“Extraordinary Arts for Extraordinary Kids”

A day of art and fun in Linn Park for children with disabilities ages 4 - 21

Hosted by the Mayor’s Office / ADA

Saturday, July 25, 2009
10:00 am – 12 noon OR 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Create sculptures out of recycled materials!
Paint with an artist one-on-one OR paint in a collaborative group!
Enjoy delicious complimentary food provided by Yarbrough Concessions!
Meet Birmingham Fire & Rescue officers!
Take an interactive tour at the Birmingham Museum of Art!

*To sign up, please contact Cynthia Murphy at Children’s Rehabilitative Service: 205.290.4585 or Cynthia.murphy@rehab.alabama.gov.

First come, first served (100 children maximum).

Today I painted with the most amazingly talented group of artists during an Art Partner session.  We created a painting blazing with fireworks for Birmingham’s Birthday Boy. You could see Children’s Hospital in the silhouette of “Magic City Celebrates 105th Anniversary of Vulcan”

Raised in New Orleans, now paving her own bright path in the Magic City, Laurie Kramer’s paintings are more than pleasing to the eye, they’re saturated with meaning - and since she’s dedicated to so many causes within the community, it’s a certainty that at least one of her paintings will appeal to you - the aesthetic as well as the substance.

Murals at Children’s Hospital, art projects with Hand-In-Paw, ongoing work with VSA Arts Alabama for people with disabilities - Laurie’s modern expressionistic style is apparent, but it’s what’s beneath the surface that reveals the true reason Laurie paints - to express not only herself, but also the many people who have influenced and inspired her own life.

Other organizations Laurie has partnered with include Greenvale Pediatrics, School of the Highlands, Storkland, The Humane Society, Central City Community Center, the YMCA, the YWCA, Hands On Birmingham, the popular television series Extreme Home Makeover and the Community Mural Project in New Orleans - Renew Rebuild Rebirth.
                                                                  

Ongoing Mural Project- I’ve been painting dolphins…. swimming around the room, my artwork will be printed on special material and applied to the surface of the fluoro machine to make it look like a submarine. Next door in x-ray I painted it to look like a surf shack.

Thank you for visiting my site.  It is a work in progress..  computers are fickle.  By nature so are artists. But the fact remains even artists must make peace with technology to gain the kind of exposure that would allow them to be commissioned for greatness, who wouldn’t want to paint the virtual Sistine Chapel?

   So.. please visit the site again from time to time… I will be adding many, many photos of the art I create. There is bound to be a piece you must have.  

                                    ~L.A. Kramer