Disability & Arts Webinars

A series presented by the SCAC & Able South Carolina

Everybody who seeks to engage with the arts should be able to experience and enjoy them. However, for those with disabilities, physical and online spaces are often inaccessible and even unwelcoming.

Logos of the SCAC and Able SC in white on a black background The SCAC believes that when you know better you can do better. To that end, along with our partners Able South Carolina, we are presenting an informative webinar series designed for arts organizations around topics of accessibility for people with disabilities. Able SC is a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit that seeks to make South Carolina a national model of equity and inclusion for all people with disabilities. Learn more about Able SC on their website.

Representatives from Able SC will be hosts of the webinars. SCAC grantees and non-grantees alike are welcome to register and take part.

The 2024/2025 Series

The series repeats on the first Wednesday of each month.
The sessions will run 3-5 p.m. on Zoom.
Advance registration is required using the links in each webinar description.

Webinar Reflections

New in FY25, this series repeats on the first Thursday of each month. Join Arts & Education Accessibility Director Amanda Noyes to keep the conversation around accessibility in the arts going. Reflect on the previous day’s webinar. Get answers to your lingering questions. Connect with other cultural arts organizations who are also on an accessibility journey. The floor is yours!

See dates under each webinar.
The office hour will run 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.
Advance registration is required using the links in each webinar description.

with Dori Tempio
Able SC Senior Director of Community Education
- How to make the disability community feel welcomed.
- How to engage with disabled artists as well as constituents.
Able SC staff will walk through their community engagement guide that can be a model for any situation.
with LaQuanda Clark, Able SC Director of Independent Living Services
and Larry Wanger, Able SC Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Independent Living Officer
and Cali Sandel, Able SC Director of Community Integration

Heard of a Touch Tour but aren’t sure how to make it happen? What about making audio descriptions of art work or a theater production? Maybe you would like to ensure your docents have a few tools under their belt to include anyone and everyone.

In this webinar we will provide an overview of these tools for accessibility and leave with you with the know-how to get started in our own programs and the resources to grow!
with Dori Tempio, Able SC Senior Director of Community Education;
and Angel Lee, Able SC Office Assistant;
and Grace Tumpower, Able SC Youth Program Assistant;
and LaQuanda Clark, Able SC Director of Independent Living Services

What is assistive technology and how can it help your artistic practice/organization? Learn about the wide variety of assistive and access technology that is available and get a practical look at how these options can increase accessibility and inclusion into your programming.
with Mary Alex Kopp, Able SC Vice President & Chief Public Relations Officer
and Dori Tempio, Able SC Senior Director of Community Education

Can your program be accessible when the location is out of your control? The good news is that it can! With some creative thinking and willingness to modify existing policies, procedures, and/or programming, we can help you navigate barrier removal even when you don’t own your space.
- May 7 registration link (required to attend)
Continue the discussion…

The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is May 8 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.
- Click to register for the May 8 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom
with Kim Martinez-Ward, Able SC Director of Development
and Mary Reaves, Able SC Director of Community Access

You’ve heard us say it over and over, but budgeting for accessibility is the only way to make it happen. Join us in this creative webinar as we problem-solve funding the accommodations and modifications that will provide that most inclusion and remove the most barriers. Intentionally funding accessibility is easy and we will show you how!
- June 4 registration link (required to attend)
Continue the discussion…

The Accessibility Office Hour for this topic is June 5 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.
- Click to register for the June 5 Accessibility Office Hour on Zoom