VSA arts of Nebraska
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1030 S. 111 Plaza |
Ms. Carolyn Anderson |
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Tel: (402) 341-7130 ext.1 |
Organizational Profile:
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Full-time Staff: 1 |
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VSA arts Nebraska is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational and experiential opportunities through the arts for children and adults with special needs.
Programming Partners and Other Funders:
Boys& Girls Clubs of Omaha; Brookstone Retirement Center; Campfire Inc.; Catholic Charities; Children’s Respite Care Center; Community Alliance; Cooper Village; Educare; ENCOR; Girls Inc.; Heartland Family Services; Jewish Family Services; Kindnernook Preschool; Midwest Geriatrics; Visiting Nurse Associate; AARP; Hospice House; Mosaic; Munroe Meyer; Nebraska Medical Center; New Cassell Retirement Center; Ollie Webb Center; Omaha Children’s Museum; Omaha Community Playhouse; Solomon Girls Center; Omaha Public Schools; Quality Living Inc.; Uta Halee Girls Village
State Programs
Educational Programs and Artist Residencies
Cadre of Artists
"VSA arts artists of the Heart" are a group of professional artists trained in the areas of disabilities and special needs, who do residencies and workshops in various organizations serving people with disabilities in schools, hospitals, youth centers, and senior centers across the city. Artists represent the areas of dance and movement, the visual arts, storytelling and theatre, and music. Workshops have been piloted with Quality Living, Inc., an organization that serves adults with brain injuries; Munroe-Myers Inc. which serves people of all ages with disabilities; Bethphage, a group that serves people with disabilities; Micah House, a family shelter; Jewish Family Services, whose reach includes youth with disabilities; Community Alliance, a group that serves the homeless population; and Catholic Charities, through the Latino Women’s Resource Center and Addiction Center; as well as many others.
Start with the Arts
VSA arts of Nebraska works with preschool and early childhood education centers to set up arts curricula utilizing VSA arts professional artists. VSA arts of Nebraska provides technical assistance in selection of artists, evaluation, and grant writing.
The Nebraska Medical Center and VSA arts of Nebraska
Working with the pediatric floor and the staff of Child Life, VSA arts of Nebraska will build comprehensive arts programming where no arts are being utilized. VSA arts of Nebraska will be doing "artist visits" to patients, as well as coordinating monthly arts stations and working with staff to include the arts in the daily lives of the patients and families.
BEST ME
VSA arts of Nebraska provides arts workshops to the Community Learning Centers through the Omaha Public Schools in their after school programming. VSA arts of Nebraska works with each elementary or middle school to outline the arts programming they would like and then coordinates the artist workshops. Evaluation and follow up are provided.
Professional Development and Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance
VSA arts of Nebraska offers technical assistance in program planning, evaluation, grant writing, and other services to a network of organizations working with people with disabilities.
Public Awareness and Outreach
Festivals
VSA arts of Nebraska will continue to organize festivals with the Omaha Children’s Museum, Children’s Respite Care Center, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Theatre Company for Young People, Omaha Community Playhouse, schools, the Educational Service Unit providing special education, and the Junior League. During these festivals, VSA arts of Nebraska provides "Arts for All" activities including arts exhibits for people with disabilities and who are at-risk, special theatre performances, and American Sign Language interpreting services.
Art is the heART
Through this program, VSA arts Nebraska coordinates the visits of volunteer professional artists in retirement centers, Hospice House, and the Nebraska Medical Center Pediatric floor.
(F) 202-429-0868