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Clarissa’s Gift

Clarissa Buttarazzi has learned new skills like pottery at the Craft Studio

Clarissa Buttarazzi is new to the Craft Studio at L’Arche Daybreak.

 

The people of L’Arche often live with limitations or need help caring for their bodies. L’Arche artists know and celebrate this, allowing the deepest impulse of our human reality to happen, to be expressed in creativity. To be creative is a part of being human. There is a freedom and truthfulness in their art.
Jacquie Boughner, a celebrated artist who works with L’Arche International and L’Arche Daybreak

 

Clarissa graduated from high school two years ago and recently completed the Orientation program at Daybreak where she learned all about Jean Vanier, the history and mission of L’Arche.

She has grown in her capacity to make friends, discovered new forms of creativity like pottery and painting, and found a place to share and expand on her already spectacular artistic talent.

Her gift to us has been her authenticity of heart and incredible artistic vision.

Clarissa’s Christmas Tree

For the past 16 years we have featured one artist's depiction of a Christmas tree for our holiday card.

For the past 16 years we have featured one artist’s depiction of a Christmas tree for our holiday card.

This year, when we saw Clarissa’s detailed drawing of a colourfully decorated Christmas tree laden with ornaments we knew we wanted to send it out to all our friends!

She was delighted too! Her family even wanted to order their own copies to send out to their family. When the printer at Creative Path found out that it was for the artist’s family, they generously printed and donated them – an early Christmas present!

A Gifted Nature Artist

Clarissa notices the finest details in the natural world around her. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of birds, trees and animals and is already planning out her family’s garden next Spring.

She sketches free-hand with a determined intensity and focus and carries around illustration books about nature.

She sketches free-hand with a determined intensity and focus and carries around illustration books about nature.

Her gifts for honesty and transparency shine through her artwork, which amaze many of the visitors to the Craft Studio – she draws it, and tells it like she sees it!

One of Clarissa's beautiful pottery designs.

Clarissa has created an entirely new line of pottery designs at the Craft Studio depicting different varieties of trees and plants.

At L’Arche our mission is to “celebrate the unique value of every person and recognize our need of one another.”

During this holiday season we want to say thank you to all our friends and supporters and each person who makes up our community – we do need each other!