VSA arts Hosts Congressional Reception Honoring 13 Students With Disabilities


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6

WHO:
Tom Wheeler, Board Chairman, VSA arts Soula Antoniou, president, VSA arts Representative artists from "CultureScope"

WHAT:
Congressional reception in honor of the ArtLink exhibition "CultureScope: Focusing in on My Life" at Union Station

WHEN:
Wednesday, June 6, 2007, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. EDT

WHERE:
Rayburn House Office Building B369

VSA arts will hold a congressional reception honoring 13 students with disabilities for their artwork. The students participated in ArtLink, an international cultural exchange program. Their work is part of the "CultureScope: Focusing in on My Life" exhibition on display at Union Station from June 5-24.

ArtLink paired 51 U.S. classrooms with a classroom in another country last November. Students of all levels of ability aged 7-14 created visual artwork and exchanged it with their partner classroom. One piece of artwork by a student in each classroom was selected to join the exhibition.

Representatives from the embassies of several of the participating countries will also be in attendance at the reception.

The representative artists include: Seng Keng Moua from Anchorage, Alaska; Robert Bernal from Sacramento, Calif.; Queen Hudgins from the District of Columbia; Catie Updyke from Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; Kim Squires from Kansas City, Kan.; Curtis Schaefer from Clio, Mich.; Alexis Baham from Puckett, Miss.; Dylan Gray from Aberdeen, N. J.; Luke Montemarano from Westerville, Ohio; Erin White from Pawtucket, R.I.; Jose Antonio Pradofrom Salt Lake City, Utah; Matthew Cartner from Brattleboro, Vt.; and Gabrielle Reimann from Casper, Wyo.

VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts.

VSA arts provides educators, parents, and artists with resources and the tools to support arts programming in schools and communities. VSA arts showcases the accomplishments of artists with disabilities and promotes increased access to the arts for people with disabilities.

Each year millions of people participate in VSA arts programs through a nationwide network of affiliates and in more than 60 countries around the world. VSA arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. For more information
visit www.vsarts.org

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