VSA Accessibility Grant
VSA Accessibility Grant
To install automatic door operators on its front doors to allow better access to its facilities.
Karen Aakre: fiber artist, retired K-12 art instructor, disability; Megan Johnston; arts administrator; Karan Ouran, visual artist, administrator, disability; Tanya Stoll; Independent Living Advocate, Freedom Resource Center; Richard Vandever; woodcarving artist, worked with Care-a-Van; Laura Youngbird; visual artist, Circle of Nations School art instructor
Karen Aakre: fiber artist, retired K-12 art instructor, disability; Megan Johnston; arts administrator; Karan Ouran, visual artist, administrator, disability; Tanya Stoll; Independent Living Advocate, Freedom Resource Center; Richard Vandever; woodcarving artist, worked with Care-a-Van; Laura Youngbird; visual artist, Circle of Nations School art instructor
Lake Region Arts Council, Maxine Adams (218) 739-5780
ACHF Arts Access
To install an electronic handicapped door at the entrance to the gallery.To document how many people utilize the new door over the next six months.
Increased accessibility, increased attendance over the last year, and we building new connections with organizations that work with elderly and/or disabled constituents. Automatic door openers now make access and exiting easier for an estimated 5000 visitors a year plus 30 artists who exhibit and bring art in and out.
Other, local or private