Craig Dunn

Craig Dunn has been the executive director of VSA Minnesota since 1992.  Prior to that, he served for five years on the organization’s Board of Directors with three of those years as its president.  He has provided accessibility assistance to over 50 arts organizations throughout Minnesota and has provided assistance to teachers who work with students with disabilities to use the arts in their education settings.  He has worked extensively with the Minnesota State Arts Board to ensure that people with disabilities have full access to the wealth of arts experiences provided by the state’s performing, exhibiting and presenting arts organizations.  In addition to his work with VSA, he serves as a board member and current Past President for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts.  Finally, he was the director of a choir of 70 adults with cognitive disabilities for 25 years through Anoka-Hennepin’s Community Education program (1985-2010).  His training is as a music educator and music therapist (University of Kansas, 1978) and he served in that capacity for 13 years in school settings in Wisconsin (Elm Brook District) and Minnesota (Anoka-Hennepin).