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Imagine a group of people with brain injury gathered together, wondering what they are doing and asking "why are we here?" Enter Bittin Foster Duggan, a dynamic leader with a ready smile and engaging personality, and you begin to form a picture of Growing Through It.
"This is Bittin's mission, to use art as a vehicle to help people with brain injury grow through it. To use their own experiences, to write and tell their story of growth. Working to grow through it the group emerges with a new sense of accomplishment, of feeling connected, of pride. Growing Through It, a wonderful service, a great program."
- Dr. George Zitney, Past CEO, Brain Injury Association National
Bittin Foster Duggan, originator and facilitator of Growing Through It, is a nationally exhibited artist who sustained a traumatic brain injury in 1989. Bittin completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1991 while recovering from her injury. Her art was not only inspired by, but critical to her regaining a whole sense of self. Bittin earned an M.A. from Antioch University Seattle in Fall 1999. She worked as the Adult Programs Director at VSA arts of Washington from 1999 to 2001. In 2002 Bittin initiated and managed the Seattle Center Artists Studio, a free and accessible public art studio. She and her family now live and work in Eugene, Oregon.
