Every Child is a Work of Art

Every Child is a Work of Art – A New Exhibit at the Pontiac Creative Arts Center

Art&Soul of Oakland County is a traveling photo exhibit that has partnered with nationally recognized photographers to capture the SOUL of the child looking for their forever family. As this local photo exhibit travels for the next year, we ask you to help locate exhibit venues, adopt or foster a child, make a donation, or just help spread the word and share the stories of these courageous children.

To support and keep the conversation alive, Art&Soul provides a visual booklet to keep in your purse or pocket to empower your sharing. Together we can build a movement where our community takes action and believes, Every Child is a Work of Art.

Art&Soul of Oakland County is proud to present Dobrusin Law Firm as our camera sponsor for the opening reception on August 5, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A camera is a powerful tool. Photography is an art. The gift of a camera is priceless and can forever touch the hearts and lives of the Art&Soul children. Every child featured is gifted a Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Camera. Thank you Dobrusin Law Firm.

Art&Soul launched May 6 at Orchards Children’s Services Signature Event in front of 400 people.  The exhibit then traveled to r.collective salon in Clawson, Rochester Hills Public Library and after the show travels to Pontiac Creative Arts Center during the month of August it will travel to the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center.  Please visit Orchards Children’s Services website link to Art&Soul of Oakland County  http://www.orchards.org/?page_id=1597  to schedule an exhibit or make a donation.

The BEST NEWS is people are calling and inquiring about adoption.

Art&Soul of Oakland County is more than a photo exhibit; it is a celebration designed to cause new possibilities to unfold.

Art&Soul is about activating a movement and a shift in thinking to increase awareness and action in the domain of adoption.

This initiative shares the stories and images of unforgettable children – capturing not just their souls, but reaching out to touch the essence of every human being – potential moms and dads, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers, cousins and classmates.

We believe that once our community sees these children and learns their stories – the art will capture the soul, and the viewers – you – will NOT be able to unsee them – and in that moment, a new awareness will open up and new possibilities will begin to unfold – as people consider adoption, or tell friends and family how they were touched, refer friends and colleagues, and more and more people are invited into this new conversation for “forever families”.

The children we are honoring in this particular exhibit currently reside in state foster care, awaiting a permanent loving family.

Each photograph has been taken by a nationally recognized, award-winning photographer – the final art is produced by printing the images on stretched canvas, which magically makes more real, the essence of each child, and launches the soul-searching of the viewer.

We invite you to experiencing the Art&Soul of these family-less children, and develop a resolve to share what you see here, and invite others into this conversation for generating a movement we call “Forever Families”.

As this local photo exhibit travels for the next year, we ask you to help locate exhibit venues, adopt or foster a child, make a donation, or just help spread the word and share the stories of these courageous children.

To support and keep the conversation alive, Art&Soul provides a visual booklet to keep in your purse or pocket to empower your sharing.