“Promoting Equity at the Intersection of Deaf Education and the Arts” is a full-day preconference session at the VSA Intersections: Art and Special Education Conference taking place October 25-28, 2019 in Irvine, California.

Theater artist, advocate and educator Fred Beam has been a driving force in support of arts learning for D/deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) students. He and Brian Cheslik, a theater teacher at Texas School for the Deaf and Founding Artistic Director of Deaf Theater Austin, will present at the first session in VSA Intersections history to focus exclusively on arts education and D/HH learners. 

Jenna Gabriel, Special Education Manager at the Office of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts shares her reflections on the VSA Intersections:  Regional Arts and Special Education Conference in New Orleans.

In this article, two New Orleans area arts education leaders share their knowledge and experience building partnerships to create arts-rich schools and connect students to the local culture and arts community.