Vsa Vermont Inc Fka Vsa Arts of Vermont Inc

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2013

Signed

Aug 6, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.0

Gross Receipts

$397,626

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Professional Development: VSA Vermont professional development workshops and classes are designed to help artists learn inclusive teaching methods, and to help educators and social service providers use the arts to more fully engage their students or clients. VSA VT professional development programs are presented in collaboration with a variety of arts and education partners. 125 people including early childhood educators, museum educators, teaching artists and classroom teachers, representing every county in Vermont, were served. Early childhood educators receive 20 training hourse authorized by the State of Vermont for advancement in professional development and quality rating systems.

Activity 3

Cultural Access: VSA Vermont assists art organizations in presenting more artists with disabilities and in welcoming more visitors and audience members with disabilities. This service area includes providing fiscal sponsorship for individual artists and small arts projects doing work related to our mission. We also engage the public in inclusive arts activities such as exhibitions, performances, and events including our free BOOM VT drum festival. VSA VT cultural access programs are presented in collaboration with community cultural organizations and businesses across Vermont. 50 artists with disabilities were presented at 46 sites across Vermont ranging from formal settings such as the Bennington Museum and Catamount Arts to informal settings such as nursing homes, public libraries, and local businesses. In addition, audiences experienced VSA VT events. VSA VT presented original public access television shows by artists with disabilities that were distributed to public access stations across Vermont, airing multiple times. VSA VT also produced and showed an original movie written by an artist with a disability, which was screened at film festivals, a film house and at schools. It's difficult to measure how many people watch television shows or attend film festivals, but 150 people were present for at least one film screening and more than 3,000 people visited the Bennington Museum during the time VSA VT's Engage exhibition was there.

Filer

EIN

03-0307529