VSA Mississippi programs are based on the following guiding principles:

• Every young person with a disability deserves access to appropriate arts learning experiences.

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

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

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

 
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Professional Development for Teachers


Professional Development for Artists
 

CULTURAL ACCESS AND INCLUSIVE ARTS SERVICES
Disability Awareness for Museum Volunteers and Docents
 

PUBLIC AWARENESS AND OUTREACH

• Exhibits and Galleries:  VSA MS partners with area museums, galleries, and other public venues to offer public awareness of artists with disabilities through regular exhibiting opportunities.  VSA MS artists participate in the Goodwill Art Show, Fondren Unwrapped, Arts, Eats and Beats, Mississippi Arts Commission, Mississippi Library Commission, Municipal Art Gallery, Vicksburg Art Association, Mississippi Watercolor Society, and others arts events and activities.  The VSA MS Studio/Gallery serves as a permanent gallery for exhibits of works by artists with disabilities.