The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology invite you to celebrate VSA Arts of New Mexico, Sat. July 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Maxwell Museum and adjacent Hibben Center on the UNM campus. VSA Arts is creating a society where people with disabilities can participate in, learn through and enjoy the arts. The North Fourth Street Art Center, operated by VSA Arts of New Mexico, nurtures and celebrates the creative spirit of people of all abilities.
VSA Arts of New Mexico – North Fourth Street Art Center will give a poetry reading and art demonstrations, provide family activities, and show performance videos. Handmade arts & crafts - including framed art, handmade gift-wrap, jewelry, hand dyed silk scarves and much more - will be for sale. Refreshments will be served.
The event is free as is the parking. This event is sponsored in part by the City of Albuquerque Urban Enhancement Trust Fund.
A recent partnership between VSA Arts of New Mexico and the Ortiz Center includes educational programming at the museum, visits to collections, as well as the participation of Maxwell Museum staff at the North Fourth Street Art Center in Albuquerque. On-going collaborations will include the development of an exhibition with Native American people who have disabilities (Fall 2005).
Contact: Greg Johnston (505) 277-1816; Kathryn Klein, (505) 277-1936