Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-188) and index.
1. The Artists among Us -- 2. Bridging Communities: Lenny Seidman -- 3. Creating in the Community: Fawn Potash -- 4. New Languages, New Connections: A. Madison Cario -- 5. The Political Act of Creating: Steven Verdad -- 6. A Web of Art: Joe Matuzak -- 7. The Value of Art: Judith Sloan -- 8. Giving Voice to the Muted: Keith Antar Mason -- 9. The Sound of People Working Together: Joseph Zitt -- 10. The Imagination's Surprises: David Estey -- 11. A Hobby at the Core of One's Life: Richard Grayson -- 12. A Non-Linear Path: Sharon Nordlinger -- 13. Writing in the Hollywood Hills: April A. Dammann -- 14. Hanging in There: Kimmika L. H. Williams-Witherspoon -- 15. The Zen of Painting: Merle Spandorfer -- 16. The Truest Part of Oneself: Akua Lezli Hope -- 17. The Need to Make Things: Gregory Maguire -- 18. Dancing from the Heart: Cheryl Pento -- 19. Finding Art's Place in One's Life: Angela Alston -- 20. The Practical and the Spiritual: Toshi Makihara -- 21. Writing from the Depths: Olivia Emet -- 22. Sustaining the Magic: Paul Nash