Dance Movement - Dance artist Sharon Utegaard leads a Very Special Arts Arizona dance movement program for 75 students with severe and profound disabilities at the Howenstine School, Learning Plus Charter School, and Myers Ganoung Elementary School. The students work in two groups, one with ambulatory abilities and the other without, to learn to express themselves through creative movement and physical expression. Drawing Classes - Artist Donna Eyde offers drawing classes to 140 students with disabilities at charter high schools in Pima County, Pima County EDGE, Pima County Himmel Parks, and Learning Plus Charter School. In addition, drawing classes are offered to two classes of fifth graders with and without disabilities at Hughes Elementary School. Face Casting - Artist Marilyn Draving works with 35 students who are blind and visually impaired in an arts program that Very Special Arts Arizona has been providing for the last six years.
Students learn the variations of the human face and face casting skills using plaster gauze.
Festivals feature performances, art exhibitions, demonstrations and educational workshops, where children, youth and adults with disabilities proudly share their accomplishments with the public. Over 2,300 people directly participate in Very Special Arts Arizona's festival in Nogales. This festival reaches an audience over 1,200 additional people. Native American Bead Working - Artist D'Ana Soto works with 20 students with disabilities to create Native American beadwork. Students are introduced to the various techniques of beading styles done by different tribal groups and experiment with the various methods of utilizing beads in creating works of art.