This is Who We Are
VSA arts of Massachusetts promotes inclusion of people with disabilities in our communities and develops effective arts-based teaching strategies that allow students with and without disabilities to learn together. We are partners with schools, universities, community theaters, museums and large and small cultural organizations in every field. VSAM is a leader in the VSA arts international network founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith and affiliated with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
VSAM has moved!
Our address has changed as of April 1st, 2009 to:
The Nonprofit Center, 89 South Street, Boston, MA , 02111.
(617)350-7713(voice), (617) 350-6535(New TTY),
(866)552-4796(video phone), (617)482-4298(fax)
Check
out our new space!
Upcoming Events with VSAM
VSAM on The Takeaway Radio Program with John Hockenberry on WGBH May 27, 2009
Cultural Access Programs
- Put Creativity to Work: Engaging People with Disabilities
in the Cultural Life of Massachusetts, (text only version)
Forum, Reception and Concert on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at WGBH
Fax Registration Form to 617-482-4298 or email Charlie Washburn cjwashburn@vsamass.org
- 2009-2010 ADA Cultural Access Grants
Intent to apply deadline May 8th, 2009 - GIMP , April 24 + 25, 2009 at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Coreography by Heidi Lasky, An ALLIGER ARTS production presented in cooperation with VSA arts of Massachusetts to include audio description, asl interpreters, and captioning. - Boston ARTreach Initiative
Free tickets to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Education Programs
- All Kids Can Festivals at the Boston Children's Museum, June 18th and the Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, June 10th
- Cultivating
the Field: 3rd Annual Institute for Teaching Artists
December 1st 2008, January 16th 2009, April 17th 2009 at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA - Contours of Inclusion: The Intersection between
the Arts and Universal Design for Learning
Join us for a daylong conference on May15th, 2009 at UMASS, Boston to explore the intersection between arts-based instruction and the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to support learning across disciplines for all students. - "What do we Learn by Participating in
the Arts?" Student Art Exhibition
Forum and Reception at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, May 8th, 2009
