Brevard and Pinellas County Students to be Featured in National Touring All Kids Can CREATE Exhibition

VSA Florida is proud to announce our state representatives in the 2011 All Kinds Can CREATE national touring exhibition, featuring artwork submitted by students, ages 5-15, from each state and the District of Columbia. Julia Barbieri from Ponce De Leon Elementary in Clearwater, Florida had her piece, “If I Had Magic Shoes,” submitted by her teacher Wendy Bruce and Sara Ashley from Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne had her piece, “Sailing East, Sailing West,” submitted by her teacher, Gina Hulse. We congratulate both students for their beautiful work they created under the exhibition theme, “Imagination Across America” that will open on June 13^th in Washington, DC. Their work as well as all of the artwork submitted this year, from paintings to sculptures to photographs, is included in an online gallery at www.artsonia.com/allkidscancreate.

The 2011 All Kids Can CREATE program, sponsored by VSA and CVS Caremark, launched in November 2010 invited young artists living with and without disabilities to submit a piece of artwork. More than 4,700 entries from artists across the country were submitted. An expert panel of judges, including artists and art educators selected 102 student artists to be featured in this exhibition. For more information about VSA Florida calls for art and programming, please visit us at www.vsafl.org.