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Inclusion and Diversity

This portfolio is a visual response to my lived experience as a parent of a multiply handicapped child.
I wondered “What would heaven be like for our son: “Would it be a place where he was made physically and mentally whole or would it be an accepting, friendly home in which his disabilities did not matter; he would be loved and accepted despite his limitations. It would be a community in which a diversity of people lived in joy and contentment with their Creator.”

Dreams of Heaven #1
H:69cm x W:1.7m
Fabric applique
Evelyn Martin 1996.

Dreams of Heaven #2
H:69cm x W:1.7m
Fabric applique
Evelyn Martin 1996

(A modified  version of Dreams of Heaven #2  hangs in the Alberta Govt. office of Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities)

We Belong Together
D:25cm
Watercolour
Evelyn Martin 1991

This watercolour was recreated as a large round fabric work  [D:60cm] that hangs in the offices of the Alberta Govt. Services to Persons with Developmental Disabilities.1998

Celebrating Community
D:23cm
Watercolour
Evelyn Martin 1995

Commissioned by Gateway Association for Community Living to celebrate 20 years of family support, inclusion advocacy and action. .