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Our mission is to create a community where people with disabilities can learn through, participate in and access the arts. Learn more about VSA Minnesota and our Programs and Services.
Professional Development Day – August 19
Current members of the VSA Minnesota Teaching Artist Roster, artists interested in becoming a member, and educators please join us on Thursday, August 19 from 9:30 AM-3:30 PM at the Perpich Center for Arts Education to work with others to articulate and refine your teaching practices in order to anticipate the needs of students with various disabilities. Read more about the upcoming training…
Wanted: Nominations for Arts Access Awards
To nominate an individual or an organization for a 2010 Arts Access Award, send a nomination form by September 1, 2010. Include information about nominee and nominator: any relationship of the nominee to the writer; and why the nominee deserves recognition. News clippings, photos or web info may be attached. Nominations may be made in any of the following categories: Outstanding Arts Educator of Students with Disabilities; Most Active & Visible Minnesota Artist with a Disability (performer, visual artist, writer); Most Active Producing/Performing Group Involving People with Disabilities; Most User-Friendly Performance or Exhibiting Space for People with Disabilities. Read more about the 2010 Arts Access Awards…
Nine Metro Groups Receive Access Grants
Nine arts organizations in the Twin Cities have been awarded a total of $100,794 for projects to make the arts more accessible to people with disabilities. Funding for these ADA Access Improvement Grants for Metro Arts Organizations is from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, which voters approved in 2008. VSA Minnesota administers this program for the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Read more about the Access Grant Recipients…
Our New Name
As you notice the new look of our website, you will see that we have also changed our name and our logo (as have all the VSA affiliates around the world). However, what we do and how we do it remains the same.
From today and forever forward (we hope), our name is VSA Minnesota. To help define that name, our tagline states: The State Organization on Arts and Disability. Although "arts" has been taken out of the name, it, and the fact that we work with people with disabilities, is firmly reinforced in the tagline. This change is being made so that we can continue to be an affiliate of VSA (formerly VSA arts) in Washington, D.C. VSA's tagline now reads "The International Organization on Arts and Disability" - reflecting its 48 U.S. affiliates and 68 affiliated organizations around the world.
VSA is not an acronym for our former name of Very Special Arts nor for the other phrases we used such as Vision, Strength & Access. Rather, VSA, VSA Minnesota and all of the other affiliates will acknowledge our former names and our history as being part of what brought us to where we are today and what informs our current composition. As we move forward, we will work to ensure that you know that we are the state organization on arts and disability – we're VSA Minnesota. - Craig Dunn, Executive Director, VSA Minnesota
Arts Mentoring Project
Mentoring applications are now available for young people with disabilities in Rochester, the Twin Cities, central and northeast Minnesota interested in connecting with professionals in the arts and arts-related occupations. Read more about the Arts Mentoring Project…
