At Easterseals Crossroads, we incorporate art activities into our Adult Day program. Program participants really enjoy the process of working on individual and collective projects. There is often a great sense of teamwork that results in collaborative projects and our participants really enjoy the collective spirit.
Our staff enjoy experimenting with different mediums and different techniques to achieve varying results on projects. Often times, our program staff benefit from the expertise of interns and their skills sets.
Recently our Adult Day program staff and participants had the opportunity to work with Chloe Miers, an art education major at the University of Indianapolis, to create pieces of art to be used at our Celebrate Ability event. Staff and program participants (Tyler, Kathryn and Carolyn) had a wonderful experience and the project created some very special, unique pieces.

About Chloe

Painting is Chloe’s favorite medium because of its messy and experimental nature — something she loves!
Chloe was thrilled to work on this project with our Adult Day services artists; she observed happiness and joy from the participants during the process. She has worked as a volunteer previously with adults with disabilities and finds that these personal experiences have helped her build friendships and understand others more completely.
Chloe hopes to use her skills, talents and education for her long-term goals of having her own art, yoga and nature-based retreat center for children and adults, which would focus on environmental projects, therapeutic practices and workshops.

About Tyler

Tyler enjoys yoga, dancing and being with his friends. He plays guitar and loves going to church. Tyler has a fun-loving personality and sense of humor; he is story-teller and he loves spending time with his dog J’Ace. Tyler loves art and he loved working with Chloe, Amanda and Carolyn to create art for Celebrate Ability.

About Carolyn

Carolyn always wants to “do her part” and she loves to color, draw and paint. She is a very organized person and she likes to clean her closet and get rid of old clothes (and habits). Carolyn is a good friend, a hard worker and she likes to be happy.
Carolyn says she likes to “tell it like it is,” and she really enjoyed working with Chloe to make this show for Celebrate Ability.

About Kathryn

While at Easterseals Crossroads, Kathryn likes to hang out with friends, help others and make arts and crafts. She also volunteers sorting the mail and reading to others in the day program.
In the community, Kathryn enjoys going shopping, going to the library and doing crafts. She volunteers weekly at the local YMCA doing filing and at Robin Run Senior living center helping with laundry.
She said she had fun working on the paintings.

Celebrate Ability | Saturday, March 24, 2018

Indiana Roof Ballroom, 140 West Washington Street
Presented by Community Health Network, Celebrate Ability promises to be a premiere fundraising event. We take this evening to recognize the collective accomplishments of the 7,250 individuals whom we served during the year. We do this by creating awareness of our agency and the community’s need for our services during this signature event.
Join us for an amazing fundraising evening with cocktails and a terrific dinner; an art auction; a dessert buffet with live music from national recording artist Jon McLaughlin; and our guest speaker, Kat Muir, who will entertain the audience with her personal experiences living with autism.

Sponsorships, tables and individual seats are available now; contact us for information.

About Jon McLaughlin

Everything in Jon McLaughlin’s life makes its way into his music, whether he’s conscious of it or not. The artist, raised in Indiana and based in Nashville, brings all of his experiences and beliefs into each song he creates, something that is especially true now that he’s
the father of two young girls.
Jon released his debut album, Indiana, in 2007 on Island Def Jam, attracting fans with his heartfelt, hook-laden songwriting and impassioned delivery. He has released four albums in the ten years since and revealed a true evolution in both his piano playing and singing. He has played shows with Billy Joel, Kelly Clarkson and Adele; collaborated with longtime friend Sara Bareilles; co-written with Demi Lovato; and even performed at the Academy Awards in 2008.
Jon’s last album, Like Us, dropped in October 2015 via Razor & Tie, and he spent the past few years touring extensively before heading back into his Nashville studio to work on new music.
Jon’s latest project was a Christmas EP, titled Red & Green, his second release celebrating the holidays. This one, recorded with various collaborators around Nashville, features three original tunes and two covers.
As with everything he does, Jon’s goal is to create connections. He wants to translate his experiences and ideas into music that reaches fans everywhere. His passion for music and playing is evident in each note he plays.

About Kat Muir

Katharine “Kat” Muir received her Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing Science at Miami University and her Master’s degree in Bilingual Speech Pathology at Indiana
University.
Not only is Kat fluent in French, Spanish and German, she has conversational skills in Farsi,
American Sign Language and Mandarin, as well. Kat loves comparing the structure and
the way sounds differ among languages. Her love of languages is what drew her to her career as a speech-language pathologist.
Diagnosed with autism at age 22, Kat uses her quirks to her advantage — sensitive hearing is helpful for speech therapy sessions (but maybe not so much in a crowded store).
During Kat’s six years at Easterseals Crossroads, she has served as an interpreter not only between languages, but between those on and off the autism spectrum.
Kat lives in Indianapolis and enjoys horseback riding, swimming and playing the clarinet.