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VSA arts of Florida "Arts Access"
March 2008

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VSA arts of Florida has been busy across the state of Florida. Please check your county to see what has been happening in your area. For more information, please visit our website.

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April 3 - Start with the Arts training at Achieve Management. 2-4PM. Contact Marilyn Farber.
April 5 - Program at Miami Lighthouse for the Blind. Contact Beth Gordon.
April 11 - Exhibition Opening reception at West Tampa Center, 7-11PM. Contact Jenn Bade
April 14 and 15 - Start with the Arts training at the National HIPPY conference. Contact Marilyn Farber.
April 16 - Start with the Arts training in Miami. Contact Beth Gordon.
April 18 - Start with the Arts training in Citrus County. Contact Lee Moniz.
April 19 - Arts for All event in Gainesville. Contact Jenn Bade.
May 3 - Careers in the Arts workshop at West Tampa Center for the Arts. Contact Jenn Bade
May 14 - Disability Awareness training at the Patel Center, Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Contact Marian Winters.
May 15 - VSA Festival at Tampa Museum of Art. Contact Marian Winters.





  • VSA arts of Florida has been busy across the state of Florida. Please check your county to see what has been happening in your area. For more information, please visit our website.
  • VSAFL map of services by county

    VSA arts of Florida Map of Services.

    ALACHUA COUNTY Hosted an artist residency in an ARC site for 14 persons with disabilities and a "Call for Art" with 50 respondents.
    BAKER COUNTY Hosted an artist residency at an ARC site, serving 12 adults with disabilities.
    BAY COUNTY Hosted an artist residency and an art festival with over 1360 persons served directly, including over 300 with disabilities.
    BREVARD COUNTY Hosted several art festivals, educational programs, artist residencies in schools, and DJJ sites, teacher trainings, traveling exhibitions, school performances, "Arts for All" programs, and received grant money for programming. Directly served over 7600 people, including 4400 with disabilities.
    BROWARD COUNTY Hosted several school performances and music residencies for adults serving 12,677 persons directly, including 485 with disabilities. Received the traveling exhibition Art on the Move.
    COLLIER COUNTY Hosted an artist residency in a school and a residency in a DJJ site, serving a total of 42 young persons with disabilities.
    COLUMBIA COUNTY Hosted a "Careers in the Arts" workshop.
    DADE COUNTY Hosted a "Careers in the Arts" workshop, teaching artist trainings on inclusion, a workshop on access for staff in a cultural institution, and artist residencies in ARC sites, at numerous schools and a senior center. Directly served over 695 persons, including 605 with disabilities. Art on the Move exhibition included 40 artists and was viewed by approximately 14,000 people.
    DESOTO COUNTY Hosted an artist residency in a DJJ site, serving 15 teens.
    DUVAL COUNTY Hosted several VSA festivals, school residencies, and Start with the Arts programs at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens as well as a residency in music for teens at a DJJ site. Directly served over 14,800 including 2800 persons with disabilities.
    ESCAMBIA COUNTY Hosted two artist residencies in Department of Juvenile Justice sites serving 140 teens as well as festivals and "Arts for All" programs serving a total of 950 persons including 395 with disabilities.
    GLADES COUNTYHosted residencies that served 500 persons with disabilities.
    GULF COUNTY Hosted a music residency in an ARC site, serving 20 adults with disabilities.
    HAMILTON COUNTY Hosted an artist residency in music in an ARC center, serving 11 adults with a disability, and a residency in a school serving 16 children with disabilities.
    HENDRY COUNTY Hosted residencies that served 500 persons with disabilities.
    HERNANDO COUNTY Hosted festivals, traveling exhibitions, Start with the Arts and Express Diversity programs, and an artist residency in an ARC site. Served over 11,100 individuals, including 1555 people with disabilities.
    HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Hosted exhibitions at numerous venues including the Open Door Gallery at the West Tampa Center for the Arts and the Tampa Museum of Art, presented "Art for All" at the USF Children's Festival, several "Careers in the Arts" workshops, Start with the Arts workshops, artist residencies in health care settings, DJJ sites and schools, and numerous training sessions on inclusion and "Why the Arts". Directly served over 700 individuals, including over 200 with disabilities.
    JEFFERSON COUNTY Hosted a visual arts residency in an ARC site, serving 11 adults with disabilities.
    LAKE COUNTY Hosted a festival, directly serving over 150 persons with disabilities.
    LEE COUNTY Hosted a festival, several residencies in schools and DJJ sites, serving over 2000 individuals, including over 1400 with disabilities.
    LEON COUNTY Hosted residencies that directly served over 1100 persons, including over 350 persons with disabilities and a literary artist residency in a technical center, serving 23 individuals with disabilities.
    MADISON COUNTY Hosted a Start with the Arts training serving 34 teachers and a visual arts residency serving 27 adults with disabilities in an ARC site.
    MANATEE COUNTY Hosted an artist residency in an ARC site directly serving 11 adults with disabilities and a literary arts residency serving 55 middle-schoolers, including 10 with disabilities.
    MARION COUNTY Hosted a festival at an elementary school directly serving 900 students, including over 130 persons with disabilities and hosted a Start with the Arts music residency serving 10 pre-schoolers, including two with disabilities.
    NASSAU COUNTY Hosts monthly music residencies in an ARC site, as well as a music residency in an ARC site, directly serving over 24 adults with disabilities.
    OKEECHOBEE COUNTY Hosted a literary residency at a DJJ site, directly serving 32 teens with disabilities.
    ORANGE COUNTY Hosted an inclusion training serving 32 teachers and administrators and numerous artists residencies in the visual arts directly serving over 160 students with disabilities.
    OSCEOLA COUNTY Hosted two artist residencies in ARC sites, a music residency in an elementary school, a festival and a traveling exhibition, directly serving over 3800 individuals, including 535 persons with disabilities.
    PALM BEACH COUNTY Hosted festivals, educational programs, an artist residency in a DJJ site, traveling exhibitions, performances, Start with the Arts trainings, and Express Diversity programs, directly serving over 27,500 people, including over 3100 persons with disabilities. Received grant money which directly impacted 100 individuals, including 25 with disabilities.
    PASCO COUNTY Hosted a Start with the Arts residency in music, serving 21 school children with disabilities.
    PINELLAS COUNTY Hosted a Call for Art, two exhibitions, visual artist residencies in schools and a health care facility, and training for staff in a cultural arts facility, directly serving over 135 individuals with a disability.
    POLK COUNTY Hosted a docent training on awareness and a Start with the Arts training directly serving over 50 individuals.
    PUTNAM COUNTY Hosted a movement residency in a pre-school, directly serving 13 children with disabilities.
    ST. JOHNS COUNTY Hosted a teacher training on inclusion, a music residency in a high school, and a visual art residency in an ARC site directly serving over 45 individuals, including 12 with disabilities.
    ST. LUCIE COUNTY Hosted a traveling exhibition, a music residency in an ARC site, a movement residency in a DJJ site, directly serving over 15,500 persons, including over 1080 children and adults with disabilities.
    SANTA ROSA COUNTY Hosted a festival, educational programs, "Arts for All" programs, a movement residency in an ARC site, and a visual art residency in a DJJ site, directly serving over 590 persons, including 390 individuals with disabilities. Received grant money directly impacting 160 individuals with disabilities.
    SARASOTA COUNTY Hosted several Start with the Arts residencies, a visual art residency in a school, and a teacher training in Start with the Arts, directly serving over 130 individuals, including 19 children with disabilities.
    UNION COUNTY Hosted an artist residency in a DJJ site serving 24 teens with disabilities.
    VOLUSIA COUNTY Hosted a festival, educational programs including Arts for All, traveling exhibition, performances, and artist residencies in a DJJ site and health care settings, directly serving almost 16,000 individuals, including 5033 children and adults with disabilities.
    WAKULLA COUNTY Hosted a literary residency in a middle school, directly serving 10 students with disabilities.
    WALTON COUNTY Hosted an educational program and a traveling exhibition directly serving 4230 persons, including 40 persons with disabilities.
    WASHINGTON COUNTY Hosted a movement residency in an ARC site, directly serving 36 adults with disabilities.

  • Contact Us
  • Marian Winters Executive Director (813) 558-5095, E-mail: mwinters@tempest.coedu.usf.edu

    Jan Beals Finance Coordinator (813) 558-5091, E-mail: Beals@coedu.usf.edu

    Lee Moniz Education Coordinator (813) 558-5094, E-mail: lmoniz@coedu.usf.edu

    Marilyn Farber Professional Development Coordinator (813) 558-1144, E-mail: mfarber@coedu.usf.edu

    Jenn Bade Adult Program Coordinator (813) 558-5093, E-mail: bade@coedu.usf.edu

    Karen Belsole Media Coordinator (813) 558-5092, E-mail: belsole@coedu.usf.edu

    Beth Gordon Cultural Access Coordinator (786) 261-6021 E-mail: bgordonvsa@gmail.com

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    The content of this informational piece was developed in part through funding provided by the central office of VSA arts, under an award from the U.S. Department of Education. the content, however, does not necessarily reflect the policy of the U.S. Department of Education and endorsement should not be assumed. VSA arts of Florida is funded in part by VSA arts; Florida State, Division of Cutural Affairs, Kurt S. Browning, Secretary of State; The Florida Arts council, the National Endowment for the Arts; and the University of South Florida.

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