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| MY FAVORILE LHINGS ‘sna Pw cated olin banka gn br apie. tay Cel Pen, School of Service—Access Arts innumerabl Her contribution to the arts community is leven more incalculable when you consider the creations made by the students she's helped become artists through Access Arts since the 1970s. Powell has devoted her life to running ‘Access Arts—School of Service, a non-profit teaching program devoted to making art accessible to everyone, including disabled or low-income individuals Architect Hurst John started the program, originally called School of Service, 37 years ago. Powells father, a carpenter ‘and John’s close friend, helped inspire and develop the program. Powell began teaching students shortly after the school's inception, eventually becoming its director. "1 think everyone needs expression, and artis one kind of expression available for ‘most people,” Powell said. In March, Missouri First Lady Melanie Blunt gave Powell The Fist Lady Award for service to the art world, At that time, Marie Nau Hunter, manager of the citys cultural affairs office, described Powell as “the ‘most deeply committed arts professional and arts enthusiast around,” Clues of her lifelong devotion to atstic expression are neatly displayed all ‘over Powells apartment in Lenoi Woods, Classical music drifts through the kitchen, ‘where walls are decorated with floor-to-

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