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Program Area I: Educational Programs & Teaching Artist Residencies

VSA arts of California brings education in the Arts to pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students and teachers in schools and community settings. Programs include teaching-artists in the classrooms, transition-to-work training through the Arts, plus direct teacher training on utilization of the Arts in the classroom. These programs involve school district, County Office of Education, family and/or community partnerships.

VSA arts of California supports the following programs: I Can Do That!, Artshift
VSA arts of California affiliates participating in Program Area I: Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange County, Yuba Sutter

 

Program Area II: Professional Development and Technical Assistance

Program Area II includes intensive training programs offering activities to train teachers, artists, and/or arts program staff on how to provide inclusive arts learning activities and programming. Additionally, programs may provide technical assistance to arts, disability, and education professionals and organizations to help increase accessibility and inclusive programming (i.e. a one-time/one-day training, one-on-one consultation, information/resources, etc.).

VSA arts of California supports the following programs: VSA Artists Community, Open Eyes… Open Hearts
The VSA arts of California affiliates participating in Program Area II: Orange County, Sacramento

 

Program Area III: Cultural Access and Inclusive Arts Services

Program Area III includes physical and programmatic access services, which may include accessibility site surveys of cultural organizations, audio description or ASL interpretation programs for arts performance, ticket distribution programs or other access initiatives.

VSA arts of California supports the following programs: Arts Alive
VSA arts of California affiliates participating in Program Area 3: Sacramento

 

Program Area IV: Public Awareness and Outreach

Program Area IV includes arts presentations for the consumption of the wider community. For example, galleries, festivals, exhibits, performances, participatory arts experiences, etc. Public awareness activities may include newsletters, community presentations/speeches, website, etc.

VSA arts of California supports the following programs: Very Special Art Festivals
VSA arts of California affiliates participating in Program Area 4: Marin, Los Angeles, Yuba Sutter, Orange County, Sacramento, Stanford, Merced, Santa Barbara.