Access/VSA Program Sites

Requests for Contract Proposals

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If you have experience, knowledge, and expertise working with students with disabilities pre-kindergarten through grade 12, you could become an Access/VSA Program Site!

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The Kennedy Center Office of Accessibility and VSA seeks arts, education, and cultural organizations to provide accessible, arts-based education experiences to students with disabilities. Organizations are invited to submit proposals to implement the following Access/VSA Programs:

 

•  Access/VSA Arts Connect All — Workshop/Residency Program 

• Access/VSA Media Arts Discovery Program

• Access/VSA Theater Discovery Program

• Access/VSA Visual Arts Discovery Program

• Access/VSA Museum Access for Kids Program

• Access/VSA Performing Arts Access for Kids Program

• Access/VSA EZ Program

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These are Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Programs.

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• Proposal Submission Deadline: June 5, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EDT

• Notification:  Selected contract recipients will be notified by September 11, 2026

• Contract Term:  October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027

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Learn more about these Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Programs at kennedy-center.org/education/vsa/become-a-vsa-program-site/.

 

Eligible and qualified organizations are required to submit contract proposals online by the deadline to be considered for a program site. Eligible organization may submit proposals to a maximum of 2 (two) different 2026-2027 Access/VSA Requests of Contract Proposals, but the Kennedy Center will issue a contract offer for no more than 1 (one) proposal per eligible organization.