AN INDONESIAN FOLK TALE
Work created by the "Painting the Tale" artists of Pacesetters, Inc.
With Merritt Ireland and Marcia Donovan, Artists-in-Residence

May 26 - September 26

The exhibit features work inspired by the Indonesian story "Kanchil Waits for the End of the World." Kanchil is a mouse deer who manages to trick a wild boar, a tiger, a monkey, an orangutan, and an elephant into thinking that the end of the world is imminent.

Visit the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Art Web site, http://www.kc.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/community/art.html, for other exhibit information (past and present)

Pacesetters, Inc., is a nonprofit agency with five centers providing services to persons with disabilities. Pacesetters' "Painting the Tale" art program is led by visual artist Merritt Ireland and storyteller Marcia Donovan as artists-in-residence. "Painting the Tale" began in 2000 with a grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission. Since 2007, the program has been completely supported by Pacesetters, Inc.


For resources on arts and disabilities organizations and programs, visit the Tennessee Disability Pathfinder arts section.