VSA Arts

"High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith. It was originally called Very Special Arts. Although VSA no longer explicitly acts as an initialism, the three letters of the name are intended to represent ""Vision of an inclusive community, Strength in shared resources and Artistic expression that unite us all.""VSA arts programs with the United States are run by the individual VSA arts state organizations. Each independent state group may have their own 501-c-3 status or operate in cooperation with another non-profit group. The Washington, D.C. home office provides funding, organizes conferences, provides networking, shared use of resources, technical assistance and programming."