VSA arts is a private, non-profit, international organization that provides programs in creative
writing, dance, drama, literature, music and visual arts for individuals with physical or mental
disabilities. Founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith as an educational affiliate of The John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Very Special Arts seeks to promote worldwide awareness of
the educational and cultural benefits of the arts for all people.
In December 1990, VSA arts opened its VSA Arts Gallery that promotes the work of professional
visual artist with disabilities and is developing a National Artists Registry to serve as a
resource for professional artists with disabilities.
| VSA arts Alabama
Mr. Tim Chapman
Executive Director
1837 Shades Crest Road Birmingham, AL 35216
Voice: 205.798.0073
Fax: 205.979.6964 |
VSA arts Arizona
Ms. Barbara Yorkis
Executive Director
3321 North Chapel Avenue Tucson, AZ 85716
Voice: 520.795.6502
Fax: 520.326.8470
Email: vsaa@azstarnet.com
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VSA arts California
Ms. Jan Schmidt
Board President
2800 North Main Street
Suite 250
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Voice: 714.835.8867
Fax: 714.835.8996 |
VSA arts Chicago
Ms. Amy J. Serpe
Project Director
Merchandise Mart, Suite 493
200 World Trade Center Chicago Chicago, IL 60654
Voice: 312.527.2620
Fax: 312.527.2609
Email: amys@vsarts.org |
VSA arts Colorado
Mr. Damon McLesse
Executive Director
200 Grant Street #B07
Denver, CO 80203
Voice: 303.777.0797
Fax: 303.778.6956
Email: vsaco@aol.com
Website: http://co.vsarts.org/ |
VSA arts Connecticut
Ms. Alice Liebson
Board President
26 Wintonbury Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Voice: 860.243.9910
Fax: 860.243.9947
Email: vsac@juno.com |
VSA arts Delaware
Ms. Jennifer Gunther
Executive Director
Art Center Gallery
Delaware State University
1200 North Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
Voice: 302.857.6699
Fax: 302.857.6698
Email: jgunther@dsc.edu
Website: www.udel.edu/clyde/vsade.html
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VSA arts D.C.
L. Lawrence Riccio, Ed.D.
President, CEO
1100 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20036
Voice: 202.296.9100
Fax: 202.261.0200
Email: lriccio@wvsarts.org
Website: www.wvsarts.org |
VSA arts Florida
Dr. Gay Drennon, Ph.D.
Executive Director
P.O. Box 10453
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Voice: 850.877.6657
Fax: 850.877.3833
Email: drennon@earthlink.net
Website: www.vsafl.org |
VSA arts Georgia
Ms. Jennifer Sedlack
Executive Director
Healey Building
57 Forsyth Street, NW Suite R1
Atlanta, GA 30303
Voice: 404.221.1270 ext.14
Fax: 404.221-1984
Email: artsforall@mindspring.com |
VSA arts Idaho
Ms. Evelyn Mason
Executive Director
P.O. Box 1554
Boise, ID 83701-1554
Voice: 208.333.0122
Fax: 208.333.0122
Email: vsaidaho@micron.net
Website: http://home.mindspring.com/~vsaidaho/ |
VSA arts Illinois
Mr. Ronald J. DeBoer
Executive Director
52 Sunnyland Plaza
Washington, IL 61571-1943 Voice: 309.745.9419
Fax: 309.745.1936
Email: specartsil@mwonline.net
Website: www.mwonline.net/vsail/
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VSA arts Indiana
Mr. Jim Nulty President
2506 Willowbrook Parkwa, Suite 202 Indianapolis, IN 46205
Voice: 317.253.5504
Fax: 317.257.3628
Email: vsai@aol.com
Website: www.vsai.org |
VSA arts Iowa
Ms. Susan Jensen
Executive Director
Department of Education
Grimes State Office Bldg./3EN
Des Moines, IA 50319-0146
Voice: 515.281.3179
Fax: 515.242.6025 |
VSA arts Kansas
Azura Hassan
VSA arts Grant Manager
1300 Connecticut Avenue NW,
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036 Voice: 800.933.8721 Fax: 202.737.0725
Email: azurah@vsarts.org
Website: www.vsarts.org/ |
VSA arts Kentucky
Ms. Ginny Miller
Executive Director
624 Ironwood Drive
Bowling Green, KY 42103
Voice: 502.781.0872
Fax: 502.781.8725
Email: gmvsaky@premiernet.net |
VSA arts Louisiana
Ms. Mazie Malveaux
Executive Director
Department of Education
2758-D Brightside Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Voice: 225.763.5433
Fax: 225.763.5461
Email: mmalveaux@mail.doe.state.la.us |
VSA arts Maine
Mr. David Webster
Executive Director
P.O. Box 4002
Portland, ME 04101
Voice: 207.761.3861
Fax: 207.761.4740
Email: mafa@doe.k12.me.us
Website: http://www.vsartsmaine.org/ |
VSA arts Maryland
Dr. Nancy Stevens Carsey
Executive Director
6802 McClean Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21234
Voice: 410.426.0022
Fax: 410.426.0612
Email: vsamd@clark.net |
VSA arts Massachusetts
Mr. Charles Washburn
Executive Director
China Trade Center
2 Boylston, MA 02116-9856
Voice: 617.350.7713
Fax: 617.482.4298
Email: vsamass@accessexpressed.net
Website: www.vsamass.org |
VSA arts Michigan
Ms. Lora Frankel
Executive Director
51 West Hancock
Detroit, MI 48201-1382
Voice: 313.832.3303
Fax: 313.832.3387
Email: vsami@ic.net
Website: ic.net/~vsami/vsami.htm |
VSA arts Minnesota
Mr. Craig Dunn
Executive Director
Hennepin Center
528 Hennepin Avenue
Suite 305
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Voice: 612.332.3888
Fax: 612.305.0132
Email: mn@vsarts.org |
VSA arts Mississippi
Dr. Jorja Turnipseed
Executive Director
P.O. Box 80252
Starkville, MS 39760
Voice: 601.323.8721
Fax: 601.323.8784
Email: vsams@netdoor.com |
VSA arts Missouri
VSA arts of Missouri
Mrs. Lisa Kemper
Executive Director
800 North Providence
Suite 230
Columbia, MO 65203
Voice: 573-875-2872
Fax: 573-875-2991
Email: director@showmevsa.com |
VSA arts Montana
Ms. Alayne O. Dolson
Executive Director
P.O. Box 7225
Missoula, MT 59807
Voice: 406.549.2984
Fax: 406.829.6432
Email: alaynusa@montana.com |
VSA arts Nebraska
Ms. Stacey Wonder
Executive Director
7612 Maple Street
Omaha, NE 68138-5722
Voice: 402.426.3642 |
VSA arts Nevada
Ms. Mary Ellen Horan
Executive Director
4598 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502-6013
Voice: 775.826.6100
Fax: 775.826.6107
Email: vsanevada@juno.com
Website: nv.vsarts.org |
VSA arts New Hampshire
Ms. Janice Hastings
Executive Director
44 South Main Street
Concord, NH 03301-4822
Voice: 603.228.4330
Fax: 603.433.7452
Email: vsanh@ix.netcom.com |
VSA arts New Jersey
Ms. Ilene Isaacs
Executive Director
703 Jersey Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Voice: 732.745.3885
Fax: 732.745.4524
Email: vsanj@ix.netcom.com
Website: http://home.netcom.com/~vsanj/ |
VSA arts New Mexico
Ms. Beth Rudolph
Executive Director
P.O. Box 7784
Albuquerque, NM 87194
Voice: 505.245.8545
Fax: 505.766.9711
Email: vsanm@swcp.com
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| VSA arts New York City
Dr. Bebe Bernstein
Director
18-05 215 Street, Suite 15N
Bayside, NY 11360
Voice: 718.225.6305
Fax: 718.229.0337 (Call 1st) |
VSA arts North Carolina
Mr. Fred Baars
Executive Director
Dept. Of Public Instruction
301 N. Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
Voice: 919.715.1597
Fax: 919.715.1569
Email: fbaars@dpl.state.nc.us
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VSA arts Ohio
Ms. Paula Hammer
Executive Director
77 South High Street, 2nd Floor Columbus, OH 43215
Voice: 614.241.5325
Fax: 614.241.5326
Email: vsaoh@lwaynet.net |
VSA arts Oklahoma
Mr. Glen Henry
Executive Director
P.O. Box 1009 Fort Sill Boulevard Lawton, OK 73502-1009
Voice: 580.357.6900
Fax: 580.585.6468
Email: ghenry@lawtonps.k12.ok.us |
VSA arts Oregon
Ms. Ellen Green
Board President
Multnomah Elementary School
716 NE Marine Drive
Portland, OR 97211
Voice: 503.262.4210
Fax: 503.283.7094
Email: vsa.arts@state.or.us |
VSA arts Rhode Island
Ms. Jeannine Chartier
Executive Director
500 Prospect Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860
Voice: 401.725.0247
Fax: 401.725.0397
Email: ride0057@ride.ri.net |
VSA arts South Carolina
Mr. Larry K. Salley
Executive Director
P.O. Box 643
Columbia, SC 29292-0643
Voice: 803.931.0620
Fax: 803.931.0139
Email: vsaac@aol.com |
VSA arts South Dakota
Ms. Char Crisp
Executive Director
301 South Garfield Avenue, #8
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Voice: 605.367.5630
Fax: 605.367.5639
Email: prairie@ideasign.com |
VSA arts Utah
Ms. Ruth Lubbers
Executive Director
339 West Pierpont Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Voice: 801.328.0703
Fax: 801.328.9868
Email: accessart@soft
link.com |
VSA arts Vermont
Mr. Alex Chirelstein
Executive Director
192 College Street, 2nd Floor Burlington, VT 05401
Voice: 802.860.6220
Fax: 802.658.9516 (Call First)
Email: vsavt@together.net
Website: www.vsavt.org |
VSA arts Virginia
Ms. Kay Smith
Executive Director
P.O. Box 29081
Richmond, VA 23242
Voice: 804.648.7310
Fax: 804.643.2890
Email: vsavksmith@aol.com |
VSA arts Washington
Mr. Daniel Schmitt
Executive Director
305 Harrison Street, #303
Seattle, WA 98109
Voice: 206.443.1843
Fax: 206.448.9585
Email: vsawdes@aol.com |
VSA arts West Virginia
Mr. John Hunter, Jr.
Executive Director
Marshall University
400 Hal Greer Boulevard
Huntington, WV 25755
Voice: 304.696.6384
Fax: 304.696.3232
Email: jhunter647@aol.com |
VSA arts Wisconsin
Ms. Kathie Wagner
President
4785 Hayes Road
Madison, WI 53704
Voice: 608.241.2131
Fax: 608.241.1982
Email: vsawis@vsawis.org
Website: www.vsawis.org |
VSA arts Wyoming
Ms. Judie Herz
Executive Director
P.O. Box 2170
Mills, WY 82644
Voice: 307.237.8618
Fax: 307.237.1151
Email: spclart@trib.com
Website: www.vsawyo.org |