For Immediate
Release
June 30,
2010
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KMAC
HOSTS “SIDE BY SIDE” EXHIBITION
Louisville,
KY – The
Kentucky
Museum of Art and Craft, located at 715 West Main Street, will host
“Side
by Side Statewide: An exhibition of Artistic Collaborations from The
Louisville
Side by Side Program,” July 2 through July 19, 2010. Twenty students
with
disabilities and twenty professional artists worked together to make
various
creations, which are hung in groupings of three pieces of art - one made by
the
student, one made by the artist, and one collaborative piece. Each
design
represents a lively interaction between youthful spirit and the experience of
a
trained artist. The opening reception will be held on Friday, July
2nd
from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.
Side
by Side programs are made possible through partnerships between VSA arts of
Kentucky
and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. The students took a series of
art
classes - drawing, painting, wood assemblage,
and
other mixed media - taught by VSA Teaching Artist Brenda Wirth
before
they partnered with a professional artist to create artwork that
would
eventually be shown in the exhibition.
For
more information contact the Museum at (502) 589-0102 or Delaire Rowe at VSA
at
877-417-9594, or visit www.vsaartsky.org.
About the Kentucky Museum of Art and
Craft
The
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, located at 715 West Main Street
in
Louisville, Kentucky, is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981. Its
mission
is to promote and support art and craft excellence in Kentucky. The Museum
is
supported in part by the Fund for the Arts and the Kentucky Arts Council,
a
state arts agency that supports the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
through
the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes a great nation
deserves
great art. Museum hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.,
Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or by appointment. Admission is $5
for
adults, free for KMAC members, students and children under 12. For
more
information, please call 502.589.0102 or log on to
www.KentuckyArts.org.
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