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Exhibitions & Artists

Arts for All Wisconsin represents artists with disabilities at multiple venues and community events to showcase and sell their art. 70% of proceeds go directly to the artist. From the annual Art Fair on the Square in Madison to Corporate and Community Exhibitions, Arts for All Wisconsin facilitates exhibition and sales opportunities of exemplary, original artworks by artists with disabilities.

Exhibitions and sales events provide emerging artists with disabilities a boost to their self-esteem and self-worth, a means to grow towards independence and self-sufficiency, and to establish a larger sense of creative self that is distinct from their disability.

Exhibitions and sales events also provide the public with a strong and striking example of what people with disabilities can achieve in creating objects of beauty, imbued with meaning, and valued by others. From this standpoint, this art is an invaluable means of public education, disability awareness, and a bridge connecting the social divide between people of all abilities.

If you or your organization are interested in showcasing an AFA exhibition in your space, please contact us.

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The Art of Family

Gallery at Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel

Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee is proud to present The Art of Family, a compelling new art exhibition showcasing the works of 18 artists associated with Arts for All Wisconsin. Like art, family can take many forms. Award-winning Arts for All Wisconsin artists from across the state were invited to use their art to express what family means to them. The artists featured in the exhibition are diverse, interconnected, and thoughtful, just like the families from which we come. Select artwork will be available for purchase, with 70% of each sale directed to the artist.

Artists featured include: Linda Sweets, Katie Swanson, SS Holcomb, Faye Willems, Olivia Marie Brusky, Michael Ward, Malachi Schmidt, Myranda Gereau, Mary Louise Bixy, Kevin Lempp, Christy Grace, Dee Croaker, Caleb Griswold, BZ, Pita Daniels, Fred Seger, Paulina Ivanova, Marleah Grinnell, and Jim Ohm.

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Creative Power Collection

Each spring, jurors select ten works of visual art from hundreds of submissions to our annual Call for Art to be added to the Creative Power Collection, an exhibition of 30 visual artworks that travel to libraries, galleries, and public buildings throughout the state each year (like the Miller Art Museum in Stugeon Bay, pictured at left). Each award-winning work spends three years as part of the Creative Power Exhibition.

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Youth Collection

The AFA Youth Collection is made of dozens of works of art by young people with disabilites that we have collected over many years. It can be customized for venues based on size and space available.

Art credit: Tree House by Sam Huynh

 

Cattle Call Collection

Made up of AFA artists interpretation of a cattle call for art, this cow-tastic collection includes lots of Wisconsin farm inspired works of art!

Art Credit: Jersey in the Peonies by Christy Grace

"It continues to amaze me how much my artwork has taken off since associating with Arts for All Wisconsin. It is such a wonderful experience that is a result of becoming labeled as an artist through AFA. I am now defined more than ever by my ability rather than disability."

- Dan Sullivan, AFA Artist and wood sculptor


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Support for Exhibitions & Artists come from Monroe Street Framing, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts