately, and it’s my hopes to show people, through art, what it’s all about,” said Kathy Holcomb, owner of Absolute Gallery.
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