Arts Access
Arts Access
Interact Center will conduct Dis/Cover the Arts, providing access for people with disabilities to experience theater and visual arts created by artists with disabilities, and providing access to engagement with artists with disabilities in a diversity of communities and events.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre.
Catherine Belleveau: Founder and artistic director, Mask and Rose Women's Theater Collective; Kaitlyn Bohlin: Director of individual giving, the Loft; Dorinda Broderson: Management consultant, painter; Beatrice Rothweiler: Lawyer and nonprofit consultant; Avinash Viswanathan: Director of community engagement, Nexus Community Partners
ACHF Arts Access
Audiences of people with disabilities feel connected to work created by artists with disabilities whose life experiences resonate with their own. Listen to and record comments at post-show talks; ask for feedback re: ticket discounts offered and quality and accessibility of venues; ask how Interact can encourage their own personal interest in participating in the arts. 2: Community members increase appreciation for abilities of people with disabilities and increase capacity to engage in wider diversity of friendships. Conversations with general public at events attended with Interact artists to elicit changes in perceptions, eagerness for more experiences that include artists with disabilities in integrated community settings.
Audiences of people with disabilities connected with our work in virtual space, experiencing validation and encouragement in their own lives. We encouraged participants to comment about their experiences via email, tracked sales of artwork, and used short surveys to evaluate ease in using the site and satisfaction with their artwork purchases. 2: Communities expressed appreciation for the talents of Interact artists with disabilities, and look forward to increasing engagement post-Covid. We encouraged participants to send comments via email and describe changes in perception, and plans to engage in more experiences pst-Covid.
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