physically ADA compliant.
Lazen served as Arts Unbound
Executive Director until 2006.
During that time, she was re-
sponsible for overseeing staff
training, budgeting, allocation
of resources, fund-
raising, strategic plan-
ning and internal
operations. In under
two years, Lazen was
able, with the help of
the sponsorship of
the NY Foundation for
the Arts, to transform
her vision into a viable
501C3 tax exempt or-
ganization. Over time,
Arts Unbound was
awarded grants and
received charitable donations
from individuals and local orga-
nizations. Lazen has a Master’s
Degree in Educational Psychol-
ogy and Curriculum Design from
the University of Virginia. She
is a trained practitioner of Ex-
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pressive Arts Therapy. She has
worked with children who are
learning disabled, and as an arts
educator. She is currently in a
master’s of social work program
at Simmons College.
To accommodate
the diverse needs
of its constituency,
Arts Unbound aug-
ments its onsite
arts courses with
private classes in
people’s homes and
group classes in off
site locations like
residential facili-
ties, day programs
and senior centers.
Some students have
moved on to attain national rec-
ognition through prominent NY
galleries and museums. Many
have learned how to market
their work. Others have ben-
efited intangibly from the ben-
efits accrued from skill-building,
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