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…
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…