VSA Arts of Utah has contracted with the Utah State Office Of Education: Special Education Services Unit since 1993 to provide arts services in all art mediums for children, ages 3 to 22, who receive special education services. Professional artists work with educators to develop residency programs as requested by individual schools, teachers, or administrators in school districts statewide. Benefits for children include opportunities to experience success and be more fully integrated into typical student life. All residencies include an in-service component for educators to help them continue applying arts programming.
With the disappearance of arts specialists in schools, children, especially those with disabilities, no longer have access to quality arts education and experiences. VSA arts of Utah uses trained professional artists to create meaningful and inclusive arts activities.
Types of Programming
Artist in Residency – An artist coming into a school/facility to conduct art workshops for a particular class or client group and then conducting an in-service for school/facility teachers and staff.
Special Projects – An artist(s) coming into a school/facility to conduct a generalized or large-scale art project with a class, grade, or multiple age groups. It can also apply to a teacher working with an artist or art medium to adapt core curriculum to the needs of students with disabilities.
Festivals – A larger-scale arts event that typically includes several different artists conducting several projects in a school or facility festival format.
Art Access/VSA arts of Utah accepts proposals for arts programming (Artist-in-Residencies, Arts Festivals and Special Arts Projects) for students receiving special education services, ages 3 to 22.
Arts Program Proposal Information
Art Access/VSA arts of Utah accepts proposals for arts programming (Artist-in-Residencies, Arts Festivals and Special Arts Projects) for students receiving special education services, ages 3 to 22.
The Art Access/VSA arts of Utah Artist Resource Directory includes well trained and qualified artists who are able to work in various circumstances and with a wide range of age groups.
INTEGRATED ARTS PROGRAM PROPOSALS
Proposal Deadline: May 15, 2007
For: students receiving special education services in Utah
Project Dates: July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008
Award Amounts: vary from $100 to $2,000, according to project need
To apply for program funding, please carefully complete the proposal materials (right click and "Save Target As" to download these Microsoft Word documents):
Proposal Instructions
Organization Cover Sheet
Proposal Questions
Proposed Budget
Questions?
Please contact Amanda Finlayson, Programming Coordinator for Art Access/VSA arts of Utah, at 801-328-0703 or e-mail amanda@accessart.org.
2006/2007 Program Funding Recipients:
Bennion Elementary, Salt Lake City
Bloomington Elementary, St. George
Bluff Arts Festival, Bluff
City Academy, Salt Lake City
Columbus Community Center, Salt Lake City
Davis County School District Special Education Festival, Farmington
Edison Elementary, Salt Lake City
Enterprise Elementary, Enterprise
Horizon Elementary, St. George
Jordan Valley School, Midvale
Kimball Art Center’s Arte Latino, Park City
Kindred Spirits, Salt Lake City
Kostopulos Dream Foundation, Salt Lake City
Moab Arts Council Halloween Carnival , Moab
Morningside Elementary, Salt Lake City
Neighborhood House, Salt Lake City
Nizhoni Bridges, Inc., Bluff
Panorama Elementary, St. George
Primary Medical Center Residential Treatment Center, Salt Lake City
Red Mountain Elementary, Ivins
The Road Home, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Arts Academy, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Neighborhood Housing, Salt Lake City
Syracuse Arts Academy, Syracuse
Sunset Elementary, St. George
Three Falls Elementary, Hurricane
Utah Schools for the Deaf & the Blind classrooms at:
--Gerald Wright Elementary, Magna
--Matheson Junior High, Salt Lake City
--Mill Creek Elementary, Salt Lake City
--Plymouth Elementary, Salt Lake City
--USDB Campus, Ogden
Utah Schools for the Deaf & the Blind Summer Camp, Ogden
Wasatch Youth Center, Salt Lake City
Willow Canyon Elementary, Sandy
For additional information concerning this program or for assistance with proposal forms, please contact Amanda at 328-0703 or e-mail amanda@accessart.org.
