Rockford Art Museum presents NO BOUNDARIES, an exciting day of fine arts experiences for people of all ages with disabilities on Saturday, Dec. 15, from noon to 4 p.m. inside Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main St., Rockford. Free admission, families welcome. No registration required. Partners include Rockford Park District, Rockford Dance Company and Rockford Symphony Orchestra.

This free event features a special performance at noon by Chance to Dance. Activities begin at 1 p.m. and are designed for visitors of all ages and abilities. These include Full Circle: Little City Foundation art exhibition at Rockford Art Museum; hands-on art projects with The Arc, Easter Seals Autism Therapeutic School, Rockford Park District Arts For All, Little City Foundation, Milestone and RAM; a musical instrument "petting zoo"; dance workshops with Rockford Dance Company; and theater workshops ("Be an Actor or an Actress: Put Yourself on Stage"). Participating organizations include RAM, Rockford Park District, Rockford Dance Company, Rockford Symphony Orchestra, The Arc, AgeQuake Theatres, Barbara Olson Center of Hope, Belvidere Park District, Easter Seals Autism Therapeutic School, Freeport Park District, Guzzardo Music, Little City Foundation, Milestone, and The Autism Program (T.A.P.).

For more information contact Stacey Sauer at RAM, (815) 972-2874, ssauer@rockfordartmuseum.org; or Jordan McDonald at RPD, (815) 987-1609, jordan.mcdonald@rockfordparkdistrict.org. This event is part of the educational programming for RAM exhibition Full Circle: Little City Foundation, on view through Jan. 6 and sponsored by the Thomas and Kathleen Laird Family Foundation.

FULL CIRCLE: LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION | OCT 5, 2012–JAN 6, 2013
The Center for the Arts at Little City Foundation in Palatine, Ill., has long recognized that creativity knows no boundaries. For more than 20 years this dynamic organization has empowered and challenged people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through its innovative fine art program. Full Circle celebrates the notable achievements of these gifted but often-unrecognized Little City artists, and explores the ways in which they use art to communicate. About 100 works of art are on view, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, computer-generated images and videos – plus a 40-foot mural created by the talented artists who work out of Little City's award-winning Center for the Arts.

The exhibition and its related educational programming are sponsored by the Thomas and Kathleen Laird Family Foundation; and partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Full Circle is organized by Rockford Art Museum, guest curated by Patty Rhea, and on view through Jan. 6 at RAM, located inside Riverfront Museum Park for the Arts and Sciences at 711 North Main Street in downtown Rockford. The museum is open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular admission is $7 for adults, $3 for students and seniors, free for children 11 and younger, and free for museum members. Donation Day is every Tuesday. For more information call (815) 968-2787 or log on to rockfordartmuseum.org.

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