OPPORTUNITIES
THE PAUL G. HEARNE AWARD FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS
The American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law is pleased to announce that nominations for the sixth annual Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights are now being accepted. Each year, an award is presented to an individual or an organization that has performed exemplary service in furthering the rights, dignity, and access to justice for people with disabilities.
The 2005 award went to the Honorable Judge Rhonda J. Brown, a disability rights advocate and Review Judge, employed by the by the Washington State Employment Security Department. The other past award recipients include: Anil Lewis (a blind advocate and assistant program counselor), Disability Rights Advocates, Mr. Robert Perske (disability rights advocate), Professor Stan Herr (professor, lawyer, and advocate), Marylou Breslin and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and Professor Jim Ellis (professor, lawyer, and advocate).
Join us in recognizing outstanding public service to some of the 54 million Americans with disabilities. Paul G. Hearne was a distinguished advocate for those Americans, so please help us to make the award recipient a truly distinguished individual or organization. Enclosed is a nomination form with a statement of the selection criteria.
Send your nomination form and attachments to:
Jamie Hochman Herz
American Bar Association
Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
312-988-5682
All forms must be postmarked by March 1, 2006
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES CHALLENGE
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced grant awards totaling $1,350,000 through the Challenge America: Reaching Every Community program. Bringing the arts to all Americans is a significant part of the NEA's mission. Challenge
2006 COMING UP TALLER NOMINATION GUIDELINES NOW AVAILABLE
Deadline: January 30, 2006. The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is inviting nominations for the 2006 Coming Up Taller Awards. In partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities is embarking on the ninth year of the Coming Up Taller Awards, which recognizes the accomplishments of exceptional arts and humanities after-school and out-of-school programs. Coming Up Taller finalists receive $10,000, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference. www.cominguptaller.org/new.html
TARGET PROVIDES GRANTS FOR ARTS IN COMMUNITIES
Deadline: March 1-May 31, 2006. Target Corporation is providing local grants, averaging $1,000 to $3,000, to nonprofit programs. Currently grants focus on three areas: arts, family violence prevention, and reading. Target store team leaders play a key role in local grant programs, reviewing your application, making funding recommendations, and updating you on the status of your request. If you are involved with a nonprofit program and would like to be considered for a Target grant, visit the website for additional guidelines. http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/grant_guidelines.jhtml
HENRICO
Henrico County Libraries are sponsoring a contest for display artwork
for the new Tuckahoe Library (
The winning artworks will become the property of the library and will
be on permanent display on their walls. One entry per artist. Children's entries should be an illustration inspired by a favorite book. Entries are due by April 22nd. http://www.co.henrico.va.us/library/artcontest.htm
VA
Teen Zine: Visual Tapas
Students are asked to submit a page for a collaborative publication to be distributed at the April 6 Teen Caffeine Cafe. Details regarding the content of the pages is included with the entry form. Submissions can include poetry, photography, cartoons, collage, drawings, short stories and more. For more information contact Tiffany Glass , Coordinator of Teen Programs at tglass@vmfa.state.va.us or (804) 340-1573. http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/teenzine.html
TOURING EXHIBIT AVAILABLE
NYC-based artist Hilary Cooper is interested in touring her exhibit 'Divided Portraits: Identity and Disability', ref: http://www.hilarycooper.com/.
Cooper uses portraiture to confront the viewer's perception. 'In portraiture, the head always comes first. In human communication, the head - indeed the eyes - always come first, too. But with people in wheel chairs, the thing that comes first, and the thing that sets all priorities, is that odd chair. It tells the able-bodied at once and forever that the disabled are profoundly different.
These Divided Portraits are painted to right that wrong perception in a deeply visual and emotional way. The portraits are divided; we are not.' Cooper spent some time in a wheelchair, when she broke her neck in 1995. 'Divided Portraits' will be shown at VSA arts of Colorado
For more information, please contact Cooper directly at hilcoop@hotmail.com.
BRIAN AYERS MEMORIAL CALL FOR ENTRIES: International Juried Art Exhibition Seeks Entries from Talented Artists with Learning Disabilities
The Brian Ayers Memorial Art Exhibition celebrates the artistic ability of children with learning disabilities and dyslexia. This year, as a part of the tenth annual exhibition in
