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Created in 2015, the Arts Learning Community for Universal Access is a collaborative program between the City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County that brings together like-minded arts and cultural administrators who want to improve how inclusive their organizations are of the Deaf community and people living with disabilities. The year-long program runs from July through June.
Learn more about the application process
Members
| Accessibility Asset | Organization |
|---|---|
| Betsy Ludwig* | Arts Access |
| Kari Martin Hollinger, Carly Jones, Meg Revelle* and Stephen Wall* | Arts Together |
| Brett Morris and Megan Sullivan* | Artspace |
| Sarah Preston | Cary Arts Center |
| Jaclyn Bowie, Krista Nance, and Gab Smith* | CAM Raleigh |
| Cecilia Saloni | El Pueblo |
| Ella Fang | International Focus |
| Janine Eash, Jordan Pearce, and Ashley Peay-Bettini | Marbles Kids Museum |
| Kathleen Collier and Emily Catherine Mealor | North Carolina Arts Council |
| Melissa Roth | North Carolina Museum of Art |
| Liani Yirka | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences |
| Dan Ellison and Hilary Leggette | N.C. State University Gregg Museum |
| Mia Self | N.C. State University Theatre |
| Meredith Laing and Jason Spencer | North Carolina Symphony |
| William Henry and Donna Mullins | North Carolina Theatre |
| S.A. Corrin* | Office of Raleigh Arts |
| Jamie Katz Court* and Courtney Wheeler | PineCone |
| Fidel Benton and Meredyth Pederson Cooper | Raleigh Little Theatre |
| Julia Meder* | Sertoma Arts Center |
| Ragen Carlile* | United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County |
| Brandon Cordrey* | Visual Art Exchange |
| Cathy Gouge | Wake Forest Renaissance Centre |
| Johannah Maynard Edwards | Women's Theatre Festival |
Learning Community Digital Scrapbook
Wanting to show that accessibility is within reach for any organization, the 2019-2020 Learning Community members created a Digital Scrapbook, capturing the processes and results of individual projects enacted at their organizations.
Application Process
The City of Raleigh Arts Commission and the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County are partnering for a seventh year to offer a year-long arts learning community that uses a collaborative approach to advocating for and improving access to the arts for people with disabilities. Representatives of Raleigh and Wake County organizations are selected to participate in this program (maximum 2 representatives/organization) through an application process.
Program Components
- Full scholarship to this summer’s LEAD® conference
- Full scholarship to choice of pre-conference capacity building workshops
- Technical assistance grant to support an accessibility project
- Participation in a year-long peer cohort
Eligibility
- Located within Wake County*
- A nonprofit exempt from federal and state income tax as either a charitable organization with 501(c)(3) designation by the Internal Revenue Service with established arts programming or a unit of municipal government
*Interested organizations located outside of Wake County should contact S.A. Corrin at sarah.corrin@raleighnc.gov to discuss their situation.
How to Apply
The 2022-2023 Learning Community application form and guidelines are posted below. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 27 at 4 p.m.
- Arts Learning Community for Universal Access Guidelines
- Arts Learning Community for Universal Access Application Form
Not applying to the Learning Community but want more information on the LEAD® conference or LEAD® Scholarships? Learn more about the LEAD® Conference
