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PASADENA—“ Angel Frames: a collection of very special art ” opens July 8th at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, 145 N. Raymond Ave., and continues through September 3, 2006. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 8th in the Community Room from 2-4 p.m., with a special presentation to be held at 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Funded by Target and the Rowe and Gayle Giesen Trust, “Angel Frames” is the result of an eight-week art therapy project held at Villa Esperanza Services in Pasadena. Four local professional artists worked with Villa’s special needs children on a variety of art pieces ranging from layered collage work to large fresco-like canvases. The artists worked with the children on a weekly basis to increase their self-expression. Art therapy provides our children with a means to communicate their thoughts and feelings, wants and needs, fears and concerns. Villa Esperanza Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to the care and education of over 1050 disabled children, adults and seniors and their families in 41 locations in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Founded in Pasadena in 1961 by a group of mothers who believed their developmentally disabled children deserved quality care and education, the program was named Villa Esperanza, “House of Hope,” in 1966. Villa’s mission is to provide Love, Care and Hope to individuals with disabilities by developing model programs to meet the needs of children and adults with developmental disabilities and vulnerable, at-risk adults and seniors, finding the right program to fit the needs of each individual, and creating a support system for their families.
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Villa Esperanza Services Presents Art Exhibition Created by Children with Special Needs at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena 
The exhibition gives Villa’s children the opportunity to reach out to the community, including the larger corporate and artistic community, by putting a positive face on disability. This year Angel Frames will be showcased at the Armory Center for the Arts, Cartoon Network corporate headquarters, and other locations in the greater Los Angeles area. 
