Art Gallery of Stuttering
Index to Pictures of Stuttering Gallery
You can enter the gallery at the first picture and wander through it from page to page, or you can use the back button and return to this index each time if you wish to view the "rooms" which are arranged below according to the ages of the artists, medium used, and a special collection which shows change in attitudes about stuttering. Gratefully acknowledged are Lori Andrews, Lee Caggiano, Kristin Chmela, Adriana DiGrande, Lynne Shields, and Bonnie Weiss for providing the pictures in this gallery, Tom Kuster for scanning all the pictures, and to all of the children and teenagers who drew them!
The following pictures were drawn in response to instructions such as "Draw a picture of what it feels like to stutter."
- Pictures by Pre-Teens
- Car stuck in water - age 8
- I was good - age 9
- Getting stuck on words hurts no age provided
- Everything laughs - no age provided
- Lock in throat - age 9
- Getting Stuck - grade 2
- Clothespinned tongue - age 10
- Talking on the Phone - age 12
- Why Me? - age 10
- Your advice makes it worse - age 11
- When I stutter I feel sad and nervous - age 10
- Pounding Heart - age 8
- Bound in chains - age 10
- Somebody's controling me - age 11
- H-H-H-Help!! - no age provided
- Basketball - age 8
- Collar and glue - age 9
- Being teased - age 9
- Pictures by Teens
- Stomped under foot - no age provided
- My mouth's in jail - age 16
- Corked mouth - no age provided
- Fighting with inner tension - no age provided
- Ball and Chain - age 14
- Date Buster - age 16
- "Oxygen!" - age 15
- Pig Words - age 15
- Keeping a Secret - age 15
- Sob - no age provided
- "Spit it out, kid!" - age 14
- In the spotlight - age 16
- Strong-armed - age 15
- Get that off my chest - age 17
- I wish I could sink into the ground - age 14
- Is my face red!? - age 14
- I sound like a broken record - age 15
- I'm under a cloud - age 14
- Magnet in my throat - age 13
- Throat lock - age 15
- What I'd like to say - What I say - age 15
- Porky laughs at Tweety Bird - age 15
- Frustrated - age 15
- Pressure - age 17
These are a few examples of children using other artistic media to share their feelings about stuttering
- True Friends - no age provided
- It's No Game - no age provided
- I See Myself As A Turtle - no age provided
Artwork can also help children express some changes in attitude during therapy.
- Book of Stuttering - age 13
- Gift of Stuttering - age 14
- Speech is a big black cloud - age 14
- Stuttering: Friend or Foe - no age provided.
- At the end of the road - no age provided
- Stairway to good communication - age 14
- Storms and Rainbows - age 16
- The Cafeteria - age 16