Glenview abstract artist Emmett Kyoshi Wilson is opening his sixth solo exhibition, “VisAbility Exhibition,” at the Glenview Public Library, on a very significant day—March 21. That happens to be W…
Emmett Kyoshi Wilson, of Glenview, will host his sixth solo art exhibition in his hometown at the Glenview Public Library from March 21 – May 15, kicking off on World Down Syndrome Day on March 21. Glenview abstract artist Emmett Kyoshi Wilson is opening his sixth solo exhibition, “VisAbility Exhibition,” at the Glenview Public Library, on a very significant day — March 21. That happens to be World Down Syndrome Day. The artist has Down Syndrome.
To prepare for our conversation, I watched a video of a documentary featuring Emmett which included a portion of a session that he had with a speech therapist. She asked him to say the first thing that came to mind when he heard certain words. For the prompt “Mom,” the witty artist said, “Chardonnay.”
“I got the posterboard and I got those little fuzzy paintbrushes and I turned on music,” Kathy recalled. As they danced in the kitchen, Kathy began painting, which she said was terrible.She put an image of Emmett’s first painting, “The Gift,” on Facebook. Another of Emmett’s achievements is creating an American Flag painting for the American Embassy in Croatia in 2016 for the “Art in the Embassies” program. It was displayed in Croatia for three years.
“We have a space in the West Loop that looks like a giant Emmett gallery,” Kathy said. “We have two floors and lots of wall space. We fill quite a bit of it up with his art.”
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