The Koegel Autism Center’s Creative Club will hold its fourth neurodivergent art show, by and for those who think differently.

Titled Unmasking Through Art, the show will be 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, May 30 at the Koegel Autism Center on the UC Santa Barbara campus. The event is free to attend. 

The center’s Creative Club is a community of neurodivergent adults and allies that meets weekly to share experiences, inspiration, and time with one another.

Through the art show, the Koegel Autism Center hopes to uplift neurodivergent artists and members of the greater Santa Barbara community who identify with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, epilepsy, hyperlexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, OCD, and Tourette syndrome.
 
All age groups and skill sets are welcome, and the topic behind works submitted does not need to be related to the subject of neurodiversity.

Artists, musicians and performers working with all forms of art — including painting, writing, drawing, spoken word, sculpture, music, digital work, photography, and video – are encouraged to participate in the show.

Artists will have the opportunity to place their works for sale, with 100% of the proceeds going to the artist.

Artists and performers who would like to participate should complete the registration here.

Email education-autism@ucsb.edu with any questions.

Sociologist Judy Singer, who created the term “neurodivergent,” originally intended the term to focus on the positive aspects of alternative ways of thinking and learning.

Instead of an emphasis on deficits, impairments, and disorders, her hope was to move toward understanding and embracing the diversity and capabilities of all people.

The Koegel Autism Center, at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at UCSB, led by director Dr. Ty Vernon and clinical director Dr. Anna Krasno, focuses on the development and implementation of strength-based, motivational support services, interventions, and psychological evaluations for individuals with autism and their families.