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…
See a short video about "The Search for the Artist Within", an inclusive arts initiative in Siler City, North Carolina. Artists Rahkie Mateen and Roger Person share about their inclusive arts workshop at the Wingnut Gallery and how the Inclusive Arts Campaign associated with A New Kind of Listening inspired…