July 6-August 23, 2009

This exhibition presents the work of 15 artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, who were selected from 204 submissions nationwide.  The awards help these young artists in the early stages of their artistic careers.  The competitors were "encouraged...to contemplate the relationship between life, art, and disability" as well as their own creative impulses.  The show includes paintings, photographs, prints, and mixed media works.

Exhibition organized by VSA arts (http://www.vsarts.org/) with sponsorship from Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Jacolby Satterwhite, Baltimore, MD

Remission & Resillience

Grand Prize

Wes Holloway, Katy, TX

Self-Portrait

Award of Excellence

Laurel Ebenal, Ellensburg, WA

Faun

First Award