Libraries to Offer Webinar Tomorrow: Accessibility for Cultural Programs

Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts has partnered with Lilli Tichinin of New Mexico Arts to offer the webinar Accessibility for Cultural Programs from 2-3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23. This webinar is open to the public and offered at no cost to attendees. Registration is required. 

In this webinar, participants will learn how to take a proactive approach to planning for accessibility in cultural programs to better engage with audience members and attendees with disabilities. Tichinin will guide participants through the types of accommodations cultural workers and organizations should prepare for — both in the physical environment as well as in web and print resources — while expanding how to think about accessibility.

Tichinin is the program coordinator for Folk Arts, Art Projects and Accessibility at New Mexico Arts. As accessibility coordinator, she provides guidance, resources and professional development to artists and arts organizations across New Mexico. Tichinin previously worked as the accessibility coordinator for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Her background includes work at the Kentucky Folklife Program, oral history projects for the National Park Service, outreach and teaching to first-year college students and 20 years as a modern and ballet dancer. Tichinin holds a Master of Arts in folk studies from Western Kentucky University and a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology with a minor in dance and a certificate in folklore from the University of Oregon. 

Those interested may contact Virginia Siegel, coordinator for Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts, with questions about event accessibility or to request an accommodation. Requests should be made one week prior to the event.

Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts is a statewide program of the U of A Libraries dedicated to building cross-cultural understanding by documenting, presenting and sustaining Arkansas' living traditional arts and cultural heritage.