Yale Center for British Art and Chapel Haven Create Public Art and Raise Autism Awareness

29 February – 6 March – Newsletter:

On Saturday, February 20, the Yale Center for British Art and Chapel Haven(link is external), a residential school and independent living facility for people with cognitive and social disabilities, brought together groups of individuals of different ages and abilities to create art and raise autism awareness. The day’s activities included building a bird sanctuary with potted flowers and making free-form sculptures on the grounds of Chapel Haven. The participants also painted a mural that will be on display at Woolsey Hall on April 2, World Autism Awareness Day, and subsequently in one of the Center’s classrooms. Linda Friedlaender, Senior Curator of Education at the Center, and Tina Menchetti, Art Director at Chapel Haven, organized the event with Mackenzye Smith (PC ’18), Lauren Tucker (ES ’18), and Zachary Williams (DC ‘17) from Students for Autism Awareness at Yale (SAAY).