VSA arts of Texas is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that strives to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. Working at the intersection of multi-disciplinary arts, education reform, and disability rights, we serve as an international model in which people with disabilities have complete access to cultural, artistic and educational venues, programs and employment.
VSA arts of Texas is the 2008 VSA arts Award Winner for Excellence in Organizational Management! We invite you to explore the site and see what we have to offer.
From Your Mind to the Page and Screen:
Realizing your Comics and Animation Projects
Join VSA Texas and comic book creator Richard Jenkins for an informative workshop.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
9 am - 12 pm
Oak Cliff
Cultural Center
223 W. Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, TX
Click here for Details.
Actual Lives Austin presents
Disability from Real to Reel
Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25, 2010
Dougherty Arts Center Theatre
1110 Barton Springs Road
THE FILM LINEUP WILL BE POSTED BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2010.
Click here for more details on Disability from Real to Reel.
Open Mic and Cabaret Night
Here is a wonderful opportunity to share your talents and enjoy the talents of others. We will start with audience warm up theater games and move into short performances. Performers (that’s YOU!) may offer many different things: Poem, song, skit, magic, puppetry, juggling, comedy, storytelling, and comedy. Anything is possible! Well, not exactly, no skateboarding or anything too wildly physical because we have to be safe/sane in the gallery space... Special guests and stars from our classes will also grace our stage... This is a family friendly setting catering to young adults and adults, persons with and without disabilities.
Day & Time: September 25
Doors Open 7 PM.
Show is from 7:30 to 9:20 PM with a break for networking.
Where: Access Gallery, 3701 Guadalupe St., Suite 103, Austin, TX 78705, 512-323-6626
Who? Families, teens, adults with and without disabilities
Cost: Pay as you Can. Suggested minimum donation $5.
What to Bring? You are welcome to bring your own seating pillow, hat, costume, musical instrument or lines from a poem etc. VSA Texas will provide microphone and amplification system.
Leadership and staffing: VSA Texas will provide a zippy host for the event and trained volunteers who are available to support you in your participation.
Call for Art!
The National Arts Program in Austin
Deadline: October 12, 2010
Entry forms are now being accepted for the 8th Annual National Arts Program in Austin. This exhibition is for City of Austin employees, retired employees, and their family members. Cash prizes are awarded in Amateur, Intermediate, Professional, Youth, and Teen categories.
For more information or to register online visit the National Arts Program website.
Paper copies of the entry form can be obtained by contacting April Sullivan at Access Gallery at 512-323-6626 or email April or forms can be picked up at Access Gallery or the MACC.
SAVE THE DATE
Body Shift: A Mixed-Ability Dance Intensive
Oct. 22nd-Oct. 24th in Austin, TX
Join Forklift Danceworks and VSA Texas for an integrated dance intensive—a weekend of classes in mixed-ability dance open to dancers of all levels with and without disabilities. Click here for more details.
