What: Dance/NYC’s 2021 Symposium will focus on reimagining the dance ecology with emphasis on advancing justice, civic engagement, and the whole dance worker. It will invite participants to investigate topics of decolonizing dance education, community organizing and social change, governmental advocacy, among others, in the context...
Sign up for Special Kids Dance Class with MAC member Mark Morris Dance Group! The mission of the Mark Morris Dance Group is to develop, promote, and sustain dance, music, and opera productions by Mark Morris and to serve as a cultural resource to engage and...
The end of July marks the end of most official celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, but that doesn't mean we need to stop lifting up disabled creators in the arts and culture field! Check out the list below to...
July 26, 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which granted civil rights to people with disabilities across the United States. To celebrate this historic milestone, MAC will be featuring a different disabled artist on our social...
Written by Charlotte Martin, Senior Manager of Access Initiatives At the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, we work to ensure that the Museum is physically, emotionally and intellectually accessible to all audiences, and that it fulfills its mission to promote the awareness and understanding of...
According to choreographer Mark Morris, “Dance is for anybody.” In 2001, he opened the Mark Morris Dance Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn to provide a home for his company, the Mark Morris Dance Group, and to serve as a cultural resource to engage and enrich...
What is it about dance and music that lifts our spirits, makes us smile, and brings us together? While museums and botanic gardens offer programs for individuals of varying abilities, the performing arts has just begun exploring the idea, especially for families trying to cope...
Michael Sparacino is an intern at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City through the Museum, Arts and Culture Access Consortium’s internship program. Ruth Starr, the Accessibility Manager at the museum is Michael’s supervisor. MAC sat down with the two of them...
WELCOME TO KAISER'S ROOM Imagination. Connection. A World of YES for All Abilities. We create an inclusive, welcoming environment for people of all abilities to explore their creativity through the performing arts. Our programs support a wide range of therapeutic and educational goals, while keeping the atmosphere...
Have you ever experienced the physical release of stress and anxiety as you breathe in fresh air during a walk in the woods or a stroll on a tree-lined street? You would be experiencing the “people-plant connection” which evokes the health benefits we derive from spending time in nature. Humans have an intuitive bond with nature that has roots in pre-historic times when our ancestors relied on plants for food,...