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Non-verbal Theatre and Puppetry – "Yellow Bird Chase" on Boston Common
A clownish maintenance crew finds a magical yellow bird. Seeing its value, they try to capture the bird, but it escapes and a great chase begins. Racing over land, across the sea, and through the air, battling pirates, monsters and…
2015 VSA Intersections: Arts and Special Education Conference
Intersections provides professionals in the intersecting fields of arts education and special education the opportunity to share current information in research, practice, programs, and policy, and serve as a leading catalyst for change. This conference brings together educators, administrators, researchers,…
ADA 25th Anniversary Celebration on the Boston Common
Join us Wednesday, July 22, 2015 from 11am – 3pm on the Boston Common to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Help us mark this important milestone kicked off with a march, great performers, speakers,…
Upcoming VSA Webinars
Free webinars scheduled by the Office of VSA & Accessibility, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Fundamentals: Big Ideas from the National Core Arts Standards and Guiding Principles for Students with Disabilities Tuesday, July 21, 2015 3-4pm Presenters: Marcia McCaffrey,…
Boston Museum of Fine Arts – "Beyond the Spectrum" Program
Boston Museum of Fine Arts offers their Beyond the Spectrum program as part of Artful Healing. The program includes an art tour and activity for children 8-12 years of age who are on the Autism Spectrum, including Asperger’s Syndrome, to…
Community Partners’ Day at Museum of Science
Join Boston Museum of Science Saturday, July 11, 2015 for a free Community Partners’ Day. This event will coincide with . In addition to visiting the main exhibit halls, including the Theater of Electricity and the Hall of Human Life,…
Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Fridays
presents it’s 7th annual Free Fun Fridays which starts June 26, 2015. 70 museums and cultural venues, 10 weeks of fun, 7 sites open for free each Friday. Free Fun Fridays offers visitors no cost admission to many of the…
Gateway Artists "Up the Ladder" Reception at the Open Door Gallery
A group exhibition of artists who have participated in the “Up The Ladder” program at . Through grants and private donations, over the past two years these artists have received individualized coaching and mentoring from visiting artists and other art…
Accolades for Our Embodying Literacy Professional Learning Community
The VSA MA Embodying Literacy professional learning community enabled 11 Boston Public Schools Arts Teachers to explore arts integration strategies to support literacy and inclusion of students with and without disabilities. Through discussions with fellow participants and coaching from the…
Bringing Cape Cod Together Piece by Piece
Join (CapeCodCAN!) at the unveiling of this breathtaking mosaic. The 8 foot by 9 foot mosaic was developed by 150 creative Cape Cod individuals living with disabilities under the tutelage of local artists, with guidance from their affiliated organizations, and…
Blue Man Group Sensory-Friendly Performance
On Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 11am, minor production changes will make the Blue Man Group show more sensory-friendly, including the reduction of sound and light levels at select moments along with a . In addition, audience supports will be…
40 Days, 60 Countries, Hundreds of Young Artists: The VSA Digital Arts Festival
Join a virtual field trip that can encourage students to study and respond to the arts! Starting June 16, 2015, examples of the positive power of the arts will be on full digital display, courtesy of the . This celebration…