2008 Woodie Awards
Disabled artists to showcase work in Middletown exhibit
Rachel Perron
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: Campus
Last year's V&V exhibit was the first art show in Middletown's Campus Community Center, according to Hartman, and the upcoming exhibit is also special because the artists are only from the Butler County area, rather than compiling work of V&V artists from all over Cincinnati, as in the
2007 display.
"(V&V's) co-founder Keith Banner suggested featuring Butler County artists since Miami University Middletown is in Butler County, and the program is sponsored in part by Butler County MRDD," Hartman said.
The Diversity Council was introduced to V&V by one of its members, Cathy Howell, who worked with the organization through her job at the MRDD, Ewer said.
Founded in 1999, V&V's goal is to ensure that "artists with disabilities are valued members of the cultural community, and that they have opportunities for artistic success and creative growth," according to the V&V vision statement on the studio's Web site.
After the success of its first major exhibit, "Art Thing" in 2001, V&V opened its own gallery two years later in 2003 according to the Web site. Since then the non-profit organization has grown from supporting 12 local disabled artists to 300.
In March 2007, V&V opened its second studio, V&V North, Hartman said, and other than the Middletown exhibit, the two studios hold an annual art festival in Cincinnati called Visionnati. Several galleries and restaurants in the Cincinnati area also display the work of V&V artists.
2007 display.
"(V&V's) co-founder Keith Banner suggested featuring Butler County artists since Miami University Middletown is in Butler County, and the program is sponsored in part by Butler County MRDD," Hartman said.
The Diversity Council was introduced to V&V by one of its members, Cathy Howell, who worked with the organization through her job at the MRDD, Ewer said.
Founded in 1999, V&V's goal is to ensure that "artists with disabilities are valued members of the cultural community, and that they have opportunities for artistic success and creative growth," according to the V&V vision statement on the studio's Web site.
After the success of its first major exhibit, "Art Thing" in 2001, V&V opened its own gallery two years later in 2003 according to the Web site. Since then the non-profit organization has grown from supporting 12 local disabled artists to 300.
In March 2007, V&V opened its second studio, V&V North, Hartman said, and other than the Middletown exhibit, the two studios hold an annual art festival in Cincinnati called Visionnati. Several galleries and restaurants in the Cincinnati area also display the work of V&V artists.
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