09/25/2024
Hi All- long but worth the read if you care about disability awareness & how - Art Empowers!
Celebrating my one year anniversary and had to share -
I am thr Director of Development & Operations for a growing nonprofit in SB. My boss is a 26 year old quadriplegic who lost the use of her limbs overnight by a random virus attacking her spine on her 17th birthday.
(She did theater with Riva Brody in Jr. high, it could have been my child or yours)
She was a 3 instrument musician SBHS DONS - ONCE A DON ALWAYS A DON
Art empowers!
Instead of going to Berklee School of Music for college she had to go to Craig Hospital and learn to live in a wheelchair.
Learning to paint with her mouth saved her life. She went on to graduate UCSB College of Creative Studies with a degree in music composition , composing with her mouth
Art empowers!
Gracie Fisher founded and is the Creative Director of Grace Fisher Foundation offering FREE arts programs in La Cumbre Plaza at the inspirational Inclusive Arts Clubhouse for people of ALL abilities.
Arts impowers!
I am sharing this with you today to ask to join us
- Who do you work for that could be a corporate sponsor?
- Who can donate to our one of a kind annual event a Winter Musical Showcase at the The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara on Dec. 7th. ?
This event celebrates the holiday spirit & disability awareness and keeps our free programming sustainable.
Join us in empowering people with disabilities through the arts!
- Buy a ticket to the amazing event through the Granada box office.
- Let me know where to send a sponsorship letter. šš»
- Or donate here:
Thanks to your support we can continue to provide free programs for people of all abilities! The mission of the Grace Fisher Foundation is to connect people living with disabilities to music, art, dance, and other forms of artistic expression in order to provide an accessible space for community inc...