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About
VSA and
the New York State Alliance for Arts Education
The VSA Comes to New York State website is the result
of a collaboration between the New York State Alliance
for Arts Education and VSA of New York City.
Through this website, we seek to create a greater
awareness and understanding of the power of the
arts to change people’s lives, especially people
with disabilities.
Our organizations share common goals and promote
increased access to the arts for people with disabilities.
Together we offer educational residency programs
in schools and cultural organizations, provide professional
development training opportunities, and more.
Learn
more by visiting us online!
New York State Alliance for Arts Education
VSA of New York City
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National Office of VSA
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Playwright
Discovery Award
The
Playwright Award recognizes young adults who promote
awareness of disabilities through creative playwriting.
Award recipients receive scholarships, a professional
production of their script at The John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, and a trip to Washington
D.C. to see the performance.
Playwright
Discovery Program
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EsSense
Call for Writing
The
VSA Call for Writing invites students, ages 11–18
years, to interpret their world through the use
of creative writing in the form of short works of
fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Writers may use
their own experience for inspiration or base their
writings on fictional events. Students submitting
writing must have a disability or a connection to
people with disabilities.
EsSense:
About the Call for Writing
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2010
International
VSA Festival
From
June 6-12, 2010, VSA - the premier arts and disability
organization - will bring together artists, educators,
researchers, and policy makers with disabilities
from around the world for a multicultural celebration
of the arts and arts education. The festival will
feature visual, performing, literary, and media
artists from all corners of the globe.
Festival
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2010
VSA International Young Soloists Award
Congratulations
to Yerko DiFonis of Staten Island, NY! New
York State's 2010 Young Soloists Award Winner!
Read
Yerko's biography here.
Listen
to Yerko perform by clicking on a song title below:
Prelude
From the Suite Bergamasque, Claude Debussy
Claire
de Lune, From the Suite Bergamasque, Claude Debussy
Spain, Chick
Corea
Since
1984, the VSA International Young Soloists Program
has been seeking to identify talented musicians
who have a disability. The VSA International Young
Soloists Award is given annually to four outstanding
musicians, two from the United States and two from
the international arena. The award provides an opportunity
for these emerging musicians to each earn a $5,000
award and a performance in Washington, D.C.
Applicants
Applicants
living in New York State must send their entry materials
to:
The
International Young Soloists Award Program: New
York State
The New York State Alliance for Arts Education/VSAarts
P.O. Box 2217
Albany, NY 12220
Young
Soloists |
VSA
of New York City
35th Annual VSA Festival
VSA
of New York City is hosting it's 35th annual
VSA Festival! Artwork by NYC students will be
exhibited. Students from Queens will also be able
to participate in varied fun filled arts activities.
Event: Queens VSA Festival
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Place: St. John's University,
Jamaica, New York
Time: 9:30AM - 1:00PM
Theme: "The Many Worlds
of New York City"
Contact:
Dr. Bebe Bernstein, Director of VSA NYC
bbvsanyc@msn.com
Madelyn Fink, Co Chair Queens Festival
Mfink3@schools.nyc.gov
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-Working
Collaboratively To Ignite a Love for the Arts-
An
Visual Arts Mentoring Program
for Students with Special Needs
Arts-2gether
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Arte Postale
An International Visual Arts and Writing Exchange
Arte
Postale is an international artwork exchange program
designed for students with and without disabilities
in any classroom. Students ages 7-14 years participate
in visual and language arts activities based on
a theme, that encourage thoughtful reflection on
their lives and cultures.
The
Arte Postale program creates valuable cross-cultural
educational experiences by forming relationships
among classrooms as they study and communicate about
their lives.
Arte Postale
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Call
for Art!
VSA and CVS Caremark
All
Kids Can Create Art Program
"New York City Skyline"
by Maurice Richardson
VSA and CVS Caremark All Kids Can asked students,
ages 5 through 15, to consider what makes them
unique and to share with us their interests, talents,
and dreams through art. In the process, children
were able to enjoy new experiences and discover
themselves as artists.
All
Kids Can Create
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VSA
Apprenticeship at the Williamstown Theatre Festival
For the past five years, VSA has partnered with
the renowned Williamstown
Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts
for the VSA Apprenticeship. The VSA Apprenticeship
provides a unique insight into the world of a professional
theater for students with a disability, ages 19
– 24, interested in expanding their theater education
and knowledge.
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VSA/Volkswagen
Group of America, Inc., Exhibition Program
VSA,
under generous sponsorship from Volkswagen Group
of America, Inc., launches an annual call for
entries to identify emerging artists with disabilities,
ages 16-25. This collaboration supports these
artists at a critical time when many are deciding
whether to pursue the arts as a career. The program
validates, and helps finance, that life-defining
choice. Fifteen (15) finalists are awarded a total
of $60,000 in cash awards that is distributed
as follows: $20,000 grand prize, $10,000 first
award, $6,000 second award, and 12 awards of excellence
in the amount of $2,000.
Exhibition
Program
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Sound Ricochet
International Music and Writing Exchange
Sound Ricochet is an inclusive international music
exchange program designed for students with and
without disabilities. Students study and use music
to reflect on their traditions and communicate with
others about their culture. Each classroom creates
and submits a video of their music to exchange with
other participating classrooms.
Who can participate in Sound Ricochet?
Sound Ricochet is intended for students ages 8–14
and for teachers with all levels of musical experience.
Sound
Ricochet
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This site is made possible in part through funding provided
by the home office of VSA arts,
under an award from the U.S. Department of Education.
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