Smithsonian To Exhibit Artworks By Artists With Disabilities
Posted by admin on December 31, 2011 under Art | 
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Artworks of 15 artists with disabilities will be exhibited on 7 September at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center on the National Mall. The entry to the exhibition is free. The artworks will be viewable between 10:00 am and 5:30 pm.
The artworks on exhibition have been selected in a juried competition organized by Very Special Arts (VSA), an affiliate of the Kennedy Center. All wining artists are being rewarded cash prizes for their artworks.
Dimelza Broche of Jacksonville, Florida has bagged the first prize of USD 20,000 for her oil-on-canvas painting called the "Soul Reader." Emily McPeek of Van Nuys, California gets an award prize of USD 10,000 for her oil painting named "Women Praying, " while Xi Nan of Decorah, Iowa, receives an award prize of USD 6,000 for her artworks in porcelain.
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