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We rely on the generous support of our volunteers. If you would like to join us in our efforts, please email us at: vsagr@iserv.net and put volunteer in the subject line.
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In order to keep VSA arts alive and growing in our community, we need your help. Your donation will open the doors to the arts to children, students, and adults with disabilities in our county and will provide opportunities for all to celebrate and to grow through the arts.

To make your tax deductible donation, click here!

Other donations can be sent to our offices at:
VSA - Grand Rapids
300 Ottawa Ave NW
Suite 0200
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

 
     

Vision in a shared future
Strength in shared resources
Artistic expression that unites us all


 

Classroom Workshops and Residencies:

Interested in having a professional artist come to your classroom for a three-hour hands-on workshop or 10 hour artist residency with you students?

To learn more and to apply, teachers must attend one of the following mandatory meetings at Lincoln School in the cafeteria (860 Crahen NE Grand Rapids, Michigan):

  • Thursday September 27, 2007 - 4:00 pm
  • Tuesday October 2, 2007 - 5:00 pm

Requirements: At least 1/3 of the students in the class must be students with special needs.

Very Special Choir

Sing with VSA! This experience is open to adults with and without disabilities, who like to sing and to learn music. No prior experience or ability required.

Rehearsals begin September 20, 2007.

Rehearsals:

  • Thursdays from 12:30 – 1:20 pm
    Dan Vos Chapel, Kuyper College

Cost: $106 for year

Fall Community Art Classes

Classes begin October, 2007

Classes held at Keystone Community Church

VSA arts of Michigan Career Forum for Artists

Michigan Rehabilitation Conference, October 24-26, 2007

Amway Grand Plaza Hotel

For more information, go to: www.maro.org/mrc.html

SUPPORT VSA!

18th Annual Very Special Art Auction

Friday November 2, 2007 at the new JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids

Tickets are available now!

The evening features a strolling dinner, live and silent auction. Some auction highlights include: artwork from local artists & VSA students, trips, event passes, golf packages and many other fun and unique items!

Tickets are $75 per person or $750 for tables of ten. Get your tickets by emailing vsagr@iserv.net.

LAFONTSEE GALLERIES, 840 MONROE AVE SE
A 20/20/20 CELEBRATION
MENTION VSA WHEN YOU GET YOUR ARTWORK FRAMED!

20-20-20 Celebration

Art was the first of all languages. It remains today our best and most universal vehicle for expressing the depths of feeling, senses and perceptions through which the human spirit shines. For those who are "differently able," the arts remain one of the best ways to communicate with and to define themselves in our world.