By Lacey Ezekiel

Art comes in all shapes and sizes. Artists with disabilities and chronic illnesses will be able to showcase their art in a Creative Campus-sponsored art show at Harrison Galleries located on University Boulevard. The opening show is today from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m.

“This is a registered in Capstone Creed Week event,” said Amanda Barnes, lead intern for the project. “Having the art show at Harrison Gallery will allow the artist to have a larger range of publicity for their art.”

The art show will be in the gallery until March 23, and it will be open for the public to come.

The show will feature art from Trisston Wright Burrows, Ricky Trione and three UA students who are registered with the Office of Disability Services.

The students that are registered with the ODS were contacted through Creative Campus to submit artwork in hopes of being able to present their artwork.

Trione, a blind artist is from Fairhope, will be showcasing textures that are inspired from Gulf Shores in nautical themes. He was a signature artist at last year’s Unbound and was asked to come back this year.

Burrows, Miss Wheelchair America 2005, is a native of Birmingham. She will have landscape and abstract paintings that she has created on display.

Three Capstone students’ artwork will also be displayed in the gallery. These students’ will have a collection of photos, paintings and some mix media.

Creative Campus Assembly, under the Creative Campus Initiative, started Unbound Art Show for the disability and chronic illnesses. The student organization explores arts initiatives in a hands-on way as described on the Creative Campus Web site.

“Unbound is a celebration of artist and arts participation,” Barnes said.

There are two lead interns who have been working with Unbound Art Show, Michael Wynn and Barnes. They are also both officers for Creative Campus Assembly. They will be at the art show to bring both community members and the artist social networking.

Jim Harrison of Harrison Gallery said Wynn contacted him to inquire about hosting Unbound for 2010. He said this is Harrison Galleries’ first time to host the Unbound Art Show, but it is not the first time to host a handicap exhibit.

“We are happy to provide a venue and make the show successful,” said Jim Harrison, who owns the Harrison Galleries. “We hope that we will be asked again to participate again.”

Wynn said the concept for Unbound came about two years ago when the Creative Campus Assembly was looking for an event to be known by. He said it made sense for the primarily art-based assembly to do an art show, and he wanted to represent an underrepresented part of the art community.

“They’re overcoming these disabilities, and it’s really remarkable that they’re putting out this quality of work under such circumstances,” Wynn said.

Wynn said he was happy to have both Burrows, and Trione, especially since Trione was part of last year’s Unbound exhibit.

“He’s a close friend of one of the members of the student association, so he was more than happy to do it,” Wynn said.

Arts & Entertainment Editor Steven Nalley contributed to this report.