Disability on Disability
VSA arts of Colorado (formerly Very Special Arts), is an organization dedicated to enriching the lives of people with disabilities though the arts. We operate a gallery and studio located at 909 Santa Fe Drive, in the heart of Denver’s hottest arts district, manage a mobile art studio and provide training and technical assistance to arts organizations on how to better serve patrons with disabilities.
This display is part of our Permanent Collection – “Disability on Disability”. Each artist is a professional artist and has explored some aspect of their disability through the artwork on display. Each piece was chosen for the technical quality as well as the subject matter. This entire collection is available for loan. Contact VSAC for more information.
Gregg Massey
Pawnee Open Heart
Photograph
Gregg explores the challenges he faced as a young man with stuttered speech and a neuromuscular disease, his use of poetry and photography blend the internal and external.
Uzi Buzgalo
Lead Balloon
Acrylic
Deaf since birth, Uzi uses images of hands as a way to express himself. All of Uzi’s work is about his experience as a man who is deaf. Lead balloon relates to the frustration he has felt when unable to use his hands to communicate.
Laurie Frehner
Why Me?
Watercolor
After an automobile accident, Laurie had to learn to walk again. The process was a very slow and painful affair. As she regained her strength she began to paint and draw what she saw on her walks. Symbolically she would paint what she saw and felt.
George Rivera
Our Lady of Head Injuries
Digital Image
George uses the digitized image of the CAT scan of his brain in many of his images. His work is designed to remind people that even with a head injury he is still a human being.
Cindy Ferguson
Tea Time on the Psyche Ward
Oil
Exploring the isolation and loneliness of life on “the ward”.
Joel Armstrong
Ivy Gotta Secret
Pastel
Joel is a man living with bipolar disorder. This piece represents his feelings of needing to hide who he is behind the ivy covered walls of his secrets while blocking out the voices in his head.
Each piece and each artist have an incredible story to tell. Hope you enjoy. For more information contact VSAC at 303-777-0797.
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