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Arena Stage
One of the nation’s original resident theaters, Arena Stage has a distinguished record of leadership and innovation in the field and has become the largest theater in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights. In partnership with Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care, Inc., it supports a Voices of Now workshop and ensemble, an after-school drama program that works with students through creative writing, improvisation, and movement to develop a multitude of social and expressive skills.
The Art and Drama Therapy Institute
The Art and Drama Therapy Institute, Inc. (ADTI) is a medically supervised, therapeutic day treatment center for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ADTI is located in an economically deprived part of Northeast Washington, D.C., less than three miles from the White House. The institute's innovative approach to the care and treatment of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the use of art, music, movement, and drama therapies, along with innovative behavior management techniques, has been hailed by the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and The Washington Post as “a national model.” ADTI is home to the Therapeutic Noh Theater®, the first ensemble with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the world to perform Therapeutic Noh Theater®, directed by Master Teacher, Dr. Sirkku M. Sky Hiltunen.
Art Enables
Art Enables is an arts-and-enterprise program for teens and young adults with developmental and/or mental disabilities from throughout DC. If you become an Art Enables participant: You come to the studio on scheduled days to create and market your own art under the guidance of professional artist-instructors. Your artwork is exhibited and sold in shows at the studio via retailers around the city and at galleries, markets, and special events throughout the region.
ArtStream
ArtStream is a regional organization based in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area whose mission is to create artistic opportunities for individuals in communities traditionally under-served by the arts. Autism Society Sensory Friendly Films Program Recreation
DC Center for Therapeutic Recreation
Therapeutic recreation programs and services are offered to both District residents and non-residents with or without disabilities. Classes include: Aromatherapy, spring break camp, weight training, and water exercise and water sports.
Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital
The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (GSCNC) helps girls to promote diversity, gain practical life skills, and connect with their community through a variety of artistic, educational, and environmental events. Some of these events include:
Imagination Stage
Access at Imagination Stage endeavours to create an inclusive and welcoming environment and equitable access to all artistic and educational programming for students, staff, and visitors of all abilities. Imagination Stage offers: Arts Access classes and programs designed specifically for the needs of students with cognitive, language, gross motor, or developmental disabilities. Deaf Access classes and programs designed specifically for the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Inclusion support for children of all abilities. Imagination Stage encourages children of all abilities to discover and develop their full creative potential through the performing arts. We work with students and their caregivers to identify and provide the most successful scenario for each student whether in a peer group Access class or in a general classroom setting with reasonable and appropriate inclusion supports. All placements provide children a safe and welcoming environment to develop and enhance language, gross motor, developmental, cognitive, social and life-learning skills.
Kennedy Center Accessibility Office
Partnership: Sponsorship of internships for youth with diabilities within a cultural organizations in the Washington metropolitan area.
Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN)
Volunteer organization providing free one-on-one recreational opportunities for children and young adults with mental and physical disabilities.
Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute
The Kennedy Institute works with teens and young adults with developmental disabilities to provide a broad array of education, therapeutic, employment, and community living programs.
New Vision Photography Program, Inc.
Supported employment and long-term follow-along services in the photography industry and community inclusion for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, introducing them to a creative world of digital photography, entrepreneurship programs, and One-Hour Photo Mini Lab training and employment.
ReVision Dance Company
ReVision is a contemporary modern dance company committed to artistic excellence and community building. Through performances, workshops and teaching residencies, ReVision works with diverse populations of professional dancers and novice movers. A unique aspect of our work is our dedication to engaging people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. PERFORMANCES
MASTER CLASSES/RESIDENCIES
WORKSHOPS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS
Smithsonian Accessibility Program
The Accessibility Program supports the Smithsonian in making all visitors feel welcome by providing consistent, effortless access to the Institution’s programs, collections and facilities. Responsibilities include:
Programs include: Through My Eyes DC Washington, DC THROUGH MY EYES: THE DC PHOTO-NARRATIVE PROJECT (TME-DC) empowers at-risk youth, providing them with a safe space where they can give vision and voice to
their life stories. Under the guidance of dedicated and empathic mentor-leaders, these youth photograph and write about themselves, their families, their
communities, their experiences. Offering them the skills to document their real life stories and to share those stories within the company of similarly
directed-youth and with the world, they are strengthened in their sense of themselves and their connection to others.
Words Beats and Life
The DC Urban Arts Academy, a multi-medium hip-hop arts Academy was the first initiative. Next came Words Beats Life: The Global Journal of Hip-Hop. Following that the University Project came about, taking WBL back to where it began--transforming university classrooms and campuses through hip-hop culture via interactive workshops, exhibitions and gallery installations. Moving forward, WBL has a number of emerging initiatives such as The Cipher: A Hip-Hop Business Incubator, that we believe will become regional and national models over the next few years. We do hope that this new web site is a helpful tool for you to learn more about Words Beats and Life and how we might be a resource to you, your business, your family, your classroom, your community or your campus.
WVSA Arts Connection
Washington, DC 20036 ART Options is an arts-infused program designed to support the development of vocational, social and life management skills for people with disabilities ages 16 and older in Washington, DC. Consistent with other St. John’s Community Services’ programs, ART Options operates in community settings in which participants enhance their personal and professional skills and prepare for and attain careers in the art field. ART Options focuses on applied, fine arts and digital design instruction, internships and jobs, public programming, museum and gallery visits, and the development of salesmanship and communications skills guided by the participant’s goals. ART Options utilizes the resources of the vast Washington, DC arts community including the Smithsonian Institute, National Gallery of Art, fine and contemporary art studios, and DC Public Libraries. This enables artists with and without disabilities to develop relationships and collaborate on projects in an array of creative and inclusive environments. Supported by highly trained staff, artists with disabilities will hone their artistic talents, attain marketable skills, strengthen their self-esteem and prepare for opportunities in the arts community. |
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