Call for Art
Call
for Art Exhibit | Awards Ceremony
Check back by Nov. 1 to download Adult and Children's Call
for Art brochures!
The VSA arts of Wisconsin Adult and
Children's Art Collections recognize and showcases the artistic talents
of Wisconsin artists with disabilities.
Each year, VSA
solicits artwork through a Call for Art. Artists’ submissions are reviewed
by a jury of art professionals who look for originality, creativity and craftsmanship.
They select five pieces that will be added to VSA’s Traveling Art Exhibits.
After three years, the artwork is retired from the exhibit and may be used
as recognition gifts or sold by VSA to further sustain the program.
Additionally, five artists will receive honorable mention awards, three artists
will receive recognition awards and one artist will receive the new Viewers’ Choice
Award. CALL FOR ART EXHIBIT
Each artist will have at least one of their works displayed in Visual Expressions:
A Call for Art Exhibit, at the Common Wealth Gallery in the Madison Enterprise
Center, Feb. 13-20, with an opening reception on Friday, Feb. 13, 5-8 p.m.
The VSA Call for Art Exhibit is free and open to the public. (See other
side for details.)
Artwork displayed in the exhibit will be for sale. Artists
who sell their work will receive 70% of the sale price; 30% goes to VSA to
support the program. The five adult pieces selected for
purchase awards will be added to VSA's Traveling Adult Art Exhibit (ages
16 and older) and
the five
children's pieces selected will go into VSA's Traveling
Children's Art Exhibit
(ages 5-15). The traveling exhibits are displayed year-round at corporations,
libraries,
museums
and galleries
throughout the state. More
information about the Traveling Exhibits.
The five adult award winners receive
$400; honorable mentions receive $100. Children's award winners receive
a $100 gift certificate for art supplies;
honorable mention
honorees receive a $50 gift certificate. Watch this spot for the selections
announcements!
VSA artwork stays in the traveling collections for three
years, after which it is retired from the traveling exhibits and may be used
as recognition
gifts or sold by VSA to help support the program.
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Visual
Expressions: A Call for Art Exhibit
Feb. 13-20, 2009
Common Wealth Gallery
3rd floor, Enterprise Center
100 S. Baldwin, Madison
Click for directions to Common Wealth Gallery
All
artists submitting to the VSA Call for Art had at least one piece of
their work featured in a gallery exhibition! The public was invited
to view
the display of
approximately 250 works of art by Wisconsin children and adults
with disabilities at the Common Wealth Gallery in Madison, Feb. 13-20.
Arts Field Trips: To strengthen the impact
of Visual Expressions, VSA conducted six arts field trips while Visual
Expressions is on display at the Common Wealth Gallery. Students and
teachers from Madison
and the surrounding school districts were invited to tour the exhibit
and then participate in a 60-minute art-making session conducted by a VSA
teaching artist.
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Awards
Ceremony
VSA award recipients and honorable mentions from both Adult
and Children's submissions
will be
recognized at the annual VSA Awards Ceremony (date and location TBD) 2008
Award Ceremony details.
For more information, call VSA
arts of Wisconsin at 608-241-2131, or email
VSA.
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 The
VSA Adult Art Collection (AAC) recognizes and showcases
the artistic talents of adults with disabilities. Artists’ submissions are reviewed
by a jury of art professionals who look for originality, creativity and craftsmanship.
The jury selects five artists to receive awards of $400 each; an additional five
artists will receive honorable mention awards of $100 each. The five award-winning
pieces will be added to VSA’s Traveling Adult Art Collection, which is displayed
year-round at corporations, libraries, museums and galleries throughout the
state.
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 The
VSA Children’s Art Collection (CAC) is designed to
celebrate the artistic achievements of children ages 5-15 with disabilities.
A jury of art professionals review the submissions and select five entries to
be
added to VSA’s Traveling Children’s Art Collection, which is viewed by thousands
of people throughout the state at museums, galleries, schools, business and
libraries.
The five award winners will each receive $100 gift certificates for art supplies;
an additional five children will receive $50 gift certificates as honorable
mention
awards.
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