VSA arts national exhibit in Madison

Driven: A Juried Exhibition of 15 Award-Winning emerging artists with disabilities

VSA arts and Volkswagon of America have partnered to recognize and showcase young U.S. artists with disabilities. This national exhibit will be in the Porter Butts Gallery in the UW Memorial Union in Madison June 6 - July 22.

Location: 2nd floor, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St., Madison
Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily

This collaboration supports these artists at a critical time when many are deciding whether to pursue the arts as a career. The award validates and helps finance that life-defining choice. VSA arts sent more than 20,000 calls for entry to high schools and colleges around the country, inviting submissions that illustrated the theme: "Driven." Selected from 204 submissions, these 15 finalists were awarded a total of $60,000 generously provided by Volkswagon of American, Inc.

Sights Unseen - an exhibit by Albert Schmiege
This exhibit will also be on display at the UW Memorial Union June 6 - July 22, in the Class of 1925 Gallery. Schmiege, who has participated in VSA arts of Wisconsin programming, has a form of macular degeneration called Stargardt's disease. His paintings will be on exhibit and available for sale during the exhibition.

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