Nashua Employment and Training (NETWorks) artists to hold open house for exhibit at Daniel Webster College March 20

The public is invited to the opening reception for a unique art exhibit, “Happenings,” Sunday, March 20 from 2-5 p.m. at the Eaton-Richmond Center Gallery at Daniel Webster College, Nashua. The “Happenings” exhibition runs through March 30, 2005.

Area adults with disabilities, participants in NETWorks, will be on hand to show off their remarkable work to the public. “Happenings,” according to art director Dot Turner, is a collection of works by this wonderful group of new artists exhibiting for the first time. “Their work expresses energy and spirit from within through a combination of vibrant color, texture and design that will delight the viewer and stir the soul.” Turner, an occupational therapist by trade, began volunteering last year with clients who wanted to paint.

A woodwind trio from the New Hampshire Philharmonic will be providing music during the open house.

The artists are participants of NETWorks, Nashua Employment & Training Works, a nonprofit agency that assists developmentally disabled adults obtain jobs, learn life and social skills, and participate in community activities. NETWorks, which currently serves 34 adults from around the region through its Perimeter Road location, has been providing facility job sites and quality community activities for 18 years. Participants come from as far as Derry, Pelham, Wilton, Merrimack, and Milford. Additional individuals from the area receive services from New Hampshire Vocational Rehabilitation. For more information about NETWorks, call 603-889-0796.

For more information about the art exhibition, contact Dot Turner at 603-886-5088, Annette Kurman at 603-577-6625, or visit www.dwc.edu/news/index.shtml