Attention Raleigh-based nonprofit arts and cultural organizations! Want to learn how to better engage people and artists with disabilities in your programming? Raleigh Arts and United Arts Wake County are partnering once again to offer the Arts Learning Community for Universal Access. Running from August through July of 2027, this year-long cohort program brings together like-minded arts and cultural administrators who want to learn to better work at the intersection of the arts and disability.
Now starting its 11th year, this nationally recognized program kicks off with the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference. Members of the community then meet monthly in facilitated sessions to discuss issues, lessons learned and achievements in their accessibility work. Together they explore accessibility topics, tackle projects and fulfill self-identified goals toward improving their organizations’ engagement of people with disabilities in the arts.
Application Process
Raleigh Arts and United Arts Wake County are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Arts Learning Community for Universal Access. Raleigh and Wake County-based nonprofit arts and cultural organizations are encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: Thursday, April 30 at 4 p.m.
Learn more about the Arts Learning Community for Universal Access and get the application.
About the Raleigh Arts Partner Program
The Raleigh Arts Partner Program works with Raleigh’s nonprofit arts community, providing funding and other resources with a goal of ensuring that Raleigh residents and visitors can find all kinds of art in all kinds of places throughout the City. The Arts Learning Community for Universal Access is one example of the Raleigh Arts Partner Program’s initiatives.
About Raleigh Arts
Raleigh Arts is the City's hub for public art, community arts programming, and partnerships and support for Raleigh’s nonprofit arts community. Raleigh Arts also oversees the Pullen and Sertoma Arts Centers and manages several exhibition spaces as well as the Municipal Art Collection. Raleigh Arts believes the arts are for everyone, and we work to ensure every resident has access to and can enjoy the arts as art makers, audience, and students.