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The 2012 VSA International Young Soloists Call for Entries is now open!

Deadline for Entries: January 31, 2012

Since 1984, the VSA International Young Soloists Program has been seeking to identify talented young musicians who have a disability.  The annual award provides an opportunity for up to four emerging musicians to each earn a $5,000 award, professional development opportunities, and a performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

VSA International Young Soloists Award Program Guidelines

Click to download the 2012 application guidelines


 

Previous Events
 


Tunes, Tutus & Turning Wheels
DATE: Saturday, October 29
TIME: 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Concert Hall - Belhaven Center for the Arts
835 Riverside Drive, Jackson, Mississippi


VSA Mississippi

Annual Community Art Group Exhibition
September 1-30, 2011
 
Municipal Art Gallery
839 North State Street
Jackson, MS

MOMENTUM
 
Call for Entries
Deadline: June 10, 2011
A national juried exhibition for  emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16-25
 
Fifteen artists will be selected for the exhibition at the
Smithsonian Institution's S. Dillon Ripley Center in Washington, D.C., 
and will share $60,000 in cash awards
 
Information and application available at www.vsarts.org.

23rd Annual Goodwill Art Show Awards Ceremony
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Arts Center of Mississippi
201 East Pascagoula Street
Jackson, MS
Sponsored by
Goodwill Industries Volunteer Services
Greater Jackson Arts Council
VSA Mississippi
 

Call for Entries

Announcing the 2011 VSA Playwright Discovery Program Call for Scripts

 
Application Deadline: April 15, 2011
 
The VSA Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students.
The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington, D.C., to view his or her work on stage. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2011, for consideration.
Information and application available at www.vsarts.org.

 

2011 VSA International Young Soloists Award
Musicians with disabilities, age 25 and under
2 recipients will each recieve $5,000 and perform at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D. C.
Musical ensemble of two to eight members may apply. At least one member must have a disability. All must be age 25 or under.
Deadline to apply:  November 15, 2010
For information on how to apply
or contact VSA Mississippi
601-965-4866 or info@vsartsms.org
 
VSA Mississippi
announces the
 VSA 2010 Call for Writing
 Open to students ages 11 - 18
 
Students with disabilities or a connection to people with disabilities are encouraged to submit an original short work of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry that relates to the theme "capture."  Pieces should create the most complete description possible of a moment in time, providing the reader with a written snapshot.
 
Selected entries will become part of the VSA online writing journal,
Infinite Difference
.
 
Deadline to submit: December 1, 2010
 
Guidelines and applications are available at www.vsarts.org/callforwriting.
For more information call 1-202-628-2800 or e-mail writing@vsarts.org.
Or, contact VSA Mississippi, 601-965-4866 or info@vsartsms.org.

 


VSA Mississippi Community Art Group
September 11 - October 31, 2010
Municipal Art Gallery
839 North State Street
Jackson, MS

Daniel MacGregor Studios, VSA Mississippi
and the
Greater Jackson Arts Council
Present
An Exhibition of Art
by
Daniel MacGregor
In Memory of Ginny Miller
To benefit VSA Mississippi

Arts Center of Mississippi
201 East Pascagoula Street


ArtBuds
Exhibit
August 7 - 22, 2010

Arts Center of Mississippi
201 East Pascagoula Street
Jackson


Community Art Group

Exhibit
September - October 2010

Municipal Art Gallery
839 North State Street
Jackson


2010 VSA Playwright Discovery
Call for Scripts


Deadline: All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010.
 



Call for Teaching Artists with Disabilities
Fellowships for Teaching Artists with Disabilities in the
Visual and Performing Arts


Application Deadline: April 23, 2010



Goodwill Art Show

To showcase the work of artist with disabilities
in the State of Mississippi.

Sponsored by
Goodwill Industries,
Greater Jackson Arts Council
and
VSA Mississippi
Arts Center of Mississippi in Jackson

January 26-February 21
 


Saturday, August 8, 2009

 ArtBuds
Exhibit and Reception
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Mississippi Arts Center
201 East Pascagoula Street
Jackson, MS