July 2023 Accessibility Corner Blog: Disability and the Creative Economy

This blog will describe the creative economy, and how we can make it even stronger through inclusion and accessibility.

Artists with disabilities have unique individual perspectives, and their respective perceptions of disabilities can be a generative force in their work. By acting on inclusive values, people with and without disabilities can work to universally drive the creative economy, grow jobs, and enhance our quality of life!

Remembering Judith "Judy' Heumann

“I am a change agent; I’m a fighter, I’m a believer in civil rights and human rights activist...” -- Judy Heumann

Welcome All: Ensuring Accessibility Under the ADA

Colorado’s Creative Economy and Disability Justice

Accessibility Corner Featured Artist: Feel the Beat

August Accessibility Corner Blog - Accessibility, Advocacy, and the Arts

By: Elise Collins

Philanthropic funding is a critical resource to many arts organizations. Forty percent of all arts and culture funding in the US comes from private donors and eleven percent comes from governmental support. To make the arts more equitable, we have to look at the intersection of philanthropic funding in the arts and accessibility.

This subject is useful to discuss whether you are:

Accessibility Corner Featured Artist: The Wayfaring Band

Written by Elise Collins

The Wayfaring Band is not a rock and roll band, but a group of travelers. If you enjoy adventure, travel, art, and camaraderie, look no further than The Wayfaring Band! 

Digital Accessibility

Why Digital Accessibility is Important

Digital accessibility is designing digital content to give everyone full access and use. Digital content can include websites, apps, electronic documents, kiosks, and more. Digital tools need to enable independent use by people with disabilities.

To raise awareness about accessibility in the arts, CCI is reintroducing the “Accessibility Corner”! Every month, this newsletter will include a link to a blog post on a different aspect of accessibility in the arts.