VSA Arts http://www.vsarts.org/

I was watching PBS today and the Rockettes were on for the big Christmas concert at Radio City Music Hall. I remember as a child I wanted to be a Radio City Rockette. I wanted to be any sort of artist. Expressing creativity through motion, through song, through visual art. I first wanted to find a program for children. I've discovered each state has a plethera of non-profit programs to choose from. Eventually, I came across the VSA Arts Program (http://www.vsarts.org/).

 Ambassador Jean Kennedy started this program on an international level for people with disabilities. Celebrate 35 years with a message from Jean Kennedy:

Welcome From the President

This year, as VSA arts celebrates its 35th anniversary, we can look back with a great deal of pride at all we have accomplished since our founding by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith in 1974.
Over the past three and half decades, we have broken new ground that has opened doors and minds. We unveiled world-class performing arts productions and visual art exhibitions, led conferences and seminars, trained generations of teaching artists and educators, and provided teachers and parents with the resources and tools needed to support arts programming in their schools and communities.
Perhaps the greatest measure of VSA arts’ success is best recognized in how our programs, educational resources and outreach efforts work together to create an ongoing continuum of learning that nurtures young and emerging artists, and then reengages and supports these talented men and women throughout their careers.
Together with our network of domestic and international affiliates, VSA arts is committed to forging an inclusive environment where the arts are truly accessible to everybody. We have accomplished so much in the last 35 years—just think what we can accomplish in the next 35!
All the best,




Soula Antoniou
President, VSA arts