Telephone Conference Crash Course
Ninth Annual Art Beyond Sight
TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CRASH COURSE
Monday, October 17, 2011
(Note: All times given are Eastern Daylight Time.)
Number to call: (712) 432-0220; Conference code: 232-2011
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9:30 – 10 a.m.: Welcome by Elisabeth Axel, Founder and President, Art Beyond Sight, Beth Bienvenu, Director of the Office of Accessibility, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Akiko Ito, Chief, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
10 – 11 a.m.: Accessibility from top to bottom: how to work with directors and trustees towards museum-wide change
Discussion Leader:
Christopher Reich, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Speakers:
Linda Duke, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University
Tom Finkelpearl, Queens Museum of Art
Kathy Kelsey Foley, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Kim Hutchinson, Disability Funders Network
11 a.m. – noon: Inclusive programming in state and local history museums
Discussion Leader:
Bob Beatty, American Association for State and Local History
Speakers:
Karen Wade, Homestead Museum
Jessica Medlen, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park
Kat Burkhart, Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County
Mike Hill, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Noon – 1 p.m.: Multi-sensory museum experiences and museums of the future
Discussion Leader:
Nina Levent, Art Beyond Sight, and Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Harvard Medical School
Speakers:
Elizabeth Merritt, Center for the Future of Museums
Martin Tröndle, E-motion
1– 2 p.m.: Inclusive programming in children’s museums
Session Leader:
Marie Clapot, Art Beyond Sight
Speakers:
Claudia Setubal, Please Touch Museum – The Children’s Museum of Philadelphia
Lynn Walsh, Chicago Children's Museum
John Bomhoff, Children’s Museum of Phoenix
Korie Twiggs, Association of Children’s Museum
2 – 3 p.m.: Accessibility in science museums/planetariums and update on ADA
Session Leader:
Bob Cosgrove, NASA Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Speakers:
Beth Bienvenu, National Endowment for the Arts
Craig Wetli, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Christine Reich, Boston Museum of Science
3 – 4 p.m.: Inclusive programming in performing arts centers
Discussion Leader:
Bobbi Wailes, Lincoln Center
Speakers:
Garry Novick, Broward Arts Center
Ann Gregg, Carnegie Hall
Ann O’Connor, Colorado Ballet
4– 4.30 p.m.: Reflections on the day and suggestions for future teleconferences
Notes: (1) Each session features 15 minutes for Q&A/discussion at the end of the hour. (2) You can find an updated schedule online at http://www.artbeyondsight.org/change/aw-crashcourse.shtml.
Art Education for the Blind and this telephone crash course conference are supported in part by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
