Art Dialogue Gallery is a longstanding community asset. Prominently visible at the confluence of Franklin, Linwood, and North streets, its location is often only glimpsed in passing one of three directions on the circuitous routes to destinations citywide.

Art is the produce of the ego, the self as distinguished from others, between the person and reality. The goal of making art facilitated in a session with an art therapy program participant is to inspire the person to reawaken or maintain his or her ego, using the art activity as a force to sustain an experience of individuality, which allows for a personal contribution to artistic expression and communication. Over many years as an art specialist to special needs populations, especially adult daycare participants, I have often displayed work created during program activities. Observations from visitors to exhibits are sometimes framed along the lines of, “The work is interesting, but it isn’t really art, is it?” or ”It’s awesome, but have you found a way to market it?”