Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: “Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts.”

On March 20th, Accessibility NYC hosted a meetup entitled “Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts.” Presenter Stephanie Barton-Farcas, Founder and Artistic Director of Nicu’s Spoon Theater Company, described ways to maximize disabled artists in the arts. She also shared ideas for real-world problem solving, action plans, and how we might reconsider artists and disability in moments of political and technological change.

Here are some highlights from the presentation:

• Practical problem solving as an artist
• Inclusion: What needs to happen
• Primary casting goes to actors and actress in wheelchairs — why?
• “If they can CGI a leg out, they can CGI a leg in.”
• ADA seating in wheelchair section of performance venues