VSA -- Calls for Art

2011 VSA International Young Soloists Award Call for Entries

For more information: www.vsamn.org/new.html#soloists

Individual musicians who have a disability (physical, cognitive, sensory, learning, emotional or medical), age 25 and under is eligible to apply. Deadline for Minnesota applicants is Friday, December 3, 2010. 

2011 VSA Call for Writing

For more information: http://www.vsaarts.org/x889.xml

The call is open to students with disabilities and students who have a connection to people with disabilities. Students must be between the ages of 11 and 18 years. Students up to age 21 receiving special education services are eligible to participate. Deadline for Minnesota applicants is Wednesday, December 1, 2010. 

Professional Development Day August 19 – a valuable learning experience!

Professional Development Day– a valuable learning experience!

Twenty-seven people came together at the Perpich Center for Arts Education on August 19 to learn more about the VSA Minnesota Teaching Artist Roster, a community of teaching artists working to create engaging lessons and environments that meet the diverse learning needs of all students.

Participants:

• became more familiar with VSA Minnesota’s Artists-in-Residence Grant Program as well as how to become a rostered teaching artist.
• experienced a hands-on visual art workshop designed for working with learners with various disabilities.
• engaged in a hands-on theater activity taught during an artist residency with students with Autism.
• explored the Perpich Center for Arts Education Artful Tools by describing what they experienced using facilitated reflection protocols.
• reviewed various disabilities and teaching strategies for each.

Many thanks to the Perpich Center for Arts Education for the use of Glass Box Conference Room and to our fantastic presenters including Lori Brink, Visual Artist/Teaching Artist/Peer Coach; Barbara Hackett Cox, Arts Education Partnership Coordinator, Perpich Center for Arts Education; Steve Busa, Theater Artist/Teaching Artist/Peer Coach; Katie Lipe, Southwest High School Autism Program; and Mary Z. McGrath, Educator/Professional Speaker/Author, Reflections Resources Ltd.

VSA arts Institute

VSA arts Institute hosted by VSA arts of North Dakota

Arts and Inclusive Learning is a one-day intensive session that is part of the VSA arts Institute. This interactive institute focuses on designing and delivering arts learning experiences that reach students of all abilities. Throughout the day you will gain an understanding of the foundations of inclusive education and arts-based learning, discuss theories and methods for teaching in inclusive environments, and engage in hands-on techniques that ensure progress for all students.For more information about the workshop download: The Arts and Inclusive Learning Workshop (PDF).

Eligibility: Classroom teachers, teaching artists, social services agency providers, arts administrators, and educators from all fields and levels.

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Place: Grand Forks County Office Building, 6^th Floor Conference Room,151 S. 4^th Street, Grand Forks, ND 58201.

Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

Cost: $15, includes lunch and snacks; scholarship available.

Registration:

Please register early, space is limited. Complete and mail the registration form along with a check for $15 to:

VSA arts of North Dakota, Attn: Linda Olsrud, 2518 Atlas Dr, Bismarck ND 58503.

Accommodations: A block of rooms has been reserved under the name “VSA arts” until October 9, 2009 at County Inn & Suites, 3101 S 42nd St, Grand Forks ND 58201. The rate is $70 per night and includes continental breakfast. For reservations call 701.757.2200 or toll-free 1.800.456.4000.

For more information, please contact:

Linda Olsrud 701-426-4396, vsa.northdakota@gmail.com, http://www.dakotawest.org/

Arts Access Newsletter

The Arts Access newsletter is published two to three times a year by VSA arts of Minnesota. It publicizes information about our upcoming activities and recent events. Follow the link to the latest issue!

Panel Discussion Notes

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY---Aug 6 a great success!
Click here to download notes from the Panel Discussion: What should be happening during our artist residencies, including: reasoning for the changes to programming from funders' perspective, understanding the Minnesota Academic Standards, defining the relationship between IEPs and 504s, advice for collaborating with classroom and Special Education teachers and Arts and Cultural Heritage Funds impact, resources available through the Minnesota State Arts Board, and more...

Theater Activity & Academic Standards Notes

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY -- Aug 6 making connections!
Click here to download notes from the Theater Activity & Minnesota Academic Standards in the Arts in Action. Participants explored character development through simple warm-up activities, a focus on team building exercises and performed a short scene based on a prop, poem or a picture. Following the activities, participants discussed observations and reflected on lesson objectives and how they correlate to the standards.

Program Update

Click here to download the Artists-in-Residence Grant Program and Teaching Artist Roster overview, including updates and expectations for the 2009-2010 school year. Alternative formats are available.