An art exhibit, New Muralism: Inclusive Visions of Self and Place, opens this week at Channing Peake Gallery in the County Administration Building, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture has announced.

The exhibit features creations from six artists who work out of Slingshot/Alpha Art Studio, a progressive art center that supports artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Santa Barbara County.

An opening reception with artist representatives Slingshot Gallery director Jessica Schlobohm, and Tomas Pazderka, Office of Arts and Culture curator will be part of the 1st Thursday Art Walk. 5-7 p.m., March 7.

Ten mural-scale works rendered from the artists’ original work to the size of the gallery panels will be featured.

The intention is to “surround the viewer in the artists’ vision of themselves and the worlds they occupy or imagine,” Schlobohm explained.

For more than a decade, Slingshot has supported artists with IDD by facilitating their artistic practice and advancing their recognition and inclusion within the local community and the broader field of contemporary art.

“Norms, culture and history shape how we all see ourselves, our world, and our place within it,” Schlobohm said. “The diverse experiences of those who live with disabilities can reframe our assumptions and offer alternative visions for us to consider.

“Notably, these works begin to challenge our familiar distinctions between the person and the landscape, the real and the imagined, and our internal reality versus that of the external world.”