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Wednesday, May 13, 2009VSA arts Tennessee offers two arts camps this summer.June 1-5 will be the Circle of Art Camp which runs from 9am-11am in Sweetwater, TN. The camp will feature a tour of the Lost Sea on Monday, drumming with VSA arts TN artist Bob Stagner on Tuesday, Storytelling at the Sequoah Museum with Freeman Owle, Cave painting art with VSA arts TN artist Bailey Earith on Thursday and a special program ending on Friday. The camp costs $7 per person and is limited to 12 students. July 27-31 is the Art Institute which runs from 9am-12:30pm at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN for children with and without disabilities. The students learn about a selected culture through dance, music, literature and the visual arts. The selected culture for 2009 is Germany. The camp is open to the first 40 registrants and costs $30 per child. Funding for this camp is made possible through the Council on Developmental Disabilities. For more information or to register for either camp, contact VSA arts Tennessee at userk7706@aol.com or (615) 210-8819. Art Through the Eyes of Autism Exhibition
Sunday, April 5, 2009The Art Through the Eyes of Autism Exhibition will run from April 1-July 31, 2009 at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.This exhibition showcases visual artists with autism living in Middle Tennessee. The presentation is co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee and VSA arts Tennessee. This is the third such collaboration between Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee. Select works were previewed at the 2009 National Service Learning Conference March 18-21, 2009, at the Nashville Convention Center. You are invited to a reception in honor of the artists on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 5:00-6:00 pm in the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center lobby. Please RSVP at kc.vanderbilt.edu/registration. The reception precedes the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee's monthly educational workshop. Also, please remember that VSA arts Tennessee is hosting its showcase at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center from 6:30-8:00 pm in the Andrew Johnson Hall that same evening. You can go to the Kennedy Center and participate in the exhibition reception and still make it over to TPAC for the show and see the rest the art that is on display at TPAC. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Exhibit Area Lobby 2nd Floor Vanderbilt Kennedy Center/MRL Building Corner of 21st Ave South and Edgehill, Vanderbilt University campus Open 7:30am - 5:30pm Monday through Friday. Artists include: Nathan Augelli, Kevin Caldwell, Grace Goad, Ben Liske, Matthew Loveland, Lyrica Marquez, Cody James Martin, Jacob Steel Martin, Susannah Mayhan, Hope McKee, Laura Craig McNellis, Daniel Mirtes, Robert Sanders, Triston Taylor, Jayln Weston Special thanks to Gretchen Herbert (Arts Coordinator for the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center), Lain York (Preparator), Leisa Hammett, Melissa Brett (Tennessee Performing Arts Center) and Pam Weston.
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