Resources for Artists
Organizations that Assist Artists
with Disabilities
Educational, artistic, employment, and financial resources for artists
with disabilities.
National Forum on Careers in the Arts for
People With Disabilities
The June 14-16, 1998 conference was the first-ever of its kind.
VSA arts State Organization List
Very Special Arts programs in creative writing, dance, drama, literature,
music and visual arts for individuals with physical or mental disabilities.
Related articles on NEA website
Breaking the Code
Kitty Lunn, actor and dancer, fights for equal rights under the Americans
With Disabilities Act.
The Storm and the Calm: Access to the Arts
Joel Snyder interviews Access Theater's Rod Lathim.
The Secret Community: Disability and the
American Theater
Victoria Ann-Lewis, actor and writer, talks about her experiences in not-for-profit
theater.
The Non-Traditional Casting Project
Sharon Jensen, Executive Director of NTCP, gives an overview of the organization's
work for diversity in theater.
Links to related sites
Artists' Health Insurance
Resource Center
Information about individual and small business group health insurance
options available in each state. A project of the Actors' Fund.
Integrated Arts
A disability arts organization whose mission is to promote access to the
arts and encourage social integration. They are building an environment
where people, with and without disabilities, collaborate to develop innovative
ways of producing and enjoying art.
National Arts and Disability
Center
A resource, information and training center dedicated to promoting the
full inclusion of persons with disabilities into the visual-, performing-,
literary-, and media-arts communities.
The National Disability Arts Forum
Established in 1990 to foster equality of opportunity for disabled people
in all aspects of the arts.
The Non-Traditional Casting Project
The Non-Traditional Casting Project (NTCP) is a not-for-profit advocacy
organization established in 1986 to address and seek solutions to the
problems of racism and exclusion in theater, film and television.
National Endowment for the Arts
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