Cultural Accessibility Forum & Exchange (CAFE) creates dialogue between the cultural community and the human service sector to expand understanding and practice in accessibility.
Cultural Accessibility Forum & Exchange (CAFE)
CAFE brings cultural organizations together with members of the disability and low-income communities to focus on improving cultural access for everyone.
This forum addresses issues of cultural accessibility in order to:
Enhance accessible accommodations offered by the Greater Philadelphia cultural community
Encourage arts providers within the sector to continue their efforts in making experiences accessible to patrons with disabilities
Expand awareness of the need for such efforts
Art-Reach’s Cultural Accessibility Forum & Exchange (CAFE) is made possible with support by Independence Public Media Foundation.
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Coming Up Next! – CAFE 2023
A Reflection On Care, Labor, & Disability |A conversation on Netflix’s “Working: What We Do All Day”’Click here to watch this session.
Within the show there is a line connecting the economic, political, and social circumstances that entangle disability and labor. Within the first episode entitled “service jobs” we are introduced to the crucial folks completing home care work. And given an extraordinary look at the entire structure of the Mississippi At Home Care Solutions Inc organization. But even within the other industries highlighted, there are demonstrations of how structural barriers come in varied forms.
Featuring panelists Josh Campbell, Artistic Director of Education & Engagement, World Café Live, Tyler Putman, Senior Manager of Gallery Interpretation, Museum of the American Revolution, and Vanessa Braun, Manager of Employment Engagement & Director of Accessibility, Pittsburgh Culture Trust.
Healing Strategies Moderated By Monica Zimmerman, Vice President of Public Education, Engagement and Museum Operations, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Ross Laird-Author, Clinical ConsultantMargaret Murray- MFA St. Petersburg
Trapeta B. Mayson-Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Philadelphia Poet Laureate, 2021 Yolanda Wisher-Philadelphia Contemporary
Meet the Funders featuring panelists Beth Bienvenu from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lane Harwell of the Ford Foundation, and Kirsten Saraceni from the Eagles Autism Foundation
Offline: Staying Connected without Connectivity by Barbara Wong- Director of Community Engagement, Barnes Foundation
Amber Carroll, Director of COVIA- Well Connected
Kelsey Timler, Ph.D. Candidate, UBC Interdisciplinary Studies & Helen Brown, RN, Ph.D. University of British Columbia, School of Nursing. Click here to watch.
Creating with Access in Mind by Krista Lewis, Deaf & Nontraditional Communication Professional, ODP. Click here to watch.
Let’s Take This Outside by Marcie Bramucci, of People’s Light & Theatre; Amanda Berg Wilson, of The Catamounts; Katy Brown & Nick Piper, of the Barter Theatre. Click here to watch.
