Outreach
Expressive exploration is at the heart of the Outreach Program, as members of VSA span out across the Albuquerque region to teach and mentor participants from all walks of life. Kids at the local juvenile detention center learn how to mix live video feeds and travel to multiple contemporary art spaces around town; seniors at a low-income nursing home express themselves with pastels, acrylics, and watercolors while passing along wonderful stories of their unique and significant lives to the VSA teachers; and Native-American youth at a local charter school learn the power of words, writing and performing their original poems. Program objectives include:
- recognizing, acknowledging and celebrating creativity;
- producing works of art that explore creative potential and encourage freedom of expression;
- providing services that support the inclusion and contributions of traditionally underrepresented individuals in community cultural life;
- nurturing the creative aspirations of traditionally underrepresented individuals;
- supplying opportunities for traditionally underrepresented individuals to present, exhibit, and promote creative endeavors in the visual, performing, literary and media arts.
For more information about setting up an Outreach Program at your facility or organization please contact VSA at (505) 345-2872.