Author name: tagonline

Heidi Happenings – Fall 2025

The WAE Open and Beyond. When I had the idea of doing a juried art show called the WAE Open, my hopes were that it would become an all-inclusive cornerstone exhibition for Heidi Gallery. Now in its 4th year, the WAE Open has become that and so much more...
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Teaching Tech: Education and Fun with Our JESPY House Partner

Life | Home | Tech (LHT) has been busy teaching enabling technology classes to clients of JESPY House, one of several community partners. It has been a rewarding experience to bring technology solutions for daily and independent living to more people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Heidi Happenings – July 2025

Creativity has no boundaries. Drawing, painting, sculpting, designing, building, writing, acting, dancing, cooking; the list is endless. However, some people see creativity through a lens that presents a narrow definition. The phrases often used to describe this are ‘I can’t draw’, or ‘I can’t paint’. The counterpoint to this is that we are all creative, in some way, shape, or form.
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Threads Artwork by Joan Carter

Heidi Happenings – January 2025

I am often asked: ‘how does Heidi Gallery impact WAE members?’, by visitors to the Gallery here at the JSDD building…the gallery often being their first port of call. It just so happens that the perfect answer to that query has recently presented itself!
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