VSA Hawai‘i at the Museum Art School

VSA Hawaii’s mission is to promote awareness of the value of arts in the daily lives of people with disabilities, and to foster opportunities for the full inclusion and participation in all the arts by youth and adults with disabilities, especially the unserved and underserved in Hawai‘i.

VSA Hawai‘i is an affiliate of VSA—The International Organization on Arts and Disability, an international nonprofit organization affiliated with the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. VSA International was founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. 

Kathleen O’Bryan, Executive Director

For more information call 469-6651


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  • Professional Development and Technical Assistance

    Artists Mean Business, a self-employment microenterprise initiative, grew out of the National Arts and Disability Center, National Endowment for the Arts, and VSA Careers in the Arts forums. Since 2003, VSA Hawai‘i has offered entrepreneurship and self-employment professional development fo...

     
    Apr. 10-Sep. 20
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    Mon–Fri / 10am–5pm

  • See Art, Make Art

    A partnership with the Honolulu Museum of Art, VSA Hawaii, and the Kennedy Center for Performing Art. O‘ahu public school students explore art through docent-led museum visits followed by two-hour studio sessions. Honolulu Museum of Art School instructors facilitate hands-on art making pro...

     
    Apr. 10-Sep. 20
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  • Together Through Arts

    Twenty-first century education is challenged to promote the mastery of knowledge and the mastery of learning. This training program is aimed at VSA volunteers, exposing them to inclusive practices to better teach students with disabilities being served in fine arts education related to Fine Arts ...

     
    Apr. 10-Sep. 20
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  • Mixed Media Professional Production Studio

    This supported open studio for artists with physical, mental or intellectual disabilities aims to develop professional skills to allow students to be self-employed as a producer of fine art and cultural craft. Students learn start-to-finish production with technical assistance. Small group and/or...

     
    Sep. 20-Apr. 7
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  • Ten Years of Changing Minds: Breaking Barriers Exhibtion

    This annual juried art exhibition aims to give a positive voice and visibility to all individuals whose lives, directly or indirectly, have been affected by a mental illness. Artists with and without disabilities, statewide, are encouraged to submit work. VSA Hawaii and the Adult Mental Health Di...

     
    Apr. 10-Sep. 20
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