This juried exhibition honors artists living with disabilities & mental health diagnoses. COVID-19 hit Momentum hard, but with the support of the community, we can continue services. We deliver free supplies, hold 1-1 studio sessions, and provide opportunities like this exhibition, among other creative endeavors! You can empower artists to achieve growth & resilience through art by showing your support & attending the exhibition virtually or in-person!
Join us for the entire month of October for the 2020 VIRTUAL Exhibition of Growth & Recovery, where we will post our online gallery, virtual gallery video, and digital program! Please note that this virtual gallery will launch on October 1st on this page!
Artists – if you are in the exhibition we reached out directly about appointments to view your work in the gallery on October 1st or October 2nd. Email Momentum@TeamCSA.org with questions.
Guest Juror
Each year Momentum chooses a new juror to select the works included in our exhibition.
- 2020 Guest Juror Rachel Buse, Co-Owner of Portrait Studio and Manager of Art Beacon.
- 2019 Guest Juror Chaden Halfhill, Founder & CEO of Silent Rivers
- 2018 Guest Juror was Susan Watts, Owner at Olson-Larsen Galleries.
If you or someone you know might be interested in being next year’s juror, please email momentum@teamcsa.org.
Momentum: Works of Growth and Recovery is an exhibition that honors artists with disabilities. This one-night-only event is held annually in October and boasts a diverse range of talent. This is a free, family-friendly event. Come enjoy wonderful art and learn more about the impact of art and disability services.
The 15th Anniversary Exhibition of Growth and Recovery on October 10th, 2019 was a huge success for our artists! There were 23 artists exhibiting, a speech by a Momentum artists, tons of community support, and so much more. Thank you all for attending and thank you to our Sponsors for making it all possible!!!
FULL PROGRAM HERE
My brother was a person that enjoyed and created art his whole life. Don’s drawings, sketches or paintings of real life subjects were wonderful. Don had a great admiration for the realism of the old masters and many of the new ones. However, Don seemed to prefer more abstract designed and colored creations. He was also a person who did not accept praise and acceptance of himself of his creations easily, if at all. It is to be expected that your family might rave over something you create. However, when others also admire, praise, and understand your work, it can have a much more profound response. This is exactly what the CSA Annual Art Show did for my brother.
During some of the more challenging times of Don’s life, he found writing and creating artwork to be helpful. Don displayed some of his art in his apartment, which caught the eye of his CSA staff, and the idea for the Art Show was born. The creation of art as a means of having an expressive outlet was not unique to just Don. At the time, however, he was in need of having a way to ‘put himself out there’, connect with people, and hopefully grasp the validity of the positive response he would receive. That was just what happened. Don was so pleased that what appealed to him as an artist also appealed to many others. Even the years his work was not as successful, Don enjoyed the experience and even accepted the thoughtful suggestions and critiques of the judges. Don also enjoyed the feeling of fellowship it gave him with the other artists who presented their creations. Don would be pleased to be remembered as having helped inspire this event.
Pattie Kurtz
Sister of Don Marshall, a former exhibiting artist
Become One of Our Community Partners
Community Partners help us keep the Competition & Exhibition free!
Momentum is only possible through the generosity of our community partners. If you are interested in sponsoring our show, you can learn more on our Become a Sponsor page or you can contact Christina Smith at christinas@teamcsa.org to become a Community Partner.
