Practical Steps to Making a Career in the Arts Possible
Posted Tuesday December 01 2015 at 11:36 pm.
Used tags: art, vsa, webinar
Craig Dunn, VSA Minnesota's Executive Director, was asked to put together some thoughts for a webinar on how young people with disabilities might approach making a career in the arts. Since it was designed for the Great Lakes ADA Center, some of the specific resources point to organizations in MN, WI, MI, IL, IN and OH, but most of the info is applicable to all and makes strong usage of VSA's publication "Putting Creativity to Work: Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities" which is available as separate PDF downloads for each chapter.
The webinar shares information, resources and strategies that will allow you to better understand how to pursue an interest in the arts – visual arts, music, dance, writing or theater – so that it might become a viable career path. The webinar includes information on why educational training, skill development, interning and volunteering are all important and how to make connections for each. Also explored are differences between being an independent working artist and working for an arts organization and how each has its benefits and pitfalls.
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