In association with Third Sector New England, VSA's Open Door Gallery presents an ArtWeek Boston event Friday, April 25, 2014 at 6pm. Try your hand at a form of artistic human expression that is over 2,000 years old while enjoying the artistic efforts of two young women who create art as naturally, and deliberately, as they live and breathe. We will demonstrate the fearless release of the brush, a stroke paralleling a Samurai swordsman's composure on the brink of battle. As a backdrop for your creative effort you will see a gallery full of work in watercolor and Sumi-e ink drawing produced by Lauren Geraghty and Emily Malin, two emerging contemporary artists.
The Open Door Gallery presents "Sustaining/Creating" which is the 11th exhibition by VSA and Volkswagen Group of America as part of the Kennedy Center's annual Emerging Artists Program. This longtime collaboration is an opportunity for visual artists with disabilities, ages 16 - 25, to receive national recognition at the start of their careers. Culminating in a 2012 exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution and cash awards totaling $60,000 sponsored by Volkswagen, the Emerging Artists Program validates young artists at a critical time when many are deciding whether or not to pursue the arts as their livelihood.
Prior to exhibiting at VSA Massachusetts' Open Door Gallery, Sustaining/Creating exhibited in Washington DC, Virginia, Kentucky, Colorado, New York, and Saint Petersburg Russia. Our opening reception of March 28, 2014 at 4-7pm will include a conversation with four of the award winning artists at 6pm.
Student made models of Parklets will be on display in the Open Door Gallery and the students will be available to talk about their ideas for Boston's streets.
January 10, 2014 6:00pm
Refreshments will be served.
