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Current News, Meetings & Events

• It's here! Arts Access, Inc. is pleased to present a workshop on strategies for including children of all abilities in arts education activities. The workshop will be February 28, 2012, entitled Arts for All: Including School-Age Children with Disabilities in Arts Education Activities. To read more about the workshop or to register click here!
• Voices Together now has openings in two of our Raleigh community groups!  Voices Together offers unique programming for individuals with developmental disabilities that combines music therapy, music training, communication and social skill training in the structure of small musically oriented groups.  Each group of 9 participants is lead by board-certified music therapists. Please contact Linda at 919-942-2714 or linda@voicestogether.net to sign up to try out a group today!

• The Raleigh Inclusive Theatre Company Presents: Timmy Twiddlemeyer and the Pumpkin of Destiny. Join Timmy and his friends on a sepia-toned journey to find where they really belong, based on the book The Mysteries of Harris Burrdick by Chris Van Allsburg. Inclusive theatre companies feature actors with intellectual disabilities. The final production is designed to showcase each actor's unique talents through improvisation.
  When:  Friday, February 24th at 7:30 pm, Saturday, February 25th at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, February 26th at 3:00 pm
  North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre (map)
  7713-51 Lead Mine Rd.
  Raleigh, NC 27615
   
  Tickets are $8 for general admission, 
  $5 for ArtStream students.

  Tickets available for pre-sale online or at the door (cash or check only at the door) 

• 2012 AD Schedule: Our 2012 Schedule for January through April is now posted. Check out our Audio Description Schedule to see new shows scheduled for AD. Remember, DPAC and Theatre In The Park require a two-weeks advanced notice for AD.
  
  
• ASL at the Circus: ASL will be provided on Thursday, February 9th at the RBC Center for the Circus from 7:00pm- 8:30pm. Cost of tickets is $12.50. Pre-registration with payment for this event is required by February 3. To register contact Bettie Ittenbach at Bettie.Ittenbach@ci.raleigh.nc.us or call 919-807-5404.
• The Gregg Museum of Art & Design (2nd floor Talley Student Center, 2610 Cates Ave, Raleigh, NC 27695) will be hosting a lecture with ASL interpreation on Thursday, April 19th at 6 PM. Lee Talbot, Associate Curator of the Eastern Hemisphere Collections at the Textile Museum, Washington DC, will speak about the power of east Asian textiles in conjunction with Barkcloth, Bras, and Bulletproof Cotton: the Powers of Costume exhibition. Please e-mail gregg@ncsu.edu, call 919.515.3503 or visit www.ncsu.edu/gregg for more information. This event is free, open to the public, and you do not have to pre-register to use ASL for THIS event.
   
• Arts Access needs your financial support!  Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to Arts Access.  Click here to donate via PayPal.  You may also send a check to our mailing address at PO Box 10574  Raleigh, NC 27605.  Thank you for helping make the arts accessible to all people!

• Art on a Shoestring: Be sure to see our Art on a Shoestring in the right sidebar on this page. This section will feature low-cost or NO-cost arts and cultural events open to the public. If you have an idea or submission for this section, please send it to info@artsaccessinc.org.

• Arts Access Lunch & Learn series featured in Triangle Arts newsletter: read the article here!
• Don't miss Arts Access on UNC-TV! Arts Access was featured on WUNC-TV's North Carolina Now! WUNC-TV visited Raleigh Ensemble Players for the accessible performance of DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD by Burt V. Royal to film our audio description services.  You can read more about this interview via REP's newsletter or at http://video.unctv.org/video/2053564791.    

• Did you know that REP is providing both braile and large print playbills for every performance and a fully accessible performance every second Tuesday of each show? Check out the Raleigh Ensemble Player's website or call thier office at 919-832-9607 for more information about this service.