Our film was screened at the Asheville Area Arts Council-sponsored Creative Sector Summit on Sat., 4/25, followed by an information drop-in and resource table wo- manned by Polly and Interweave member Carol Hubbard, talking to people about the Asheville Inclusive Arts Coalition and Arts Access, Inc., North Carolina's arts and…
At the Asheville Area Arts Council's Creative Sector Summit, A New Kind of Listening will be screened on Saturday morning, 4/25 from 10-11 a.m., followed by a drop-in forum with the Asheville Inclusive Arts Coalition to answer questions for arts organizations about accessibility and the importance of having an ADA…
Maria Troiani Howard is a community inclusive arts activist who does not give up. In 2010, a screening of A New Kind of Listening at the Chatham Film Festival, followed by a community forum, was a catalyst for the Inclusive Arts Initiative in Siler City, NC. Maria had seen the…
Join us for the 2nd meet-up and brainstorming session of the Asheville Inclusive Arts group! Thursday, 3/19, 5:30-7:30 at the Asheville Area Arts Council, Grove Arcade Suites 144/143A Bring your ideas, concerns, and info about your organization or creative projects to this informal gathering. We’ll be talking about a short-film…
Every kid is really smart. We're the ones who act “retarded”. by Polly Medlicott and Chris Mueller-Medlicott What my son Christian and I want to tell the world, in hopes we might save some other kids, is his own story because Chris's silence nearly caused him to be…
Arts, Disability and Adventure As a longtime advocate for community inclusion, nothing could sound less cool to me than a sheltered workshop---you know, where people with disabilities are segregated and confined in one space all day, sitting at tables doing repetitive piece work for which they are paid very little. But…
Interweave Asheville: A Community Inclusive Arts Success Story The Asheville screening of A New Kind of Listening, and the organization and follow-up for this event, make a great example of our model. It's a process that really works to build inclusion and accessibility to the arts. In March, 2010, A New Kind…