This Summit is presented by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Education, NAMM Foundation, Quest: Arts for Everyone, AARP, VSA arts and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
National Summit on Careers In The Arts For People With Disabilities Webinar:
July 22-24, 2009
This Broadcast is being brought to you by the National Network of ADA Centers
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Darrell Ayers, Vice President of Education, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Patrice Walker Powell, Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Soula Antoniou, President, VSA arts
Richard Balkus, Associate Commissioner, Program Development and Research, U.S. Social Security Administration
Faith McCormick, Acting Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Kathy Martinez, Assistant Security, Office on Disability and Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
RoseAnn M. Ashby, Senior Policy Analyst, at the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education
Art Careers Panel
Chair: Sandra Gibson, President, Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Visual Arts: Riva Lehrer, Curator, Access Living of Chicago
Theater: Aaron Kubey, Executive Director/President, National Theater of the Deaf
Literary: Stephen Kuusisto, Professor, University of Iowa, Department of English
Dance: Judith Smith, Artistic Director, AXIS Dance Company
Design: Jack Catlin, FAIA, Partner, LCM Architects
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009
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9:30 – 10:15 AM
New Research on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities
Chair: Sunil Iyengar, Director, Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts
Carrie Sandahl, Associate Professor, University of Illinois
10:15 – 11:45M
Breakthroughs & Accomplishments
Introduction: Jonathan Katz, CEO, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Chair: Don Ehman, Program Officer and Access Coordinator, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Statewide Forums:
Olivia Raynor, Director, National Arts and Disability Center and Tarjan Center
Celia Hughes, Executive Director, VSA arts of Texas
Eric McGehearty, Artist
Mentorships/Internships:
Betty Siegel, Director of Accessibility, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mimi Smith, Producing Artistic Director, Amaryllis Theatre Company/VSA arts of Pennsylvania
Christopher Imbrosciano, Actor
Access to Design:
Elaine Ostroff, Founding Director, Institute for Human Centered Design
Daniel Hunter, Co-Director, Access to Design Professions, Institute for Human-Centered Design
Paul Mushrush, Architecture Draftsperson
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Summit Banquet Speakers
Remarks: Bill O’Brien, Deputy Chairman for Grants & Awards, National Endowment for the Arts
Kareem Dale, Special Assistant to the President for Arts, Culture and Disability Policy
Victoria Lewis, Founding Director, Other Voices, Mark Taper Forum, University of Redlands
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1:45 – 3:00 PM
Education and Training Conversations
Chair: Steve Peters, President, American Theatre in Higher Education
Jurg Koch, Assistant Professor, Dance Program, University of Washington, Seattle
Yulia Arakelyan, Dancer
Israel Hicks, Chairman and Artistic Director Rutgers University – Theater Arts Department
Christopher Roberts, Producing Artistic Director, SteppingStone Theatre Company
Riva Lehrer, Curator, Access Living of Chicago
Sunaura Taylor, Artist
3:15 – 4:00 PM
Social Security & Work Incentives
Chair: Judith Smith, Artistic Director, AXIS Dance Company
Susan Wilschke, Director, Office of Program Evaluation, Social Security Administration
Joseph Razes, Director, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Social Security Administration
John Spears, Illinois Health Benefits for Workers with Disabilities
FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009
9: 00 – 11:00 AM
Job Support & Issues
Chair: John Kemp, Principal, Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville PC and Executive Director and General Counsel, U.S. Business Leadership Network
Beth Bienvenu, Policy Advisor Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
Amy Kitchener, Executive Director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Beverlee Stafford, Executive Director, National Rehabilitation Association
Judith Smith, Artistic Director, AXIS Dance Company
Mary Verdi Fletcher, President/Founding Artistic Director, The Dancing Wheels Company & School
Gay Hanna, Executive Director, National Center for Creative Aging
Jason Olson, Social Insurance Specialist/Office of Employment Support Programs, Social Security Administration
Liz Ortiz-Mackes, Casting Director/Producer , Casting Solutions
Rose Ann Cleveland, Executive Director, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Issue Papers
Issue papers can be accessed and downloaded at http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/2009NEASummit/papers.html
Chair: Margaret Schoenfeld, Acting Director of Local Arts Agencies’ Services, Americans for the Arts
Legal Developments: Carrie Griffin Basas, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa, College of Law
Funding: Deborah Lewis, Consultant, Arts Access Now
How Technology Impacts Careers in the Arts: William Clymer, Associate Professor, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology
Higher Education: Carrie Sandahl, Associate Professor, University of Illinois
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