Posted Wednesday August 28 2013 at 11:19 pm
in News
Join us at an All Access Pass tour to learn more about our work towards educational and cultural inclusion in the arts. We are hosting tours of VSA Massachusetts as a way to bring our mission to a wider audience. The tour takes no more than one hour. You'll hear a welcome from board and staff members and then take a guided tour of our work. We'll share some inspiring stories about how the arts transform our communities and create opportunities for inclusion.
Upcoming tour dates:
Wednesday, September 18, 12:00pm
Tuesday, October 29, 5:45pm
Wednesday, November 20, 12:00pm
89 South Street, Suite 101, Boston 02111
To reserve a spot and request ASL interpretation or other accommodations, call Kati Blair Kotrc at 617-350-7713 x101 or email kati@vsamass.org.
Posted Sunday August 25 2013 at 6:20 pm
in Education
The air is crisp, school supplies are arriving on store shelves and the VSA MA team is gearing up for another great year of transformation through the arts in our COOL Schools program. During the summer we have the opportunity to reflect on learnings from last year and to celebrate successes both for individual students and for school communities as a whole. As we read through teacher reflections, our mission was reaffirmed in the words of the teachers.
A teacher working with high school students in an institutional setting saw the power of the poetry and spoken word to build self expression and engagement in writing. She explained that, "Some [students] were reluctant to express and share their thoughts and feelings at first but all became proud of what they accomplished and we saw significant emotional growth and self-awareness in all, plus-writing became a positive experience! (Many hated writing at first)." As we continue to work with these students next year, we hope to see their comfort with writing increase and the artist within each of them grow.
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Posted Saturday August 24 2013 at 11:16 pm
in Cultural Inclusion
A message from Broadway in Boston:
We strive to present Open-Captioned, American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted, and Audio Described performances each season. As the 2013/2014 season approaches, we hope to present performances that are both exciting and convenient for our patrons who are blind or have low vision, and from the Deaf and hard of hearing community. Please complete these surveys to help us provide programming to you in a manner you desire.
Audio Description Survey
ASL/Open-Caption Survey
