Lincroft shop to display artwork of autistic kids

Mike's Barber Shop, 669 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, is extending an invitation to children in the autistic community towns to submit their works of art. Autistic artists may submit an 8.5-by-11-inch image that will be framed and displayed in the shop. In conjunction with a program set up by Suzann Brucato, owner of Work Smarter Now, these works of art will also be scanned and sent to KindTree Productions (www.Kind-Tree.org) for display on a dedicated Web page for New Jersey artisans.

Works of art may include paintings, photography, poetry, weaving, or any image that can be sent in a digital format.

Images will need to include a card (available at the shop) with the artist's name, age, address (for mailing purposes only), a short biography (no more than 100 words), the title of the piece submitted, and an optional two-sentence description. Work Smarter Now will provide a dedicated link to purchase note cards and other products containing these images (through KindTree Productions) with 50 percent of sales given back to the artists.