Community Tours
Ester M. Klein Art Gallery Tour
“Nurturing a Creative Spirit
in the Homeless and Mentally Ill”
Ester Klein Gallery - 3600 Market St.
Saturday, January 26, 10:30am
Tour the Esther M. Klein Art Gallery’s latest exhibition featuring the art of Coalition Ingenu. The Coalition, a small nonprofit, uses art to positively effect the lives of Philadelphians with histories of homelessness and mental illness. Coalition Ingenu works with mental health centers and support systems, homeless shelters, and rehabilitation programs to promote and encourage creativity as a means to psychological and emotional well-being; and to create a complete system for the recognition of outstanding expressions of creative energy by self-taught artists marginalized by extraordinary circumstances.
The Coalition Ingenu is the first in the Klein Gallery’s new “Art & Community Series” showcasing the artwork of small, independent community centers and grass roots organizations that use art to positively effect communities throughout the Philadelphia area. These organizations are neighborhood specific and each one offers a very unique and unfiltered glimpse into the life of our city.
Following the tour, we will walk back to the White Dog for lunch and a discussion with Robert Bullock, Director of Coalition Ingenu.
