In 2001, I developed a community driven art and music program for adolescent youth. Growing up in a rural community I could see that access to negative influences, such as drinking, drugs, excessive speed, and partying, were far more prevalent than access to positive influences, like the arts. I identified the problem when my own teenagers were in high school, the same high school I attended, and the arts were still not available….funding cuts. Sports were available for the “sport” driven teen but nothing was available for the “arts” driven teen. So I campaigned to make it mandatory for the community to provide these opportunities. I truly believe that creativity in it’s “unlived” form is addiction.
Ada Lovmo is a multi medium artist and has been facilitating Expressive Arts and mental health programs since 2001. She is a self taught musician and a producing artist. Her independent art studies have taken her to Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Atlin B.C., Thailand, Norway, Greece, and Italy. She is a mother to three and a grandmother of four.
Through her art she explores the human condition with her chalk pastel portraits and multi medium Social statement works. She has been producing community murals, as well as being involved with three of Lewis Lavoie and Phil Alain’s Mural Mosaics. Her work has been shown at various locations, including Grande Prairie, Edmonton and Vancouver.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
