Every week Patch spotlights a small business and this week it's a well-known organization that has consistently supported community artistic efforts and using that creative output to boost self-esteem and wellness.
Name of business: Art Without Walls, Inc.
Owner: Sharon Lippman
Job title: Executive Director
When were you founded?
Established in 1985 in Sayville.
How did your business come to be?
After having a stroke I realized how alienated individuals in hospitals and health institutions who are seriously ill or disabled from mainstream cultural events and programs.
Why did you choose the community you're in?
This organization is metropolitan based ,but being in the suburbs and isolated from major cultural programs it filled a void that is not addressed.
What do you offer customers?
We offer the public innovative and original art and cultural projects that are unique with never duplicated services for mainstream as well as the disabled community.
What do you want your business to be known for?
Best known for creating individual programs that build self-esteem help toward wellness and advance educational enrichment for children through seniors.
What is your most popular product or services?
Public Space Exhibitions
Cultural Trips
Historical and Social Art Exhibitions
Professional Art Consultant
Fine Art Classes, children ages seven through 18
Art Therapy
Fine Art Classes for Children With Various Disabilities and Illnesses.
For more information on Art Without Walls call 631-567-9418 or
email artwithoutwalls@msn.com.
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