The Louisville Cultural Accessibility Association is made possible by Greater Louisville Imagine 2020 through a partnership between the American Printing House for the Blind Museum, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Kentucky Performing Arts. In 2020, LCAA will offer quarterly professional development sessions for arts and cultural administrators, an event page for accessible event listings, an equipment loan program, professional training in audio description for visual and performing arts and a network of organizations committed to access and inclusion.
2020 Professional Development Dates
Accessibility 101 at Cultural Consortium meeting
Postponed, date to be determined.
Farnsley Moreman House.
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LCAA’s Accessibility Equipment Loan Program
Thursday, June 18th, 2020. 9:30am – 11:00am,
The Kentucky Center
Register for LCAA ‘s Accessibility Equipment Loan Program Workshop
Service Animals and Tactile Tours
Thursday, September 17th, 2020. 9:30am – 11:00am
American Printing House for the Blind
Register for the Service Animals and Tactile Tours Workshop
Accessibility on a Budget
Thursday, December 10th, 2020. 9:30am – 11:00am
TBD
Register for the Accessibility on a Budget Workshop
Previous Meetings 2019
Let’s Talk About Accessibility – Community Conversation
December 12, 2019. 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Locust Grove
Let’s talk About Accessibility – Transcript
Audio Description for Performing Arts
December 2, 9, and 16, 2019. 10:00AM – 4:30PM
Kentucky Performing Aarts
Presented by Kentucky Performing Arts
Accessibility and Non-Traditional Spaces
September 26, 2019. 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Berrytown Recreational Center
Presented by Evan Hatfield, Co-Founder, Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium
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Accessibility and Non-Traditional Spaces – Transcript Download
Audio Description for Museums and Cultural Organizations
August 15, 2019. 8:30AM – 4:30PM
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
Presented by Micheal Hudson, Museum Director and Maria E. Delgado, Director of Accessibility; American Printing House for the Blind
Audio Description for Museums and Cultural Organizations – Presentation Download
Audio Description for Museums and Cultural Organizations – Transcritp Download
How to Give The Best Experience to Groups with Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
June 27, 2019. 9:00AM – 10:30AM
Carnegie Center for Art & History
Presented by Terri Thomas, Chief Program Officer at Harbor House of Louisville
How to Give the Best Experience – Transcript Download
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Cultural Organizations
April 25, 2019. 9:00AM – 10:30AM
American Printing House for the Blind
Presented by Heidi Schissler Lanham, Legal Director
Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
ADA and Cultural Organizations – Presentation Download
ADA and Cultural Organizations – Transcript Download
Project made possible by Louisville Metro Government in partnership with the Fund for the Arts.