Equitable Capacity Workshop

How can artist residencies and arts organizations create more inclusive and fair spaces by centering universal access*? How can we more intentionally place LGBTQ2IA+ artists, BIPOC artists, parent artists, caretaker artists, and d/Deaf and disabled artists at the center of what we do? 

In this two-day workshop, you will learn how to identify and overcome barriers to accessibility in various forms.

Guest artist and presenters:

• Diane L. Parker, DEI Strategy + Human Resources expert
• Rachel Junqueira Spencer Hewitt, Parent Artist Advocacy League for the Performing Arts (PAAL)
• Tamanya M. M. Garza, Parent Artist Advocacy League for the Performing Arts (PAAL)
• Faythe Levine, Hauser & Wirth Institute Archivist for Women's Studio Workshop
• Wes Holloway, Artist Residency Manager, Kala Art Institute
• Stephanie Rogers, Executive and Artistic Director, Anderson Center at Tower View
   

Wednesday, May 15 | 1pm - 4pm EDT / 10am - 1pm PDT

• HR Policies + Accommodations - Presentation with Diane L Parker

  • Diane L. Parker, as a proven leader in Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy and Human Resource Management, will share practical  policies and strategies  to create accommodations in an effort to advance universal access within arts and cultural spaces. 

• Compassion Training with PARENT ARTIST ADVOCACY LEAGUE for PERFORMING ARTS + MEDIA

  • In a time of navigating remote work, crises, schooling, and caregiving around the clock, leadership can excel with compassion training, using PAAL’s framework of "the combination of empathy and education that leads to collaborative solutions." PAAL will engage with attendees on the realities of what their employees and artists with caregiver responsibilities face. The session identifies a unique value system, strategy, and actionable steps for supporting employees and artists to improve work relationship, communication, and support through a process that is sustainable and inclusive.

Thursday, May 16 | 1pm - 4 EDT / 10am - 1pm PDT

• Creating Accessible Artist Residency Programs Panel with Faythe Levine, Wes Holloway and Stephanie Rogers 

  • This intimate conversation will explore the intricacies of creating, managing, and evaluating programs for artists with universal access at the center.  In this session, participants will learn, directly from artists and practitioners, how to assess their program and address barriers to accessibility.  

• Group Reflections / Discussion

• Breakout rooms to assess nuts and bolts of access barriers

  • Attendees will  join breakout rooms for focused discussion about the challenges, needs, and strategies for working towards sustainable universal access at every level.
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*Artist Communities Alliance defines Universal Access as the conditions for easy access that would allow any individual (even those with reduced mobility, communicative ability, or understanding) to access and enjoy a place, product, or service and to do so freely and independently. 

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