call for entries

VSA arts is seeking applications from artist-educators for the Teaching Artist Fellowship program.  The Teaching Artist Fellowship seeks to identify, engage, and support outstanding teaching artists with disabilities in the visual and performing arts.

VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. VSA arts provides educators, parents, and artists with resources and the tools to support arts programming in schools and communities. VSA arts showcases the accomplishments of artists with disabilities and promotes increased access to the arts for people with disabilities. Each year millions of people participate in VSA arts programs through a nationwide network and in 55 countries around the world. VSA arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Programming and initiatives of VSA arts are guided by four essential principles:

• Every young person with a disability deserves access to high-quality arts learning experiences.

• All artists in schools and art educators should be prepared to include students with disabilities in their instruction.

• All children, youth, and adults with disabilities should have complete access to cultural facilities and activities.

• All individuals with disabilities who aspire to careers in the arts should have the opportunity to develop appropriate skills.

The VSA arts Teaching Artist Fellowship is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education and by a grant from the Dana Foundation.

The contents of this call were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.