VSA arts of Indiana
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1505 North Delaware Street |
Jim Nulty |
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Tel.: (317) 974-4123 |
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Organizational Profile:
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Full-time Staff: 7 |
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VSA arts of Indiana educates through quality arts experiences, advocates for children with disabilities, and provides access to the arts for all people. VSA arts of Indiana’s state office is located in Indianapolis. Other areas of Indiana are locally served through VSA arts of Indiana’s eight district offices.
Programming Partners and Other Funders:
Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners; National Endowment for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission; Arts Council of Indianapolis; SBC Ameritech; Central Indiana Community Foundation; Christel DeHaan Family Foundation; Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust; Penrod Society; Indianapolis Public Schools; Lilly Endowment; Indianapolis Foundation; Hensel Foundation; Psi Iota Xi.
State Programs
Educational Programs and Artist Residencies
Artists-in-Residence
VSA arts of Indiana will place artist-educators in schools, where they will administer and teach inclusive, accessible, arts-related learning curricula for students with and without disabilities. The artist residencies will enrich approximately 13,000 participants.
Community Classes
VSA arts of Indiana will administer and teach approximately 15 weekly community art classes in its studios. These classes serve a need in central Indiana for completely accessible and inclusive studio art classes for youth and adults with disabilities, including individuals receiving services through after-school programs, shelters, community service agencies, group homes, and employers. VSA arts of Indiana is also presenting model arts programming for college students majoring in education, and several of the classes are collaborations with area social services agencies.
Lolly Program
VSA arts of Indiana will provide weekly clay and visual arts classes for patients and their families in the Oncology Unit at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. This arts enrichment program will provide a creative and recreational outlet for young patients and families experiencing life-threatening situations in a medical environment. In addition, the program will provide a creative and non-medical activity for patients and their families to enjoy together.
Professional Development and Technical Assistance
Artist Training
Artist Training sessions will focus on effective adaptive arts teaching techniques for artists and the development of curriculum-based residency plans that support state standards. The training explores practices, methods, and expected outcomes of an artist residency through program assessment and self-assessment tools.
Urban Artisans
VSA arts of Indiana will oversee the Urban Artisans program, a cooperative of student artists, ages 16-22, who create work for sale to learn important vocational skills, and to generate funds, both for themselves and to sustain the program for future artisans. The Urban Artisans market and sell their products to coffee shops, garden shops, and to gallery and museum stores throughout the greater Indianapolis area.
Cultural Access and Inclusive Arts Services
Special Projects
VSA arts of Indiana will provide services necessary to ensure that sustainable accessible and adaptive arts services develop in the community. Services include coordinating audio description equipment and interpreting services for performance groups, providing technical assistance to partner agencies that need help with accessibility issues, and training artists and administrators to deliver quality adaptive programming.
Public Awareness and Outreach
Festivals
VSA arts of Indiana, in conjunction with community organizations, will organize, facilitate and implement six statewide arts festivals. These events provide artslearning experiences for students with disabilities and their peers. The festivals will focus on adaptive and accessible arts activities for children, and activities at the festivals often lead to the enhancement of the classroom curriculum. These festivals provide children, families and their teachers with arts experiences and highlight the importance of inclusion and disability awareness.
Web Site and Newsletter
VSA arts of Indiana will publish a quarterly newsletter that highlights activities, opportunities, and accomplishments of participants in VSA arts of Indiana programs. VSA arts of Indiana will also maintain and upgrade a Web site that provides information from the newsletter and an online artist gallery. These two methods of information dissemination will increase public awareness for the organization and disability-related issues.
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