Taylor submitted(提交)a watercolor painting of a sunset in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, to an art contest. Of the more than 5,500 students who took part in the contest,only 51 were selected. Taylor was one of them. Her winning painting is now being displayed in Union Station, in Washington D. C. After leaving Union Station,the exhibit will tour the country.
The contest was sponsored by VSA, the international organization on arts and disability. The nonprofit group was started to give people with disabilities an opportunity to participate in the arts. Submissions for the contest came from students with and without disabilities. The exhibition is part of VSA's International Arts Festival and was also sponsored by CVS.
Art Changed Her Life
Amanda LaMunyon represented Oklahoma in the exhibition. She just finished her freshman year of high school. When Amanda was in elementary school, she had problems focusing and following rules. She has Asperger Syndrome,which is a form of autism.
“People started looking at her differently,” her mother,Sherry LaMunyon, said. “They stopped looking at her as a girl who was struggling and started looking at her as an artist. It's changed her whole life.”
The president of VSA, Soula Antoniou, said that the point of the exhibition is to focus on students' abilities, rather than their disabilities. “What we're trying to do is make sure each student finds something they're good at,” she said.
【2017届高考英语一轮复习单元演练:必修2 Module 4《Fine Arts—Western Chinese and Pop Arts》(第2课时)(外研版含答案)】相关文章:
★ 2017年高考英语二轮复习精品资料:专题16 书面表达(教学案)(教师版)
★ 【三维设计】2017版(江苏专用)二轮复习练习:必修1 Unit 3《Looking good feeling good》课时跟踪检测B卷(含解析)
★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(四十八)选修8Module 6《The Tang Poems》(外研版)
★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(一)必修1Module 1《My First Day at Senior High》(外研版)
★ (安徽专用)2014届高考英语一轮复习方案 作业手册(2)模块1 《Unit 2 Heroes》(含解析) 北师大版必修1
★ 【浙江专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(一)必修1Unit 1《Friendship》
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:必修4 unit5《Theme parks》
★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(39) Module 3 Literature 外研版选修8
★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(三十二)选修6Module 2《Fantasy Literature》(外研版)
★ 【三维设计】2017版(江苏专用)二轮复习练习:必修3 Unit 1《The world of our senses》课时跟踪检测A卷(含解析)
最新
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-21
2017-04-21