This chapter discusses the mission of Creative Growth to support artists with developmental disabilities, highlighting the work of artist Monica Valentine and the changing perception of this kind of art in the contemporary art scene.
Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a coming of age memoir recounting his early years in Boston, an ongoing search for forgiveness, and a more expansive definition of family and self.