On The World With The World
A Progressive Art Studio Collective (PASC) pop-up exhibition
February 1 - 28, 2025
Institute for the Humanities Osterman Common Room, 202 S. Thayer
Gallery hours: M-F 9am-5pm
Participating artists: Sherri Bryant, Santina Dionisi, Julianne Dombrowski, Robert Duncombe, Christopher Evans, Lewis Foster, Tiffany Foster, David Harris, Rodney Hudson, Shawn Jackson, Joseph Lucas II, Richard Marshall, Ryan McDonagh, Nathaniel McNeal Jr, Keisha Miller, Vanessa Montgomery, Alsendoe Owens, John Peterson, Bruce Rice, Dale Roberts, Thomas Saunders, Stephan Tatum, Jeremy Taylor, Promise Vos and Lauren Williams
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About the exhibition
On The World With The World is an exhibition of 40 artworks by over 24 artists from the Progressive Art Studio Collective (PASC) program. PASC is the first progressive art studio and exhibition program in Detroit and Wayne County dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences to advance artistic practices and build individual careers in the art and design fields.
This exhibition introduces the PASC program, and the wide range of styles and ways of working that drive this community of artists, to the Ann Arbor community. The exhibition is hung salon style, referencing the communal character of the Osterman Common Room as a social gathering space. It intends to bring engaged people together for conversation on art, disabilities, and questions of access in the art world.
PASC embraces the philosophy that creating an artwork is an expressive and communal act whereby an individual communicates their unique perspective on the world with the world.
This project was made possible in part by a grant from the U-M Arts Initiative.
About the artist
PASC was launched in January 2021 as the first progressive art and design studio, and exhibition program, in Detroit and Wayne County, dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences to advance independent artistic practices and build individual career paths in the art and design fields.
PASC is a program of Services to Enhance Potential (STEP) a non-profit service organization, founded in 1972, that provides services and supports for 1300+ individuals with disabilities and mental health differences in Southeastern Michigan. STEP’s mission is to support individuals in the pursuit of their chosen goals and to achieve personal satisfaction in their lives.
PASC is supported with grants from Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC). As well as donations for foundations and individuals.
