Art Classes for K- 12 students with disabilities taught by Arts for All Kentucky approved teaching artist

Accessible activities in drawing, painting, mixed media, etc.

One-on-one mentoring with a professional community artist

Art exhibit and young artist recognition



Reception at the Kentucky Museum

The Side by Side program was created by Arts for All Kentucky (formerly VSA) in 2004 for school age kids with special needs in communities across Kentucky.

Side by Side programs offer a series of studio art classes taught by an approved teaching artists. After completing the classes, young artists are partnered with a professional artist mentor from their community to create a collaborative piece . A public exhibition with an opening reception where students are recognized for their achievements is the final phase of the program.

Saturday classes and artist mentoring sessions are in-person at the

Kentucky Museum

1444 Kentucky St.

February 12 - March 12, 2022

To learn more or register call Lynne at

270-404-1394

or email

[email protected]

Download information and registration form here.

Arts for All Kentucky, providing arts and education programs that allow people with disabilities to fully participate in the arts.

Arts for All Kentucky thanks the Kentucky Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Early Learning for its partnership in educational programming.

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides American Rescue Plan funds to Arts for All Kentucky with federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Funding provided, in part, by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.

Arts for All Kentucky thanks the Bowling Green Kiwanis Club for its support of the Side by Side program in Bowling Green.

Arts for All Kentucky thanks the WKU Kentucky Museum for its partnership and in-kind support of the Side by Side program in Bowling Green.