Call for art: Kennedy Center competition for emerging young artists with disabilities

Call for art: Kennedy Center competition for emerging young artists with disabilities

The Kennedy Center’s office of VSA & Accessibility, with support from Volkswagen Group of America, announces this year’s Emerging Young Artist program: (Re)Invention: Art + Innovation + Disability + Design, a juried exhibition of emerging young artists with disabilities, ages 16-25, showcasing artwork created at the intersection of technology, innovation, and disability. Fifteen winners share a total of $60,000 in cash prizes, with a 1st prize of $20,000.

Winners are flown to Washington, D.C. to attend the exhibit opening on Capitol Hill and take part in a three-day intensive professional development workshop. (Re)Invention will be exhibited at the Kennedy Center as part of a year-long national tour.

Application deadline is June 1, 2016. Find out more and apply.

Via: Kennedy Center Office of VSA & Accessibility