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Upcoming Events
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.
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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.
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| Contact Us |
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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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