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- IN-APSE 19th Annual Conference
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Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University
2009 IN-APSE Conference
Destination Employment – Pilot Your Career is the theme of this year’s 19th annual IN-APSE Conference scheduled for December 8 (Pre-Conference Workshop) 9-10, 2009 at the Indianapolis Marriott East.
The Pre-Conference workshop, presented by Barbara Barnett, Trainer/Consultant for the Sup...ported Employment Consultation and Training Center, will provide an overview of state and federal laws as they relate to working with individuals who have criminal histories. She will provide insight to risk factors with this population as well as resources available.
The Conference will focus on exploring the creative approaches and educational opportunities to advance competitive employment opportunities across Indiana. A Business Leadership Network (BLN) track has been added this year. Keynote speakers include J. Randolph Lewis, Senior Vice President of Distribution for Walgreens and Jack McCall, Motivational Humorist.
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Indiana University’s Center on Aging and Community named as a key collaborator in an award by the National Endowment for the Arts
Bloomington, Ind. -- A project based at Indiana University focusing on facilitating access to careers in the arts for people with disabilities was named in an award presented to the Indiana A...rts Commission in recognition for exceptional initiatives or programs that make the arts accessible and inclusive for older adults and individuals with disabilities. Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced last week that the Indiana Arts Commission is the recipient of the 2009 National Accessibility Leadership Award/grant for their outstanding accessibility work. The award is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA). The award is presented to the Indiana Arts Commission in acknowledgement of its leadership and highly effective work to make the arts fully inclusive throughout its organization, programming, and state. Among the accomplishments of the Indiana Arts Commission:
As an outcome of discussion round-tables and surveys from the 2004 Statewide Forum on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities, a grassroots statewide organization called ArtsWORK Indiana (AWI) emerged. The group’s mission is to facilitate access to careers in the arts for people with disabilities through awareness, education, and encouragement. AWI has been assisted through a partnership with VSA arts of Indiana, the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University, and the Indiana Arts Commission.
Among the activities recognized by the award in the creation of a comprehensive online resource on arts careers with an inclusive focus. The ArtsWORK Indiana Website (http://www.artsworkindiana.org), developed by the Indiana Institute’s Jane Harlan-Simmons, provides information, listings of employment, internships, and other arts opportunities, as well as an artist directory and discussion forums. As a nationally recognized model, AWI’s website has been developed and managed by the Indiana Institute’s Center on Aging and Community. The Institute has provided technical assistance to AWI since its inception.
AWI invites guest speakers to monthly meetings to address topics such as marketing, artwork sales, and funding opportunities. In the spring of 2009, AWI took its programs to six different areas of the state, partnering with arts organizations, disability service providers, colleges, and community centers to hold free workshops.
Rocco Landesman said, “Since becoming Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, I have been talking about “art works,” and the Indiana Arts Commission will help ensure even more opportunities for American artists in the three ways that I mean this phrase: artists of every background should have the opportunity to create new art works; they should participate in all the ways that art can work to expand us as human beings and knit together our communities; and perhaps most importantly, they should have the chance to be working artists who are part of this country’s real economy.”
The Arts Endowment and NASAA established the National Accessibility Leadership Award in 2001. Since 2002, the award has provided a $30,000 NEA competitive grant to the selected state or regional arts agency to advance its access work. With their award, the Indiana Arts Commission and AWI will expand their support for artists with disabilities by offering grants for projects that will impact the artist’s career development.
Previous award recipients are the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (2008); the Minnesota State Arts Board (2007); the Maine Arts Commission (2006); the Massachusetts Cultural Council (2005); the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (2004); the New York State Council on the Arts (2003); the Ohio Arts Council (2002); and the Arizona Commission on the Arts (2001).
For more information, contact Jane Harlan-Simmons at jeharlan@indiana.edu or 812-855-6508. For more information about the Indiana Institute, visit www.iidc.indiana.edu.
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts -- both new and established -- bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the largest national annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization of the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. The public sector plays a unique and essential role in ensuring that the benefits of the arts accrue to all American communities. State arts agencies broaden citizen access to the arts in every corner of the country, making the cultural, civic, educational, and economic benefits of the arts an essential ingredient of state policy and practice.
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