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PBS News Hour - Segments

Artists with disabilities let their creativity soar at this Utah studio

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

41K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Artists with different physical and developmental abilities sometimes have to be creative not just with the content of their art, but also with how they make it. One studio in Utah is trying to do just that, customizing tools for each individual’s unique needs and talents. Ali Rogin reports for our ongoing look at the intersection of health and arts, and our arts and culture coverage, CANVAS. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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With different physical and developmental abilities, sometimes have to be creative, not just with the content of their art, but also how they make it.

0:09.3

One studio in Utah is trying to do just that, customizing tools for each individual's unique needs and talents.

0:17.0

Here again is Ali Rogan with our ongoing look at the intersection of health and the arts

0:21.4

and our arts and culture coverage, Canvas. Try it out, see what happens. For the artist at Jump the

0:29.1

Moon in Logan, Utah, the only limit is their imagination. I never ask what your challenge is,

0:37.0

but instead, myself and the other volunteers, we go to work

0:41.2

trying to find what somebody can do.

0:43.8

Like, what's your strength?

0:45.0

What do you like?

0:45.8

What do you do?

0:46.9

The studio is named for the famous nursery rhyme.

0:49.5

But here, the cow jumps over the moon wearing a jetpack, a little extra help, which is how founder

0:54.8

Michael Bingham sees his job.

0:56.6

I pretty much promise them, we'll get in there, we'll figure out what you can do, and

1:03.6

I'll help make it happen.

1:05.6

So there's not a huge amount of paint in there.

1:07.8

Bingham works with each artist, sometimes creating new contraptions to help them express themselves. Like this remote-controlled painting there. Bingham works with each artist sometimes creating new contraptions to help them

1:11.6

express themselves, like this remote-controlled painting pendulum. The idea behind the pendulum was

1:18.0

somebody who has really very limited physical ability, being able to use gravity as their partner

1:25.4

and make something amazing.

1:28.3

And this paintbrush equipped power chair, which leaves creative waves in its wake.

1:34.3

But not everyone needs custom hardware. Some just need encouragement.

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