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NATIONAL SUMMITonCAREERS IN THE ARTSFOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
July 22-24, 2009
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009
2:00 – 3:00 PM: Terrace GalleryWelcome & Opening Remarks
Darrell Ayers, Vice President of Education, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
(TBA), The National Endowment for the Arts
Soula Antoniou, President,
VSA arts
Richard Balkus, Associate Commissioner, Program Development and Research, U.S. Social Security Administration
Faith McCormick,
 
Acting Commissioner 
,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(TBA) U.S. Department of Labor, Office on Disability and Employment Policy 
Ruth Brannon, Acting Director of the Division of Research Sciences,National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
,
U.S.Department of Education
This Summit is presented by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Social Security  Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, The U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, VSA arts and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
 
3:00 – 4:15 PM: Terrace GalleryArt Careers Panel
Chair: Sandra Gibson, President, Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Visual Arts
o
Riva Lehrer, Curator, Access Living of Chicago (IL)
Theater 
o
Aaron Kubey, Executive Director/President, National Theater of theDeaf (MA)
Literary
o
Stephen Kuusisto, Professor, University of Iowa, Department of English (IO)
Dance
o
Judith Smith, Artistic Director, AXIS Dance Company (CA)
Design
o
Jack Catlin, FAIA, Partner, LCM Architects ( IL)
4:30 – 5:45 PM: AtriumReception6:00 – 7:00 PM: Grand Foyer Millennium Stage Performance
Heidi Latsky Dance Company with excerpts from “Gimp”
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009
9:00 – 9:30 AM: AtriumContinental Breakfast9:30 – 10:15 AM: Terrace GalleryNational Study on Careers in the Arts
Chair: Sunil Iyengar, Director, Research & Analysis, National Endowment for theArts
Dr. Carrie Sandahl, Associate Professor, University of Illinois (IL)
10:15 – 11:45M: Terrace Gallery
This Summit is presented by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Social Security  Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, The U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, VSA arts and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
 
Breakthroughs & Accomplishments
Introduction: Jonathan Katz, Executive Director, National Assembly of State ArtsAgenciesChair: Don Ehman, Access Coordinator, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Statewide Forums:
o
Olivia Raynor, Director, National Arts and Disability Center andTarjan Center (CA)
o
Celia Hughes, Executive Director, VSA arts of Texas (TX)
o
Eric McGehearty, Artist (TX)
Mentorships/Internships:
o
Betty Siegel, Director of Accessibility, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (DC)
o
Mimi Smith, Producing Artistic Director, Amaryllis TheatreCompany/VSA arts of Pennsylvania (PA)
o
Access to Design:
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Elaine Ostroff, Founding Director, Institute for Human CenteredDesign (MA)
o
Daniel Hunter, Co-Director, Access to Design Professions, Institutefor Human-Centered Design (MA)
o
Paul Mushrush, Architecture Draftsperson (MA)
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM Break12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: AtriumSummit Banquet
Remarks: Jonathan Katz or new Chairman (if confirmed)
Kareem Dale, JD MBA, Special Assistant to the President for Arts, Cultureand Disability Policy
Dr. Victoria Lewis, Founding Director, Other Voices, Mark Taper Forum,University of Redlands (CA)
This Summit is presented by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Social Security  Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor, The U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices, VSA arts and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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