Creator of The Luckiest Light highlights inclusive art studio in Havre de Grace

Kim, who identified herself as the creator of The Luckiest Light, addressed the meeting to describe an inclusive art studio she founded in Havre de Grace and to mark its one-year anniversary. She said the program pairs artists with and without disabilities to create, exhibit and learn together and that the studio runs inclusive sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays for drawing, painting and music.

She described both practical accommodations and broader goals. "A child walks through that door and they're like, oh, can I color? And we have a studio going, I need that child to color next to an artist in a wheelchair because I need to normalize this ability for the next generation," Kim said. She noted adaptive techniques such as painting through touch and adapted brushes, and said the studio provides optional master-artist support because some artists lack the same educational opportunities — including that an IEP, she said, "does not follow them to college." Kim said she has seen participants leave the studio and join the local community — getting coffee or shopping — and she expressed gratitude that the studio has found a place in the Havre de Grace arts district.

The comments were presented as a public perspective on local arts and disability inclusion rather than a request for a formal board action; no motion or vote accompanied the remarks. Kim identified her work as community-based programming intended to expand access and visibility for artists with disabilities.