2022 Artists Beyond
Artists Beyond Boundaries is an art event and fundraiser hosted by non-profit agency, Access to Independence. This is a unique fundraising event designed to celebrate the talents of artists with disabilities living across the state of Wisconsin.
The call for art will run from June 1st to August 31st. Artists will be invited to submit up to two works of art to this year's event. In September we'll work with a panel of jurors to help us decide the year's "Top Twelve" works of art. Then, on October 6th at 7:00pm, we'll take a look at ALL of the artwork submitted to the event and get to know each artist who entered via a live-stream event! We'll also learn more about the jurors, sponsors, and others who work behind the scenes to make this event a success, as well as announce which works of art the jurors have selected as this year's Top Twelve! |
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Meet the Artists
Learn more about each of the artists who have entered this year's event!
Meet the Jurors
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Ashanti Fortson
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Ann Kohl Re
I have been an artist and art educator for 30 years.
Within my 24 years of teaching in public and private schools as well as workshops and presentations, my students have ranged in age from 2 to 80. As an artist, my photography and mixed media work has appeared in group exhibits in Wisconsin. I have a small studio in my Madison home.
I have served as a docent at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art since 2008 and have helped train new classes of docents for the past 10 years. I have an endless passion for art and the courageous people who make it. In my roles as teacher, docent and leader I have always felt privileged to be connected to those who create art.
Within my 24 years of teaching in public and private schools as well as workshops and presentations, my students have ranged in age from 2 to 80. As an artist, my photography and mixed media work has appeared in group exhibits in Wisconsin. I have a small studio in my Madison home.
I have served as a docent at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art since 2008 and have helped train new classes of docents for the past 10 years. I have an endless passion for art and the courageous people who make it. In my roles as teacher, docent and leader I have always felt privileged to be connected to those who create art.
Priya Huq
Priya Huq is a disabled Bangladeshi American artist who makes comics and loves to work in watercolor. Priya's debut graphic novel, Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin's Hijab, is out from Abrams Fall 2021. You can learn more about her work at batsabatsabatsa.com. Pronouns: she/they
Ashanti Fortson
Ashanti Fortson is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator, editor, and professor with a deep love for kind stories and fantastical settings. Their work explores transience and reflection through a tenderhearted lens, themes of disability and chronic illness, and life's co-existing beauty and grief. Their work has been published by Bitch Magazine, DC Comics, Abrams Books, The New York Times, Longreads, and more. They’re currently working on their debut graphic novel, Cress & Petra (HarperCollins), and they teach comics and illustration on the side. They're the spider-saving sort.
Artists Beyond Boundaries is proudly presented by:
Access to Independence
Artists Beyond Boundaries is an unique art event and fundraiser created by non-profit agency, Access to Independence (ACCESS). ACCESS has been empowering people to live as independently as THEY choose for over 40 years by providing resources, services and advocacy to people of any age and with any type of disability. The agency itself is unique because the majority of its board and staff are people with disabilities.
Artists Beyond Boundaries is an extension of Access to Independence's mission. Just as the agency's goal is to empower people to live as independently as they choose, Artists Beyond Boundaries is all about empowering artists with disabilities to share their works of art with a wider audience, as well as have an opportunity to be recognized for their work. Artists Beyond Boundaries is an event created to demonstrate the power of art, and the contributions of artists with disabilities to our communities, and beyond.
Artists Beyond Boundaries is an extension of Access to Independence's mission. Just as the agency's goal is to empower people to live as independently as they choose, Artists Beyond Boundaries is all about empowering artists with disabilities to share their works of art with a wider audience, as well as have an opportunity to be recognized for their work. Artists Beyond Boundaries is an event created to demonstrate the power of art, and the contributions of artists with disabilities to our communities, and beyond.
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