Cost: Not available

Age limit: All ages

Categories: Exhibit

Description: A juried Exhibition of 15 Award-Winning Emerging Artist with Disabilities

In conjunction with Volkswagen America, Ed Russell, proprietor of Mountain Art and Antique Works in Monteagle is displaying these years’ winners of “DRIVEN”. The exhibit is currently on display in their gallery located between Monteagle and Sewanee on Highway 41A (1045 W. Main St., Monteagle). Hours of exhibit are 10 am - 6 pm, 7 days a week until June 21st.

For the sixth year, VSA arts and Volkswagen of America, Inc., have partnered to recognize and showcase young artists with disabilities, ages 16–25, who are living in the United States. This collaboration supports these artists at a critical time when many are deciding whether to pursue the arts as a career. The award validates, and helps finance, that life-defining choice.

VSA arts sent more than 20,000 calls for entry to high schools and colleges around the country, inviting submissions that illustrated the theme “Driven.” Participants were asked to consider the motivations behind their work—what moves them to create. The call also encouraged artists to contemplate the relationship between life, art, and disability. Selected from 204 submissions, these 15 finalists were awarded a total of $60,000 generously provided by Volkswagen of America, Inc.

The art is absolutely breathtaking. it is a “Must See” on the mountain. For further information, contact Mountain Art Works at 931-924-9675.