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Dégagé’s After Care Patron Advocate walks alongside the women by engaging with them in weekly one-on-one meetings and monthly house meetings, as well as being available for immediate housing and personal needs that arise. We are grateful for the opportuni
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We are all dreamers. We are born with dreams instilled in us by God. For some, dreams are fulfilled early and in obvious ways. For others, the fulfillment comes slowly and subtly. And still, for some, dreams have gone unfulfilled for so long that they become forgotten and lost.
For several years, Dégagé has served as an ArtPrize venue, featuring work by local and out-of-state artists. This year, volunteer and professional photographer Michelle Cuppy had a vision for Dégagé’s own ArtPrize entry - a project to help bring dreams back to life. Our goal at Dégagé is to serve and love those who feel forgotten and unwanted. For ArtPrize Eight, the vision is to help our patrons remember and reclaim dreams that were forgotten and lost.
The project began with a survey asking patrons to tell us the dreams they had as children and the dreams they have today. The response was overwhelming and the answers moving. From there, four patrons were selected to participate in the project, and they lived their dreams for a day. Thomas spent a day as a train conductor and professional singer in a recording studio. Sam spent a day being pampered and photographed feeling as beautiful as she always dreamed to be. Charles and Jennifer experienced a lakeshore sunset for the first time in their lives.
Michelle and her husband, Bill Cuppy, a professional videographer, captured every moment of these experiences and are creating a multimedia art installation to show the beauty and power of restored dreams. We are grateful for their passion to touch lives in such a meaningful way, and we hope, through their work, ArtPrize visitors will be inspired to dream and to consider how they can make others’ dreams come true.
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