From the [Nashville] Tennessean:

“The Artists’ Voice,” an exhibit in Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Art, showcases 54 artists who live with some form of disability. (Painting at left by Ann Ambrose.)

It would be a mistake, however, to define these artists solely in terms of their disability – which is, after all, intrinsic to the human condition.

“All of us have disabilities. It’s just that some of us are not recognized in a professional manner as having a disability,” says Lori Kissinger, executive director of VSA arts Tennessee, which provides art and art education opportunities for the state’s disabled population.

… Confronting our own limitations is difficult enough, Kissinger observes, and it’s for this reason that we have much to learn from the artists in The Artist’s Voice.

“What they believe is more important than the challenges they face. Through their art, they speak to their disabilities, whether that be feelings of frustration or joy or freedom.”

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