A resource that exclusively features performing artists , musicians and comedians, all of whom have a disability.

Disabled Artists Worldwide Network

Topics include Disability Awareness, Conflict Resolution and Substance Abuse Prevention.

www.hospaud.org/

Includes package overview and information on starting a troupe. Laser Eagles is an opportunity for people with limited mobility and speech to reveal their artistic vision.

Society of Disabled Artists

www.survivorsartfoundation .org/

vsadelaware.org/

Brings meaningful and structured arts education into local educational agencies , parochial, and special schools.

niad developmentally

Five databases of articles about cultural access for people with disabilities .

art-enables.org/

The site offers listings, databases of practicing Disabled artists, a gallery, funding information and grant guidelines.Committed to empowering trauma-survivors with effective expressive outlets via internet art gallery, outreach programs, and national exhibitions.Programs, services, accessible theatre listings, newsletter and resources provided or created by the VSA arts affiliate in Minnesota

niad disabilities

www.accessexpressed.net/

American Sign Language / DeafArt Club

emotionally expressed

Arts For All, Inc.

Damon Brooks Associates

Site presents the Forum`s agenda, concept papers, keynote addresses, daily updates, and final recommendations .Facilitates, promotes and celebrates the active participation of Disabled and Deaf people in all aspects of the Arts, Culture and creative industries.We are people together, with and without disabilities in Amherst, MA.Passion Works Studio offers art making opportunities and employment to people with developmental disabilities, practicing artists, and volunteers. (UK)

A small non profit agency which every week provides safe harbor for individuals with autism who come to make art. (formerly Very Special Arts)

www.vsartsalabama .org/

VSA arts of Montana

developmentally biannual

www.artandartability.com

Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA )

Autism... Arts... Art... ARTwork... Gallery

Collections of artwork and music from children and adults on the autistic spectrum worldwide.

Creative Spirit Art Centre

"Where the Earth is Art and every word is a song.

International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers

www.valinet.com/~lsse/General/openarms .htm

Offering courses in various displines of performing arts and apprenticeships in life skills.

VSA arts of Louisiana

Wired Designs

disabled disabilities

Established to provide opportunities for the deaf and hearing to create and exhibit DeafArt (De`VIA), which incorporates American Sign Language, Deaf Culture and the Deaf Experience .

www.artsaccess.com.au/

Arts Access is based in Melbourne, Australia and provides access to arts and cultural activity for people who are disadvantaged, including people with a disability.

www.creativityexplored .org/

Artists, musicians, poets and writers with disabilities are encouraged to submit creations.

www .igodap.org/

Laser Eagles Art Guild, Painting for Disabled People

Nuvisions for Disabled Artists, Inc.

hbedelstein.home.att.net/

A developmental visual arts organisation working to promote equality of access to the arts for all those who are marginalised within the community. Frome, Somerset, England

A wide range of educational opportunities, exhibits and performances in all of the arts from young children through elderly adults.

positively reproduce

(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Creativity Explored

www.1ststreetgallery.org/

www.niadart .org/

www.passionworks.org

expressed frome

Arts Access

Maryland Arts Access

www.ndaf.org/

NDAF provides the latest national and international news in the field of Disability arts, contacts, services, links and artwork.

National Institute of Arts and Disabilities

North West Disability Arts Forum

la.vsarts.org/

Serving individuals with disabilities by creating opportunities for participation in the arts and integration into the cultural and educational mainstream.

mn.vsarts.org/

www.vsamontana.org/

vsawyo.org/

Xposure Festival

An annual month long arts festival profiling British and International performance and visual arts by disabled and deaf artists.

enlighten apprenticeships

Art Enables

Encourages and enables persons with disabilities to have full access to arts programs and facilities and participate fully in the cultural and artistic life of Raleigh.full time visual art center for people with disabilities in California

www.deafart.org/

Disability Clip Art

www.hopeu.com/

Non -profit, fine arts facility for developmentally-disabled adults with autism, and Down syndrome.

www.sodafrome .co.uk

Watercolour paintings, tutor tips, news and photo album.A non-profit organization celebrating the power of the arts in the lives of individuals with disabilities in Georgia.

orpheus vsa

www.abilitiesfestival.org /

Arts Disability Wales

www.kotb.com/

www.mdtap.org/md_arts.html

Making arts, recreation and cultural activities accessible throughout Maryland for all persons regardless of disability or the nature of disability .

Northern Disability Arts Forum

The Helen Keller award is a biannual award presented to the artist with the best submission, in any medium on the subject of deafblindness.

vsaartsga.org/

A non-profit, community -based organization dedicated to accessibility and education in the arts.

VSA arts of Wyoming

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Accessible Arts

Arts Access of Raleigh, NC

(UK)

Center for Accessible Technology offers art programs to adults and children with disabilities.W.

VSA arts of Georgia

Operates the Arts for All gallery in downtown Atlanta .

wiredesigns.netfirms.com

www.xposurefestival.com/

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Creative Growth Art Center

Studio space, art education , and exhibitions for people with disabilities.

Deaf Culture Art

Provides access to the arts to New Yorkers who are isolated from the cultural mainstream because of disability or medical limitations. Features description of goals, news, information on programs and workshops.Focuses on people with disabilities and other members of the public who have previously found access to arts education difficult.

www.orpheus .org.uk

www.vsarts.org

sensitivity developmentally

pages.sbcglobal.net/aslclay/

Art Enables is an arts-based training and employment placement program for persons with developmental disabilities sixteen years and older in the Washington , DC, metropolitan area.New Jersey organization providing educational programs for grades K-12.A collective of artists and performers who identify as being disabled or having a disability.Painting for disabled people using laser pointers and a tracker to create art.

National Disability Arts Forum

Based in Liverpool , England

NorDAF promotes Disability Arts in the Northern region.

www.studiobythetracks.com/

www.ableworkshop .com/

An international non-profit arts organization of affiliates, promotes the creative power of the arts in the lives of people with disabilities.A promotional website, advocating up and coming artists with disabilities.

disabled marginalised

A multifaceted and multidisciplinary festival of visual and performing arts providing opportunities to showcase artistic excellence by persons with disabilities.

www.cforat.org/art/index .html

National Arts and Disability Center (NADC)

The Orpheus Centre

biannual vsa

Includes numerous pictures. (California )

www.disabilityart.com/

N.An Art Center and Gallery for adults with developmental disabilities in Claremont , California.

Hands-On Education

National Forum on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities

www .nwdaf.co.uk/

VSA arts of Delaware

VSA arts of Minnesota

London

displines developmentally

www.artsaccessinc.org

Offers creative-arts therapy and focused music, art, and dance programs.

Kids on the Block

Non-Traditional Casting Project

www.nordaf.org/

Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts

www.le.ac.uk/racentre/

displines xposure

www.artsforallinc .org/

A resource for anyone interested in Deaf Art, particularly the category defined by Deaf View/Image Art (De`VIA).

www.lasereagles.org/

Dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media-, and literary- arts communities.

artsedge.kennedy -center.org/forum/

Passion Works Studio

VSA arts

A non-profit organization dedicated to implementing arts related programming, training and advocacy to individuals and various groups as a means to achieve personal growth, increase self-confidence and positively shape the lives of people with disabilities.

www.vsamass .org/

Promoting the creative power in people with disabilities through education in the Arts.

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Abilities Festival - A Celebration of Disability Arts and Culture

accessiblearts.org/

www.creativespirit.on.ca/

First Street Gallery Art Center

Hope University / Hi Hopes Fine-Arts Foundation

(UK)

VSA arts of Florida

www.vsafl.org/

A state affiliate of VSA arts, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the arts into the lives of people with disabilities.

VSA arts of Wisconsin

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A. Dedicated to full participation in schools, churches, clubs, sports, the arts & leisure activities.A residential performing arts centre for young disabled artists founded by Richard Stilgoe.

VSA arts of Alabama

Expanding the capabilities , confidence, and quality of life for children and adults with disabilities by providing programs in music, dance, drama, creative writing, and visual art.

marginalised sensitivity

A non-profit visual arts center, located in downtown Oakland, California, providing creative art programs, educational and independent living training, counseling and vocational opportunities for adults who are physically, mentally and emotionally disabled.

Hospital Audiences Inc.

Provides educational puppet programs which enlighten children on the issues of disability awareness, medical-educational differences, and social concerns.

nadc.ucla.edu/

NIAD`S mission is to provide an art program for people with developmental disabilities which promotes creative expression, independence , dignity and community integration.

expressed vsa

Access Expressed New England

Open Arms

attenborough orpheus

www.artsdisabilitywales.com /Gpage1.htm

Performing arts and visual arts for Tucson, Arizona including Third Street Kids

www.amfpa.com /

A worldwide association of artists that organizes a wide range of exhibitions, sells original art works and permits publishing houses to reproduce their works as art greeting cards and calendars.

www.autismarts .com

Positive images of people with disabilities in everyday-life situations and inclusive settings.21st Century D.Established in 1984, encourages artists with physical disabilities by providing exhibition and educational opportunities, as well as the shared sensitivity and emotional support needed for personal and professional growth.

yorkers positively

First Street`s artists produce art in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics , collage, assemblage, art books and creative writing.

www.ntcp.org/

A not-for-profit advocacy organization seeking solutions to the problems of racism and exclusion in theatre, film and television.

Project Ability

The Able Workshop

www.sensescotland.org.uk/helenkeller

www.vsawis.org/

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The mission of Accessible Arts, Inc .

Art and Artability

Works throughout Wales to promote equal opportunities in the arts for disabled people , providing training, information and advice.

Arts at CforAT

www.thekidsontheblock.com

The studio is funded through the Ohio Arts Council and The Athens County Board of MR/DD.

www.project-ability.co.uk/

The Helen Keller Art Award

VSA is devoted to enhancing the capabilities, confidence and quality of life for individuals with disabilities through life-long learning opportunities in the arts.

vsa limitations

is to champion the arts for children with disabilities and advocate access to the arts.Consultancy of art initiatives and projects for people with disabilities (Netherlands)

www.creativegrowth.org/

www.damonbrooks.com/

www.21stcenturydawn .netfirms.com/

Studio By The Tracks

Survivors Art Foundation

Disability and woodworking, resource of photos , tips, hints, and tricks of those with a handicap who found solutions to work shop barriers.