Clay And Art Exhibit at The Aacil

My name is Sadashi Inuzuka. I'm a professor at the School of Art and Design, University of Michigan. What's beautiful about clay is you can add a lot here, take away a lot here, you can destroy, smash, and start over and it just works. It's 3-dimensional so it works so it works together It's the texture and the ability to work with clay. Myself I'm legally blind, and art really helped me art really helped me to my life, not only helped my career without art I don't think I'd be here through art I could see lots of things and I do things, I think differently So I wanted other people who have a disability to have the same benefit I have and I just want to share. He is autistic he has autism he is just a natural, wonderful artist it's amazing what I see this in every session... This class kind of helped me not focus on the outcome as much as the process. And it's helping me even in my daily life. I have to make my doctor appointments sometimes it's really hard because sometimes it's really hard even getting out of bed so when I call for a taxi I have to make sure that I have my book in front just like I did with this. I had a book, something to go by so... something to go by, so I learning that again. Clay is very therapeutic, it keeps me distracted from my everyday things that I have to do. Sometimes I braile tutor at the schools in Ann Arbor and sometimes its a little bit tiring to get up each day in the morning so this just relaxes my stresses. So this is like a -- she doesn't speak so this is like love, right? Sign language. And then it's like paintings, that she does. It's just great for them to create something I think it's probably empowering for a lot of people here. the fact that they can do that I think too that - I was really impressed with the people who had visual disabilities the things that they were able to create, as well... It just gives them an outlet something that we get to experience on a daily basis but they might not be able to it's a great thing for them too be able to do that and they can take away and show people that they made that and share that with other people. They worked together so well -- it's beautiful to watch. We are very fortunate to have video partnership between the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living. And we thank everyone for thier time.