Throughout its history of providing creative art services and art therapy to individuals with disabilities, the nonprofit has moved nearly every decade, often due to climbing rent prices, each time having to navigate finding a safe location that is fully accessible.
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The show, titled “Able ARTS Work Variety Hour” is a collaboration with Able ARTS Works, a Long Beach non-profit that uses creative arts therapies, such as music, singing, painting and other activities to help adults with disabilities reach their individual social, educational and developmental goals.
The hour-long broadcast Friday will mostly feature original music by the Able ARTS Work students, most of which was tracked during quarantine, and an interview with local folk musician Katie Jo. Future shows will include poetry, podcasts and other creative auditory works by the artists.
The new variety show show is an offshoot of a radio program Able ARTS Works launched months ago, a student-staff collaborative virtual stream program titled ArtBeat Radio that featured videos, original music, songs and poetry.