Visionaries + Voices

The mission of Visionaries + Voices as an inclusive arts organization is to provide creative, professional, and educational opportunities. We create a world in which artists with disabilities not only produce and share works of art, but are also given continuous opportunities to learn, develop professionally, collaborate, exhibit, and celebrate with community members. Over 140 local artists attend the V+V studios. Artists use paint, clay, metal, fabric, colored pencils, ink, paper mache, collage, photography, assemblage, glass, wood, and digital materials. Artists support each other in an environment that encourages selfexpression and creative growth.

Both studios of Visionaries + Voices combined our ideas of Continuity as artists in our panel. Individual artists at our V+V studios made their inspiration for being an artist on a patch which has been sewn together onto our panel. All of us were inspired by nature, people and ideas when we first picked up crayons or pencils to try to capture its beauty. Each of us had our interest nurtured by a mentor or teacher to help us create what we imagine. Through practice and dedication, we have become masters of our own style, teachers, and the artists we were destined to become!