To see upcoming Audio Described Performances, scroll down to the bottom of the newsletter. For a full listing of Audio Described Performances, visit our website.
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Audio Describer Training
Friday, Jan. 19, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
AND Saturday, Jan. 20, 9am - 4:00 pm
@ Arts Access Office
505 Oberlin Road, Raleigh
For more info, visit:
artsaccessinc.org/news-and-events/
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EASTERN NC:
Accessibility 101
Monday, January 29, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
@ Arts Council of Wayne County
102 North John Street, Goldsboro
REGISTER HERE
To request accommodations, please contact karen@artsinwayne.org / 919-736-3300 OR betsy@artsaccessinc.org / 919-833-9919
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Every Wednesday!
January dates: January 17, 24 and 31
CARRBORO - Arts and Peer Support Groups sessions are free and held every Wednesday, from 3:30-4:45pm at the NCATI office (200 N. Greensboro Street, D-6, Carrboro, 27510). No group meetings in the month of July.
Attendees must be over the age of 18 and self-identify as an artist living with a mental illness. Questions? Contact Hillary at hrubesin@gmail.com
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Next Class: January 20th, 10-11am
FUQUAY-VARINA - Once a month dance classes for children with disabilities. Studio 5 ensures participants learn dance, work on motor skills and get some social interaction in a fun-filled, loving environment. More information on Studio 5's Website. Free of charge
Class size is limited and pre-registration is required. To reserve a spot, please email info@studiofivedancecompany.com
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February 13, 5:30pm to 8:00pm
RALEIGH - After-hours event for children with special needs to experience Marbles in a calmer, quieter environment. Free and exclusively for kids with special needs and their families.
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Session 4: March 6 - April 24
RALEIGH - For ages 10-20, this theatre class is specifically designed for young people with developmental and/or cognitive disabilities. Students build their acting and improvisation skills by taking on new characters and imagined circumstances based on a different story each week.
Session 4 begins March 6. Registrations are being accepted now at Raleigh Little Theatre's website.
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ULTRALIGHT 2 is a juried exhibition, open to artists who identify as having a disability. Entries due by April 6.
ULTRALIGHT 2 is an exhibition of artwork about disability, created by artists living with disabilities. VAE is offering a platform for artists who identify as living with disabilities to take back the narrative that is so often controlled by the medical field, media, and stereotypes. ULTRALIGHT 2 seeks to exhibit work that challenges the viewing public to leave their preconceived notions and sympathy at the door, and experience artwork that tells the real story of living disabilities and the current state of access. The exhibition breaks access into three parts: physical, communication, and attitude. We encourage artists to draw inspiration from these questions:
- What physically creates a barrier to access?
- How does communication prevent access?
- How do attitudes surrounding disability prevent access?
- What does celebrating life living with disabilities look like to you?
- What do you wish more people knew about living with disabilities?
For more information and to enter, visit VAE's site.
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Annual Women's Club of Raleigh Art Competition
The Women's Club of Raleigh will hold their annual Art Festival Monday, January 29, 2018 from 12:00 - 8:00 PM at The Woman's Club of Raleigh (3300 Woman's club Drive, Raleigh NC 27612). Submissions from artists with disabilities are still being accepted in all age categories and mediums through January 20.
- Student artists, grades 6-12 may submit works in Visual Arts, Crafts, or Photography categories.
- Adult artists 18+ may submit works in Music, Visual Arts, Crafts, or Photography categories.
Contact Martha Keravouri at 919-833-0200 or mnkeravuori@aol.com for more information.
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STAFF NEWS!
We would like to take this opportunity to give a warm goodbye to one of our fellow employees.
Jennifer Marshburn, Program Coordinator, left Arts Access at the end of December.
Thank you for your work and we wish you well, Jennifer!
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WAKE ARTS INCLUSION PROJECT
By the Numbers:
6 Workshops + 150 Individual Workshop Participants
2 community cultural organizations receiving support
2 WCPSS elementary schools receiving support
17 Workshop Panelists and Presenters
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For a full listing of Audio Described Performances, visit our website.
Love Letters at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, January 13, 2:00pm
The Normal Heart at Burning Coal, January 21, 2:00pm
What We’re Up Against at Raleigh Little Theatre, January 21, 3:00pm
Les Miserables at Durham Performing Arts Center, February 3, 8:00pm
The Christians at Playmakers Repertory, February 6, 7:30pm
Seussical: The Musical at Cape Fear Regional Theatre, February 8, 7:30pm
Almost Maine at Cary Players, February 11, 3:00pm
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