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Very COOL Partnership – VSA Hosts Duskin Trainee in COOL Schools Program
This past semester VSA MA partnered with the Duskin Disability Leadership Program at UMass Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion by hosting one of its 2015 trainees. Yui Higashikawa participated in the intensive five-month program for Japanese people with disabilities to…
Teaching Artists – Take a Short Survey on Your Experience
The Association of Teaching Artists (ATA) believes in sharing information to support the work of professional Teaching Artists. As a practitioner led national network and community of practice ATA is reaching out to you for your perspective, your expertise and…
Dew Jareanvai Exhibit – A Dynamic Journey: My Tribute to Rayleen Lescay
Dew Jareanvai, currently selling his work at the Handmade Holiday Market, is also exhibiting “A Dynamic Journey: My Tribute to Rayleen Lescay” in the lobby of The NonProfit Center in Boston. Dew uses the mediums of acrylic paints, oil pastels…
Community Day at the Museum of Science
Join Boston’s Museum of Science for a Community Partners Day on Saturday, December 12, 2015. The Museum will be celebrating Computer Science Education weekend. Participate in a wide range of hands-on computer science activities throughout the Museum. Learn programming basics…
The ‘Special’ Power Of The Arts
WNET New York recently interviewed former Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith who founded Very Special Arts, now known as VSA, four decades ago to bring the visual, literary and performing arts to those with disabilities. Kennedy Smith said she launched the…
SAGE Crossing Foundation Seeks Visual Arts Teacher for Adults with Disabilities
SAGE Crossing Foundation is looking for a teacher for adults with a range of disabilities for the visual arts for two days a week in January and February. The participants are very enthusiastic and the staff is great. Currently the…
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, GIVING TUESDAY!
December 1, 2015 is Giving Tuesday. That means, it’s a great day to support VSA Massachusetts as we promote the involvement of people of all abilities in the cultural life of our communities through our COOL Schools, Open Door Gallery,…
Autism-Friendly Performance of A Christmas Carol at Hanover Theatre
The Hanover Theatre is partnering with the New England Chapter of Autism Speaks, Theatre Development Fund, HMEA’s Autism Resource Central and VSA Massachusetts to offer an Autism-friendly performance of A Christmas Carol. This performance is intended as a unique theatre…
Free VSA Webinars – 11/24/15 and 12/1/15
Free webinars scheduled by the Office of VSA & Accessibility, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: The Art of AAC: Creating Visual Supports to Inspire Communication and Participation During Arts Instruction Tuesday, November 24, 2015 3-4:15pm Presenters: Lisa Pierce-Goldstein and…
Critter Day – Jungle Encounters, ASL-Interpreted at Boston Children’s Museum
The health and population of wild cats teaches us about the entire animal kingdom. Watch these cats, and learn about each species, where it is native to, and how its wild cousins survive. November 21, 2015 11:30 am and 12:30…
Free Show – Michael Mack’s "Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues"
Michael Mack returns with his moving, often humorous, multi-character, one-man show of a family navigating mother’s schizophrenia and eventual recovery. Called by the Boston Globe “Transcendent art that reaches out with unblinking honesty.” See the award-winning show about love and…
Curator in Training Art Exhibit
Graduates of the Seven Hills Foundation Curator in Training program are pleased to showcase the artwork of their peers of all abilities in this art exhibit. This collaborative exhibit showcases the transformation of all things; representing the alteration and effect…