The mission of the NADC is to promote the full inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.

 

The NADC is a leading consultant in the arts and disability community, and the only center of its kind. Recipients of our technical assistance include museums, performing arts organizations, art centers, film and television companies and unions, universities and colleges, national publications, disability specific groups, artists with disabilities, arts educators, students, arts administrators and government policy makers.
The NADC is a program of the Tarjan Center at the University of California, Los Angeles - Semel Institute. Its programs are supported by UCLA and federal, state and private grants and contracts.

 

The NADC web site offers free resource directories, annotated bibliographies, and materials and articles on a wide array of subjects. The web site contains the equivalent of over 600 pages of information. Topic areas include: disability art and culture, accessible programs for museums, mixed-ability dance, inclusive theatre, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the arts, common terms used regarding accessibility and the arts, products and services, marketing and publicity, and strategies to design accessible arts web sites. We provide prompt technical assistance via our online "Help Desk." The site contains links to other national and internationally known arts and disability web sites along with a web tour of individual artists with disabilities. We also present an online gallery that features the work of artists with disabilities.

Since 2002, the National Arts and Disability Center in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, VSA arts, and the Social Security Administration have assisted states in conducting forums to address the challenges and opportunities for people with disabilities pursuing employment in the arts. The Forums seek to provide artists with disabilities the opportunity to network with other artists and potential arts employers. In addition, the Forums and follow-up activities provide professional development training and opportunities for artists with disabilities along with a unique understanding of the impact of work on benefits. Check out what's happening in these states.

 

• Helps artists to network Arts and Disability Network
• Promotes your work through our web tour and gallery 
• Provides information scholarships or calls for entries
• Provides listings of books, articles and videotapes on topics related to art and disability
• Advocates and trains organizations and cultural venues to be more accessible to artists with disabilities
• Tells others in the arts and disability community about you, your exhibits, or performances
• Offers technical assistance