April is Autism Awareness Month! You can show your support by wearing blue tomorrow. April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day and cities around the globe will be lighting things up blue! Visit http://www.lightitupblue.org/

Exciting news! Autism Speaks gave Art Now for Autism a Community Investor award! Congratulations to all of our 2009 artists and supporters! Here is the award! –>

Don’t forget the Breaking Traditions art quilt exhibit! Organizer Lynn Krawczyk has selected an autism theme for this year’s exhibit and the exhibit will support our fundraising efforts for Autism Speaks. Deadline is August 21, 2010. Visit http://www.fibraartysta.com/breakingtraditionsmain.html for all the details.

Many have asked about the Art Now for Autism 2010 exhibit and fundraiser. After a lot of thought, I have decided not to hold an exhibit this year. A variety of reasons were a part of this decision including the current economy. In the meantime, I am developing a NEW autism awareness project which I will be sure to update you on later this year. And of course, I will contact you with plans for 2011 as it gets closer.

Thank you for your support!
Claudine Intner
Art Now for Autism

Attention Fiber Artists! Exciting News! Lynn Krawczyk’s Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit will support Art Now for Autism’s fundraising efforts on behalf of Autism Speaks.

The Breaking Traditions Art Quilt Exhibit is an annual exhibit that hangs at The American Sewing Expo in Novi, Michigan. It is an open call exhibit and an excellent show opportunity which includes prizes. Breaking Traditions has become a community effort, helping to support the fundraising projects of fellow fiber/mixed media artists. Past exhibits have supported Bernie Berlin’s A Place to Bark and Virginia Spiegel’s Fiber Art for a Cause. We are honored to be selected by Lynn!

The exhibit theme is “In My Words…” Artists are encouraged to express the ways in which autism has effected their lives by making a 12 x 12 inch art quilt. If you have not been personally touched by autism, you can still participate by making a quilt in support of autism research. $10 of the $15 entry fee will be donated to Autism Speaks through Art Now for Autism. The deadline for participating is August 21, 2010. For all the details, please visit the Breaking Traditions web site.

As a little inspiration, here is my art quilt which I made several years ago for one of the Art Now for Autism exhibits. The piece is called Putting the Pieces Together. I am looking forward to making a new piece (or two!) for Breaking Traditions!