artAbility

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Expression through art

artAbility is a student-led project supported by the Idaho CDHD in collaboration with the Self-Advocates of Moscow (SAM).

The project was created in 2014 to encourage adults with disabilities to express themselves through participation in art workshops with local art instructors and University of Idaho student supports.

artAbility 2025-26

Workshops

Each year, participants take part in a series of art workshops. Each one focuses on a different art technique, creating opportunities to learn about different ways of self-expression. Topics have included clay, expressing emotion through color, outdoor oil painting, collage, Native American culture and drumstick making, wood sculptures and more.

Sessions are led by local artists and our Project Coordinator, with University of Idaho students providing a helping hand.

We would like to thank Stepping Stones, Inc for funding this year's workshops. Without your generosity, artAbility would not be possible.

Schedule

  Disability: Let's talk about it seminar:
Sept 4, 2025, 6-7 pm, UI ISUB Buildling (PDF)

Email Sofia Bronaugh for more information or call
208 885 6000.
 

Meet our Project Coordinator

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Sofia Bronaugh will be the Project Coordinator for the artAbility project this year. She joined the CDHD as a trainee last fall. Last year she was acting as a peer mentor for our Vandal QUEST program, or you may recognize her from Movement in the Park. She joined Isabella and Emily over the summer as a student instructor.

Sofia is originally from San Diego, California, but has come to the University of Idaho to study secondary education.

You can email Sofia (sbronaugh@uidaho.edu) for information on the workshops or any other artAbility questions.