untitled by Aaron Valentin
This past Saturday, my friend Laurie Markiewicz co-produced the show Across the Board: Artists for Autism Awareness. Participating artists designed their own skateboards and created incredible works of art available for sale at the Soapstone Gallery in New York City. A portion of the proceeds from the sales went towards Autism Speaks, an organization that promotes advocacy and research towards treatments for Autism. The show was a huge success for Laurie, who’s son Jack was diagnosed with PDD-NOS(a non-specified type of autism). Since his diagnosis, Laurie has been a fierce advocate for educating the public about autism.
While many of the skateboards did sell, there are still some available for purchase with partial proceeds going to Autism Speaks. You can view all the available boards here and contact Laurie at laurie.markiewicz@gmail.com.
