Lexington Herald-LeaderDavid Minton
Sun, Dec. 29, 2002
Her art disproves her 'disability' Carnegie Center exhibits drawings once dismissed as 'scribblings'
Next Sunday, after we've sorted through the lineups of winter and spring shows galleries have
sent us, we'll bring you a selective and subjective forecast of which ones appear the most promising in the coming months.
In the meantime, here's what is interesting in the immediate future:
Beverly Baker: Recent Work, opens Jan. 9 at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West Second Street.
Beverly Baker: Recent Work, opens Jan. 9 at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 251 West Second Street.
"The fact that Beverly is considered by some to have a most significant developmental disability does not diminish or trivialize her efforts," writes Latitude, an agency dedicated to helping people with disabilities gain autonomy over their lives.
"Beverly Baker is an artist, period," says Latitude co-owner Crystal Bader. "Beverly uses Latitude in precisely the same way as any artist would use her own studio. We provide an assortment of media for her to choose from, and the rest is up to her."
Baker received an Independent Artist Professional Development Grant in the spring from the Kentucky Arts Council. She had a solo show in The President's Room in the Singletary Center for the Arts in April.
Baker's mother, Wanda Baker, is quoted as saying she used to consider her daughter's drawings mere "scribblings" -- until the Latitude staff told her it was art: "People used to ask for one of her drawings, and we'd say, 'Sure, take one.' But now we say, 'Here's how much it costs.'"
Reception: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9. On view through Feb. 15. Carnegie Center phone: 254-4175.
Reception: 5 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9. On view through Feb. 15. Carnegie Center phone: 254-4175.
