Planning your next event? Incorporate Accessibility.
reachArts provides knowledge, resources, and training for organizations in the arts and culture sector to ensure that their events and festivals are equitably accessible across every step of the planning, marketing, and implementation process.
Land Acknowledgement
reachArts acknowledges that we are located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. We acknowledge them as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING
Live Accessible Event Training for your organization
- In-depth training from accessibility planning experts
- Tailored to your needs and goals
- From small events to large-scale festivals
- Live online or at your workplace
- Modules on accessible planning, marketing, implementation, and more!
COLLABORATIVE RESOURCE SHARING
Get the resources and services you need for your accessible event or festival
- Resource and Service Needs Consultations
- Diverse roster of partnered accessibility service providers
- Service matching and hiring support
- Financial application support
SECTOR
WORKSHOPS
Gain tools for accessible event planning, marketing, and implementation
- Broad-topic workshops on accessibility planning
- Open to any cultural event organizer or staff
- Online and in-person options
- Free registration
- Grant writing
Join Our Community
Stay up to date with our latest program developments, workshop schedules, and helpful insights on planning and producing accessible events.
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING
Tailored to Your Event Needs
Our trainings will help you adapt your physical and virtual spaces for accessibilty, teach you accessible marketing strategies, and equip you with the critical knowledge, resources, and steps to ensure full accessibility of your events for audiences, organizers, and hired artists at every point of contact with your
organization.
Our team can come to you, or offer trainings online.
Click below to speak with our experts today!
COLLABORATIVE RESOURCE SHARING
It Takes a Village
Ask us how we can connect you with the resources you need to ensure a truly welcoming and accessible event.
- Closed Captioners
- ASL Interpreters
- Descriptive Audio Recorders
- Built Environment Assessors
- Disability Community Advocates
- Connecting established festivals with artists and advocates in the disability community
SECTOR WORKSHOPS
Learn With Us
Book your spot today to receive practical insight on how to avoid the missteps that can so often make members of the disability community feel unincluded and unwelcome at public events.
CUSTOMIZED TRAINING
Tailored to Your Event Needs
Our trainings will help you adapt your physical and virtual spaces for accessibilty, teach you accessible marketing strategies, and equip you with the critical knowledge, resources, and steps to ensure full accessibility of your events for audiences, organizers, and hired artists at every point of contact with your organization.
Our team can come to you, or offer trainings online.
Click below to speak with our experts today!
COLLABORATIVE RESOURCE SHARING
It Takes a Village
Ask us how we can connect you with the resources you need to ensure a truly welcoming and accessible event.
- Closed Captioners
- ASL Interpreters
- Descriptive Audio Recorders
- Built Environment Assessors
- Disability Community Advocates
- Connecting established festivals with artists and advocates in the disability community
SECTOR WORKSHOPS
Learn With Us
Book your spot today to receive practical insight on how to avoid the missteps that can so often make members of the disability community feel unincluded and unwelcome at public events.
STAY IN THE LOOP
Stay up to date with our latest program developments, workshop schedules, and helpful insights on planning and producing accessible events.
LEVEL UP YOUR ACCESSIBILITY
Find out how we can help you and your organization welcome audiences, artists and staff of all abilities.
OUR STORY
As a collaborative arm of reachAbility, reachArts draws on over 20 years of award- winning expertise in the field of accessibility planning. For the last decade, our experts have planned and presented the Bluenose Ability Arts & Film Festival, an annual event designed for accessibility that showcases works created by and for members of the disability community. With the many lessons learned and challenges overcome in organizing these successful and wholly accessible events, reachArts is thrilled to take the next step as we extend our expertise to organizations producing their own events. We want to make sure that all festivals and cultural events in Nova Scotia, no matter their intended audience, have access to crucial accessibility training and resources so they can be welcoming, accessible, and engaging to persons of all abilities.
OUR STORY
The images below represent a selection of commissioned works by artists with disabilities for Win Win Win – our CEO Tova Sherman’s most recent book publication.
THE 100% STORE
Visit the 100% Store Store to purchase your copy of Win Win Win and browse a selection of unique artwork and reachAbility merchandise, all designed and created by members of our disability community.