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Artists' Pages
A medical and technical explaination of the Savant, Abet Artists with Brain Injuries, Afshin Naghouni, Alan Shain, Allison Merriweather, Art By Lori, Betty G. Miller, BigExpression WebRing, Bill Bowers, Boone's Art Pages
Dance
Adaptive Dancing, Inc., Asia Pacific Therapeutic Theatre, AXIS Dance Company, Dancing Wheels, Full Radius Dance, Joint Forces Dance Company, Mouse on the Move, Pas d'ASL, Sign Dance Collective, The Gallaudet Dancers
Film and Television
Blindspots, Captioned Media Program, CBC TV Moving On, Films involving Disabilities, Go the Distance, a Documentary, John Callahan's Quads, Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown, Sprout Film Festival, Tripod Captioned Films, UPWD Television
Music
Andrew Hewitt, Canadian Association for Music Therapy, Carolina Music Therapy, Coalition for Disabled Musicians, Inc., Connie Deming, Disabled Drummers Association, Flame, Flutelab ergonomy and adaptations, HandiDrummed, Mel Davis
Theatre
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Cleveland SIGNSTAGE Theatre, Deaf Theaters, Deaf West Theatre, Inc., East End Special Players, Encore Studio for the Performing Arts, Famous PEOPLE Players, Gallaudet University Theatre Arts Department, Hands on, InterAct Children's Theatre for the Deaf
Abilities Festival - A Celebration of Disability A
A multifaceted and multidisciplinary festival of visual and performing arts providing opportunities to showcase artistic excellence by persons with disabilities.
Access Expressed New England
Five databases of articles about cultural access for people with disabilities.
Accessible Arts
The mission of Accessible Arts, Inc. is to champion the arts for children with disabilities and advocate access to the arts.
American Sign Language / DeafArt Club
Established to provide opportunities for the deaf and hearing to create and exhibit DeafArt (De'VIA), which incorporates American Sign Language, Deaf Culture and the Deaf Experience. Includes numerous pictures.
Art and Artability
Consultancy of art initiatives and projects for people with disabilities (Netherlands)
Art Enables
Art Enables is an arts-based training and employment placement program for persons with developmental disabilities sixteen years and older in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
ARTability, Accessing Arizona's Arts
News and calendars of accessible arts events in Arizona, including audio-described and American Sign Language interpreted performances.Links to many Arizona arts and disability sites.
Arts Access
Arts Access is based in Melbourne, Australia and provides access to arts and cultural activity for people who are disadvantaged, including people with a disability.
Arts Access of Raleigh, NC
Encourages and enables persons with disabilities to have full access to arts programs and facilities and participate fully in the cultural and artistic life of Raleigh.
Arts at CforAT
Center for Accessible Technology offers art programs to adults and children with disabilities. (California)
Arts Disability Wales
Works throughout Wales to promote equal opportunities in the arts for disabled people, providing training, information and advice. (UK)
Arts For All, Inc.
Performing arts and visual arts for Tucson, Arizona including Third Street Kids
Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AM
A worldwide association of artists that organizes a wide range of exhibitions, sells original art works and permits publishing houses to reproduce their works as art greeting cards and calendars.
Autism... Arts... Art... ARTwork... Gallery
Collections of artwork and music from children and adults on the autistic spectrum worldwide.
Creative Growth Art Center
A non-profit visual arts center, located in downtown Oakland, California, providing creative art programs, educational and independent living training, counseling and vocational opportunities for adults who are physically, mentally and emotionally disabled.
Creative Spirit Art Centre
Studio space, art education, and exhibitions for people with disabilities. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Creativity Explored
full time visual art center for people with disabilities in California
Damon Brooks Associates
A Speakers Bureau and Entertainment resource featuring people who have a disability and celebrity speakers on a variety of subjects.
Deaf Culture Art
A resource for anyone interested in Deaf Art, particularly the category defined by Deaf View/Image Art (De'VIA).
Disability Clip Art
Positive images of people with disabilities in everyday-life situations and inclusive settings.
Disabled Artists Worldwide Network
21st Century D.A.W.N. Artists, musicians, poets and writers with disabilities are encouraged to submit creations. "Where the Earth is Art and every word is a song."
First Street Gallery Art Center
An Art Center and Gallery for adults with developmental disabilities in Claremont, California. First Street's artists produce art in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, collage, assemblage, art books and creative writing.
Hands-On Education
New Jersey organization providing educational programs for grades K-12. Topics include Disability Awareness, Conflict Resolution and Substance Abuse Prevention.
Hope University / Hi Hopes Fine-Arts Foundation
Non-profit, fine arts facility for developmentally-disabled adults with autism, and Down syndrome. Offers creative-arts therapy and focused music, art, and dance programs.
Hospital Audiences Inc.
Provides access to the arts to New Yorkers who are isolated from the cultural mainstream because of disability or medical limitations. Features description of goals, news, information on programs and workshops.
International Guild of Disabled Artists and Perfor
A collective of artists and performers who identify as being disabled or having a disability.
Kids on the Block
Provides educational puppet programs which enlighten children on the issues of disability awareness, medical-educational differences, and social concerns. Includes package overview and information on starting a troupe.
Maryland Arts Access
Making arts, recreation and cultural activities accessible throughout Maryland for all persons regardless of disability or the nature of disability.
National Arts and Disability Center (NADC)
Dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media-, and literary- arts communities.
National Disability Arts Forum
NDAF provides the latest national and international news in the field of Disability arts, contacts, services, links and artwork.
National Forum on Careers in the Arts for People w
Site presents the Forum's agenda, concept papers, keynote addresses, daily updates, and final recommendations.
National Institute of Arts and Disabilities
NIAD'S mission is to provide an art program for people with developmental disabilities which promotes creative expression, independence, dignity and community integration.
Non-Traditional Casting Project
A not-for-profit advocacy organization seeking solutions to the problems of racism and exclusion in theatre, film and television.
North West Disability Arts Forum
Facilitates, promotes and celebrates the active participation of Disabled and Deaf people in all aspects of the Arts, Culture and creative industries. Based in Liverpool, England
Northern Disability Arts Forum
NorDAF promotes Disability Arts in the Northern region. The site offers listings, databases of practicing Disabled artists, a gallery, funding information and grant guidelines.
Nuvisions for Disabled Artists, Inc.
Established in 1984, encourages artists with physical disabilities by providing exhibition and educational opportunities, as well as the shared sensitivity and emotional support needed for personal and professional growth.
Open Arms
We are people together, with and without disabilities in Amherst, MA. Dedicated to full participation in schools, churches, clubs, sports, the arts & leisure activities.
Passion Works Studio
Passion Works Studio offers art making opportunities and employment to people with developmental disabilities, practicing artists, and volunteers. The studio is funded through the Ohio Arts Council and The Athens County Board of MR/DD.
Project Ability
A developmental visual arts organisation working to promote equality of access to the arts for all those who are marginalised within the community. (UK)
Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the
Focuses on people with disabilities and other members of the public who have previously found access to arts education difficult. (UK)
Society of Disabled Artists
Watercolour paintings, tutor tips, news and photo album. Frome, Somerset, England
Studio By The Tracks
A small non profit agency which every week provides safe harbor for individuals with autism who come to make art.
Survivors Art Foundation
Committed to empowering trauma-survivors with effective expressive outlets via internet art gallery, outreach programs, and national exhibitions.
The Able Workshop
Disability and woodworking, resource of photos, tips, hints, and tricks of those with a handicap who found solutions to work shop barriers.
The Arts We Need
Dedicated to providing Creative Arts Therapy and related arts programs to people with special needs (New York).
The Helen Keller Art Award
The Helen Keller award is a biannual award presented to the artist with the best submission, in any medium on the subject of deafblindness.
The Orpheus Centre
A residential performing arts centre for young disabled artists founded by Richard Stilgoe. Offering courses in various displines of performing arts and apprenticeships in life skills.
VSA arts
An international non-profit arts organization of affiliates, promotes the creative power of the arts in the lives of people with disabilities. A wide range of educational opportunities, exhibits and performances in all of the arts from young children through elderly adults. (formerly Very Special Arts)
VSA arts of Alabama
A non-profit organization dedicated to implementing arts related programming, training and advocacy to individuals and various groups as a means to achieve personal growth, increase self-confidence and positively shape the lives of people with disabilities.
VSA arts of Delaware
VSA is devoted to enhancing the capabilities, confidence and quality of life for individuals with disabilities through life-long learning opportunities in the arts.
VSA arts of Florida
A state affiliate of VSA arts, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the arts into the lives of people with disabilities.
VSA arts of Georgia
A non-profit organization celebrating the power of the arts in the lives of individuals with disabilities in Georgia. Operates the Arts for All gallery in downtown Atlanta.
VSA arts of Louisiana
Brings meaningful and structured arts education into local educational agencies, parochial, and special schools.
VSA arts of Massachusetts
Serving individuals with disabilities by creating opportunities for participation in the arts and integration into the cultural and educational mainstream.
VSA arts of Minnesota
Programs, services, accessible theatre listings, newsletter and resources provided or created by the VSA arts affiliate in Minnesota
VSA arts of Montana
A non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to accessibility and education in the arts.
VSA arts of Wisconsin
Expanding the capabilities, confidence, and quality of life for children and adults with disabilities by providing programs in music, dance, drama, creative writing, and visual art.
VSA arts of Wyoming
Promoting the creative power in people with disabilities through education in the Arts.
Wired Designs
A promotional website, advocating up and coming artists with disabilities.
Xposure Festival
An annual month long arts festival profiling British and International performance and visual arts by disabled and deaf artists. London