Session Title:  Extending the Mission of VSA arts by Linking Communities & Organizations

While Minnesota is fortunate in having vital arts, disability, education and funding communities, each of the states throughout the VSA arts network have similar communities and organizations with which to work.  The panel for this session will include representatives from organizations with whom VSA arts of Minnesota has "been at the table" over the past decade.  The goal of the session will be to demonstrate how a VSA arts affiliate organization can be more than the sum of its "bottom line" by being an active and involved participant in those various communities.  Presenters will talk not only about how they have worked with the VSA arts affiliate in Minnesota but also how and why other VSA arts affiliates should connect with like organizations in their own states or countries.

