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For four years she has worked at the Millie Shime Center of Jerusalem El- wyn, where, along with seven other clients of the center, she weaves scarves and rugs using a complicated weaving loom. mainly because of their ability to work the loom, which requires hand and foot coordination. The use of art — not only as work but also as therapy and as an enrichment activity — serves an important function at Jerusalem Elwyn. "It's part of the concept of in- dividuality," says Avi Ramot, di- rector of Jerusalem Elwyn. "If a person has artistic talent, and art is one of the things he loves, we give him a chance to do it." For many of the clients at Jerusalem Elwyn, art is the one part of their lives over which they at the Jewish Community Center 6600 West Maple Road (at Drake Road) West Bloomfield Please join us for this informative and valuable course. We look forward to meeting you. ■ ■ ■ Reservations are requested as space is limited. 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Jerusalem El- wyn hopes that eventually its clients will be able to make a liv- ing solely from the sale of their work, but until now the salaries have had to be subsidized. The Philadelphia-based Amer- ican Elwyn Association, which has been dealing with the men- tally and physically disabled in the United States since 1852, es- tablished Jerusalem Elwyn by Israeli request almost 10 years ago. Jerusalem Elwyn now serves more than 710 clients from infants through adults in their numerous programs throughout the city. Programs include special education, an adult development center, shel- tered workshops, supported em- ployment, vocational training, preschool programs, family coun- seling and outpatient diagnostic services. Some people in the weaving workshop, such as Ayala and an- other 35-year-old woman, are true artists who do embroidery and other crafts on their own at home, said Margalit Piller, the coordinator of rehabilitation ser- vices at Millie Shime. But most of the clients are in the workshop have total control. They can choose the colors they use, where to put the paint, the size and shape of the sculpture they make and they can simply choose to work or not to work at any given time. For many of the Jerusalem El- wyn clients who can't express themselves verbally, sessions with an art therapist provide the outlet with which to communi- cate their problems — regardless of their artistic ability. The art therapy sessions often prove to be a catharsis for the clients, who are able to reveal past events or current problems to therapists through their artwork. Mr. Ramot takes the role art can play in the lives of Jerusalem Elwyn's clients seriously. Hang- ing on a wall in front of his desk is a portrait drawn by a mental- ly disturbed woman. The woman in the painting seems just about to let out a horrific scream. The colors are dark and the brush strokes are harsh. But Mr. Ramot sees beauty in the picture. It is the first picture the woman drew which did not depict skeletons and graveyards. She gave it to him. "When I see this drawing I re- member what a painting can re- veal and what art can do for a person," he said. LI