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.
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.
with Glenna Barlow, Curator of Education, Columbia Museum of Art
and Kayleigh Vaughn, Executive Director, Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center (formerly with Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage)
with Keith Wann, CODA Artist (Children of Deaf Adults)
A panel discussion among
Join these experts for a panel presentation about ways theatres can increase their accessibility through a variety of captioning options. They will discuss options like providing open captions through LED boards as well as innovative options like providing closed captions through captioning glasses that theatre-goers wear throughout the performance.
with Dani Rose, Open Door Arts
Open Door Arts, a Massachusetts-based organization leading the way in arts accessibility, joins us for a lively conversation. Director of Cultural Access Dani Rose will share their newest resource—the Arts and Culture Accessibility Hub—a digital platform packed with tools and guidance to help cultural organizations expand accessibility and create more inclusive arts experiences.
I’m here to help!For assistance and information, please contact Arts Learning & Accessibility Director Amanda Noyes (803.734.8675 | anoyes@arts.sc.gov).