Artists Beyond Boundaries

What is Artists Beyond Boundaries?

Artists Beyond Boundaries is an art competition celebrating the talents of artists with disabilities across the state of Wisconsin.

This year was unique in that our gala and fundraising night was completely virtual!

Watch our fundraising event in the video below!

How to Get Involved

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How Does it Work?

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Artists with disabilities from all across Wisconsin submitted up to two works of art via an electronic application from July through September of 2020.

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Three jurors from the Madison Museum of Art and the Monroe Street Arts Center worked to deliberate which 12 works of art would be selected to win $200

These works of art will be featured in our 2021 Artists Beyond Boundaries calendar!

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On October 8th, 2020, we hosted a live-stream fundraiser and gala on Facebook announcing which 12 artists have won awards!

This live-stream event also serves as a fundraiser for our agency. All money raised will go toward the programs and services that we provide to the people we serve!

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From October 8th though October 15th, we asked YOU to vote for the 13th and final winner!

This year's People's choice award was completed virtually! The winner of this award will have their artwork featured on the calendar cover, and they will also receive $200!

Meet the Jurors!

They had the seemingly impossible task of narrowing down the over 60 works of art we received, to the top 12!

Mary Diman

Mary Diman has an MFA degree in painting from UW-Madison. She has taught oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting, and drawing, for UW-Madison, the School of the Arts at Rhinelander, and other groups for over 30 years. Her paintings are in invitational and juried shows, museums, and collections around the U.S. She has been a docent at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art since 2016 and has served on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra. Before retirement she was a graphic designer for the Department of Geoscience at UW-Madison.

Margaret O’Connor Plotkin

I'm Margaret O’Connor Plotkin.
I lived in the Milwaukee area till 5 years ago when we moved to Stoughton to be near our grandchildren , 6 and 9.

I taught art to gr K- 5 for 25 years. I went to 4 different buildings and saw a lot of kids every week.
I love children’s art because it is so uninhibited and joyful.
I know all people can make art and it is all valuable and beautiful

Carey Zawlocki

Carey Zawlocki is the Director of Monroe Street Arts Center, a community arts organization on Madison's near West Side providing visual art instruction, music instruction and more. Her love of the creative and performing arts has been a driving force in Carey's life and career, with a deep personal understanding of the ways that art provides an outlet for expression, communication, and personal exploration. Carey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Photography, and a Masters Degree in Art Education from Columbia College Chicago. After teaching visual arts in Chicago Public Schools for a number of years, she and her family relocated to Madison where they have lived for nearly ten years.