VSA arts/Volkswagen of America, Inc. Shifting Gears Awardees

AWARDEES ANNOUNCED

VSA arts and Volkswagen of America, Inc. congratulate the finalists for "Shifting Gears", a national juried exhibition for young artists with disabilities.  In honor of Volkswagen of America’s 50th Anniversary, Volkswagen generously doubled the cash awards for the program. VSA arts and Volkswagen are proud to offer the largest awards  for young artist with disabilities in the nation.

Congratulations to the awardees!

Grand Prize awardee
$20,000 Award
Isaac Powell
Pullman, WA

First awardee
$10,000 award
Xang Ho
Baltimore, MD

Second awardee
$5,000 award
Angelica Busque
Chicago, IL

Award of Excellence
$2000 award

Thomas Barnett (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Ben Brown (Carmichael, California)
Jarrett Camp (West Covina, California)
Brent Emerick (Baltimore, Maryland)
Andrew Holmes (Matthews, North Carolina)
Alex Iverson (Medford, Oregon)
Timothy Kadish (Boston, Massachusetts)
Matthew Lawson (Knoxville, Indiana)
Dana Liebermann (Brooklyn, New York)
Hannah Miller (Chicago, Illinois)
Noelle Nevolo (Brighton, Massachusetts)
Lindsey Williams ( Mt. Pleasant, Michigan)

A distinguished jury panel reviewed 215 submissions from artists ages 16-25:

• Daniel Cameron, Senior Curator at Large, New Museum of Contemporary Art
• Kirsten Hileman, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian
• William Newman, Artist and Professor, Corcoran College of Art + Design

Awardees will be honored at a reception on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, September 21, 2005. The exhibition “Shifting Gears” will open at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. on Monday, September 26, 2005 and will be on view until October 31, 2005.

View the online exhibit “Shifting Gears”.

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View excerpts of interviews from the 2004 call.

• View the 2004 Exhibit
• View the 2003 Exhibit

www.vw.com
America's love affair with the automobile extends beyond the visual cues of engines and sheet metal. Volkswagen believes that the "heartware" is equally as important as the "hardware." For people with disabilities, the automobile provides both freedom of mobility and self-expression.