About The Artist

My name is Aaron Wintrich and I am the founder of Art For A Dream which is an association of artists that supports humanitarian causes with their artwork. I personally advocate and fundraise for stem cell research and have a network of associates in this field. I fundraise and advocate for regenerative medicine with my art because my art is what helped bring me out of my own developmental challenges and why I became a developmental therapist for autistic and down syndrome children and because regenerative medicine has the potential to cure these types of genetic diseases in vitro, mitigating the disorders associated with these genetic issues which is my main focus and reason I fundraise for regenerative medicine. As a developmental therapist I work with these children on their artistic and life skills which is proving to be beneficial to them as it supports teaching them some fundamental techniques in a fun supportive environment that they can take with them going forward as productive individuals in society. Until we have cures for these diseases I will continue to do the work and create the art I do to help fund stem cell research and help people with such challenges. My dream is to have a medical system based on regenerative medicine instead of one on developmental therapy, medicine, and disability which would benefit the overall health of our communities and the world so people can have the cures they need in order to work and be productive members of society. My artwork specifically uses the elements of the Avant Garde masters as a conceptual collage to illustrate art history. The viewer can see the elements of each of the masters in my artwork and can use my artwork as a source of reference to these elements. This method not only educates on how to paint and draw but it also teaches who developed these elements and when they were developed in a historical context. This method of teaching works because it is an applied method of teaching art and art history I use as a therapist and is what helped me work through my own challenges and why I graduated from the Pinellas County Center for the Arts program in Visual Art and why I will be graduating this December 2015 from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in History which is a level of education none of my other classmates in my Individual Education Plan program achieved. I also volunteer at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg for the Florida Youth Ranch Service seminars teaching art to orphans in order to prevent delinquency. Here is my website and personal page: http://artforadream.org/cms/artists/v/aaron-wintrich.html