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Seven Hills Foundation Names Kathleen McNamara VSA’s Employee of the Quarter for Q1 2016
Kathleen has been a teaching artist with the COOL Schools Program for the past three years. She has provided quality, inclusive visual-arts programs to elementary school students with autism, in general education classrooms, and to high school students with intellectual…
Annual Deaf & Hard of Hearing Family Event at Boston Children’s Museum
– Date: Saturday, Saturday, June 25, 2016 – Admission: You must pre-register to receive discount admission. All guests must pay admission at the Admissions Desk upon arrival. – Non members: $8 per person (half off regular admission price) – Members:…
NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship
Thanks to a generous contribution from NBCUniversal, the (AAPD) is proud to offer the NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship. In 2016 the NBCUniversal Tony Coelho Media Scholarship will offer eight (8) scholarships to 2nd year associate students; undergraduate sophomores, juniors,…
Inclusive by Design℠ Concert – June 18, 2016
Blues guitarist and recent Berklee College of Music graduate, Noé Socha, opened for legendary New Orleans Bluesman Henry Butler presented in a format known as Inclusive by Design℠. Inclusive by Design℠ concerts are multi-art, multi-sensory events. Music is selected with…
Disability and Intersectionality Art Exhibit – Call for Art
Art has long been a powerful medium for individuals to convey messages and concepts that may otherwise be difficult to express. Have you ever wondered how your individuality, your community, or your identity can be portrayed in artwork? Have you…
Jon Sarkin Exhibit "The Unchained Brain" at Open Door Gallery. Reception May 5, 2016 4-7pm
Jon Sarkin is a prolific, even compulsive, artist who creates elaborate drawings and paintings. After a life-altering brain injury, Sarkin became obsessed with drawing. As the images kept coming, the artist unearthed some of the dark and unknown places in…
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Program "Beyond the Spectrum"
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts offers an artful healing program called Beyond the Spectrum specially designed for children ages 8-12 on the Autism Spectrum, including Asperger’s Syndrome, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Upon arrival children will be divided into…
ICA Seeks Performers for Heidi Latsky’s "ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation"
Heidi Latsky Dance and Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art are seeking a diverse and unconventional cast including people of all ages, with and without disabilities, to be a part of a movement installation entitled “ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation”. ON…
Arts Connect International Recruiting for Artist-in-Residence Program
Arts Connect International launched it’s applications for the 2016 – 2017 Artist-in-Residence program. Do you have a vision for social change? Do you know of great artist leaders who are using their art for social change? Take a look at…
Annual Conference: Teaching Music to Students on the Autism Spectrum
The Boston Conservatory will host its annual Teaching Music to Students on the Autism Spectrum conference April 29 – 30, 2016. An innovative program for public and private school music educators, “Teaching Music to Students on the Autism Spectrum” is…
Dew Jareanvai Art Reception at Dot 2 Dot Café
Our good friend Dew Jareanvai has an art exhibit titled “Nature’s Voices” happening now at in Dorchester. There will be an art reception April 21, 2016 from 7 to 9pm. All are welcome. Dot 2 Dot Café 1739 Dorchester Ave.…
Kennedy Center Accepting Abstracts for Papers
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Office of VSA and Accessibility is planning a third volume of Examining the Intersection of Arts and Special Education. This collection of white papers will provide information on research and innovative…