
The mission guiding VSA arts of Massachusetts is to serve individuals with disabilities by creating opportunities for participation in the arts and integration into the cultural and educational mainstream of our communities.
VSA arts of Massachusetts leads through a consortium of school systems, cultural institutions, universities, and human service agencies to creatively leverage programs, services, policy, and events in three program areas:
(1) Create art programs in the schools to integrate students with and without disabilities.
(2) Create sustainable opportunities in the arts for people with disabilities.
(3) Create programmatic and physical access to cultural and other public facilities.
VSA arts of Massachusetts reaches close to 50,000 people annually and represents part of an international network of VSA arts organizations serving all 50 states and nearly 100 other nations. VSA arts was founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith and remains an affiliate of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. For more information visit us at www.vsamass.org.