Art Exhibition To Celebrate Disability Awareness Month

ACCESS Services at Kendall Campus is hosting an art competition to raise awareness for the diverse abilities people with disabilities have. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 13.  

Entries can include drawings, paintings, multimedia, photography, sculptures and digital art.

To participate, Miami Dade College students can submit their work, accompanied with an artistic statement expressing the meaning of their piece, to the front desk at ACCESS Services in Room 2121. 

All work will be displayed on the first floor of the Learning Commons (building 2) from Oct. 16-25.

Winners will be announced at the Fred Shaw Plaza on Oct. 25 at noon.

The first-place winner will receive a $500 tuition grant and be featured in Volume 34 of Miambiance, the arts and literature magazine at Kendall Campus. Second and third place will receive $300 and $100 tuition grants respectively. 

For more information, contact Mercy Macrina at (305) 237- 2316 or at mmacrina@mdc.edu.