Arts and Cultural Initiatives
Arts and Cultural Initiatives (ACI) at Abilities! seeks to promote access, participation
and dissemination of best practices and innovations in the arts for the benefit
of people with disabilities. ACI
has become a resource for museums engaging in improving programmatic and physical
access and outreach to people with disabilities.
ACI has developed arts inclusion residency programs bringing together
children with and without disabilities.
ACI promotes best practices through dissemination in lectures and
seminars at colleges, arts organizations, conference panels, newsletters, the Internet
and participation in a large network of arts groups.
Collaborations And Arts Access
View our present collaborations and resources in arts access.
- HVS Jazz Sampler
- Get information and pictures from All the World’s a Stage, an innovative arts-in-education inclusive project.
Connecting To Technology
Through our innovative programs and state of the art conference facilities we can use distance learning, assistive technology, and media technology as methods of information dissemination and development.
- Interactive Broadcast from the Lower East Side Tenement Museum (LESTM)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Download a PDF order form for all of ACI’s video productions.
Museum Accessibility
As a partner and resource in identifying the needs of individuals with disabilities we can assist arts and cultural institutions in facilitating access and participation to a wider audience.
- Welcoming New Audiences - Altria Foundation
- Nassau County Museum of Art Sculpture Garden Access Initiative
- Find out about the Museum Access Consortium (MAC), who’s involved, and how to become a member.
- View the video Experiencing Art museums with a Visual Disability
- View the video Unlimited by Design For the Museum Access Consortium
Resources For Educators
We can provide support to educators and students through connections to innovative art programs, expertise in the field and supplementary and alternative materials, techniques and methods.
Arts Inclusion Programs
- School arts inclusion programs that bring together students with and without disabilities to interact, communicate and co-create thus fostering understanding, respect and expanding knowledge and expression through the arts.
In-service Training And Teacher Preparation
- Teacher preparation courses
- Customized workshops
- Disability awareness training
- Program development input
- Art facilitation and adaptive considerations related to inclusive and special education classes
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