Program Overview

V&V Studio Program
The studio program at V&V provides the individual with creative opportunities and the materials needed to make great art; provides a professional studio environment for artists to create, collaborate, learn and grow both professionally and personally; and provides the opportunity for them to exhibit and sell their art works.

For artists with disabilities, the Studio Program provides a professional art studio and materials in a variety of media including drawing, painting, ceramics, wood, fiber arts, printmaking, and photography. The program is further enriched by field trips to museums, galleries, and other art studios. Participating artists have the ability to develop their skills and their artistic styles, to produce marketable art for exhibit and sale in the V&V studios and galleries, as well as to exhibit their work throughout the region in V&V sponsored art shows and in exhibits in independent venues.

The Studio Program offers each V&V artist:

• Art supplies


• Studio space to create and store art


• Framing of works of art


• Internet access


• Assistance with selling art to the public


• Opportunities for to teach what they know


• Opportunities to learn new skills and techniques


• Opportunities to participate in collaborative art projects

V&V OUTREACH PROGRAM
V&V's Outreach Program is designed to bring the services usually found in the studio program to individuals who are unable to attend the studio program.

Visionaries and Voices provides these services because it's who we are. V&V reaches out to provide what only the few will do, to promote creative growth and inclusion for all individuals through the vehicle of art! No situation is so isolating that individuals should be forced to exclude themselves from the very thing that links them to the world. It is through the sustained commitment to this program that V&V sets itself apart from other arts organizations, day habilitation programs, and support systems for individuals with disabilities. An artist receiving Outreach Services also participates in V&V exhibitions and receives the marketing services for their works and, as such, is integrated into the studio and gallery experience of V&V.

It is hoped that, in addition to regularly scheduled outreach services, that V&V will soon be able to provide "outreach for emergency situations." This service will benefit individuals who previously attended V&V studios and for reasons medical or personal are unable to attend V&V on a temporary basis.

V&V NEXT LEVEL PROGRAM
The Next Level Program focuses on twenty artists who participate in the Visionaries and Voices Studio Program, and who have already sold a number of their works, or have an ambition to be a career artist. These twenty artists have both an interest in and a propensity to further their careers through the amount and the quality of the works they create, by moving their careers beyond group exhibits and having their works displayed at V&V events. Many of them have already had their own individual art shows at various venues throughout Cincinnati and the region.

This program will assist the twenty artists in developing a professional portfolio that includes professional photographs of their artwork with their resumes and other information about the artist and submitted to prospective galleries and museums, and showcased on the V&V website, and to support the professional matting and framing of their works.

V&V SAME DIFFERENCE PROGRAM
V&V artists participate in the Same Difference Program by teaching how they make art to children and others in the community both at the V&V studios and in various locations throughout the area. V&V staff provide support for the V&V artists in this program by helping them to develop a curriculum and through on-site support during the teaching sessions.

V&V artists who participate in the Same Difference Program are paid a stipend by V&V for teaching these classes to the public.