CVS Caremark and VSA Announce 2012 All Kids Can CREATE Exhibition
Artwork from Children of All Abilities Representing Each State
Posted Thursday June 21 2012 at 10:25 pm.
Used tags: art, education, kennedy, kids, student, vsa
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) –– VSA, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and CVS Caremark All Kids Can have announced the 102 students of all abilities that will be featured in the 2012 All Kids Can CREATE exhibition "What Inspires Me". All Kids Can CREATE is an annual national program from which artwork submitted by students, ages 5-15, is selected to represent each state and the District of Columbia for a national art exhibition. This year, All Kids Can CREATE invited young people with and without disabilities to submit a piece of artwork under the theme, "What Inspires Me," to encourage youth to reflect on what inspires them and express those inspirations through original art.
Eileen Howard Boone of CVS Caremark stated, "We are proud to collaborate with VSA for the fifth year on All Kids Can CREATE, the only visual arts program of its kind that raises awareness in schools and in local communities about the importance of inclusion. This program encourages children with and without disabilities to express themselves and fosters creativity, self-esteem and confidence through art and showcases the positive impact arts education can have on children of all abilities."
More than 3,000 students across the country submitted artwork for consideration. Two students from each state and the District of Columbia have been selected to participate in the exhibition. Shown above is the artwork of the Massachusetts students who were selected. All of the artwork submitted this year is featured in an online gallery.
The exhibit will be on display at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC from August 1-26, 2012.
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