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deseretnews.com | Deaf artist headed for D.C.
Jose Prado's "Family B-B-Q" is taking him to a congressional reception.
Fifth-grader Jose Prado, who is deaf, is one of 13 students nationwide selected to help open the Congressional Gallery Exhibit at Union Station Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Fifth-grader Jose Prado, who is deaf, is one of 13 students nationwide selected to help open the Congressional Gallery Exhibit at Union Station Gallery in Washington, D.C. Above, he holds a copy of his artwork, which he titled "Family B-B-Q." Jose is the son of Silviano and Solorzano Prado.
The fifth-grader's artwork of a backyard barbecue will be exhibited as part of the Start with the Arts Family Festival at Union Station in Washington, D.C., along with 95 other visual arts created by children around the world. To top it off, Prado is one of 13 children nationwide picked to attend a congressional reception prior to the opening of the exhibit.
The exhibit is part of the VSA arts "ArtLink" program, which targets students with disabilities.
"I want to go to Washington to see all the stuff," said Prado, who is deaf and attends the Utah Schools for the Deaf at Mill Creek Elementary in Granite District. Aside from the array of museums and historical items he could find there, Jose notes: "I get to see all the art."
VSA arts, part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, aims to give students with disabilities greater access to the arts through education programs and talent showcases.
The "ArtLink" exhibit is a visual arts international cultural exchange, where students in 51 U.S. classrooms traded works with those created by children abroad to foster creativity while learning about other cultures. The theme is "Culture Scope: Focusing in on My Life." Students chose a meaningful scene and were asked to focus their artwork on the details that make it important to them.
Students at Mill Creek swapped work and corresponded online with those in South Africa and Paraguay, teacher Bill Worner said.
Prado's work, created with colored pencils, was inspired by his mom's birthday barbecue. It shows his dad cooking hamburgers while, off to the side, Jose jumps on a trampoline and his dog runs.
That and hundreds of other pieces created by Prado's classmates were on display in early May at the school's art show, capping the VSA arts Utah program that brings artists to the school to help the students spread their wings.
"It gives them an opportunity to be very equal with their peers, and in some cases, more equal, because they're very visual to begin with," Worner said. "It's a chance for every child to be creative and be successful, because you can't fail."
The son of Silviano and Solorzano Prado will travel to Washington, D.C., today and stay until Friday.
Jose Prado's "Family B-B-Q" is taking him to a congressional reception.
Fifth-grader Jose Prado, who is deaf, is one of 13 students nationwide selected to help open the Congressional Gallery Exhibit at Union Station Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Fifth-grader Jose Prado, who is deaf, is one of 13 students nationwide selected to help open the Congressional Gallery Exhibit at Union Station Gallery in Washington, D.C. Above, he holds a copy of his artwork, which he titled "Family B-B-Q." Jose is the son of Silviano and Solorzano Prado.
The fifth-grader's artwork of a backyard barbecue will be exhibited as part of the Start with the Arts Family Festival at Union Station in Washington, D.C., along with 95 other visual arts created by children around the world. To top it off, Prado is one of 13 children nationwide picked to attend a congressional reception prior to the opening of the exhibit.
The exhibit is part of the VSA arts "ArtLink" program, which targets students with disabilities.
"I want to go to Washington to see all the stuff," said Prado, who is deaf and attends the Utah Schools for the Deaf at Mill Creek Elementary in Granite District. Aside from the array of museums and historical items he could find there, Jose notes: "I get to see all the art."
VSA arts, part of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, aims to give students with disabilities greater access to the arts through education programs and talent showcases.
The "ArtLink" exhibit is a visual arts international cultural exchange, where students in 51 U.S. classrooms traded works with those created by children abroad to foster creativity while learning about other cultures. The theme is "Culture Scope: Focusing in on My Life." Students chose a meaningful scene and were asked to focus their artwork on the details that make it important to them.
Students at Mill Creek swapped work and corresponded online with those in South Africa and Paraguay, teacher Bill Worner said.
Prado's work, created with colored pencils, was inspired by his mom's birthday barbecue. It shows his dad cooking hamburgers while, off to the side, Jose jumps on a trampoline and his dog runs.
That and hundreds of other pieces created by Prado's classmates were on display in early May at the school's art show, capping the VSA arts Utah program that brings artists to the school to help the students spread their wings.
"It gives them an opportunity to be very equal with their peers, and in some cases, more equal, because they're very visual to begin with," Worner said. "It's a chance for every child to be creative and be successful, because you can't fail."
The son of Silviano and Solorzano Prado will travel to Washington, D.C., today and stay until Friday.