FY21 Recipients
Grantee | Town/City | Description of Activity | Grant Amount |
ASAP! | Washington Depot | Translate program and resource materials into Spanish including website and marketing materials. | $3,000 |
Arts for Learning Connecticut | Hamden | Develop an ADA compliant website that enhances arts education offerings and highlight programs that serve individuals with disabilities. | $3,000 |
ArtsEcon Initiative | New Haven | Train artists and staff to convert recordings of AEI's Salon Thrive videos to be subtitled for individuals with hearing impairment. | $525 |
Brookfield Craft Center | Brookfield | Add a ramp that meets ADA standards to the blacksmith and welding program spaces. | $2,000 |
EC-CHAP | Willington | Acquire assisted listening devices, video/digital equipment and enhance programming with large print and web improvements. | $3,000 |
Elm Shakespeare Company | New Haven | Acquire assisted listening devices and equipment for indoor and outdoor theatre performances. | $3,000 |
Ely Center of Contemporary Art | New Haven | Conduct bilingual professional development workshops for artists that include ADA lessons. | $2,500 |
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center | Waterford | Support performances with ASL interpreters (live and/or live-stream events) | $1,500 |
Florence Griswold Museum | Old Lyme | Install push button automatic entry system for heavy pull handle gallery doors. | $3,000 |
Grumbling Gryphons | West Cornwall | Engage ASL interpreters and integrate sign language into educational performances; hire artists with disabilities for production work. | $2,900 |
Hartford Opera Theater | West Hartford | Program translations and ASL services, including a pre-show talk with ASL interpretation. | $3,000 |
Hartford Stage | Hartford | Pursue language translations and engage ASL interpreters for upcoming performances | $3,000 |
International Festival of Arts & Ideas | New Haven | Engage a consultant to conduct ADA audit and work towards Universal Design | $2,000 |
Mattatuck Museum | Waterbury | Language translation of label text, surveys in three different languages and produce large-print materials. | $750 |
New Haven Symphony Orchestra | New Haven | Engage a consultant to review website and communications, provide ADA and language translation improvements | $3,000 |
Open Arts Alliance | Greenwich | Purchase a voice speech amplifer system and ASL interpreters. | $2,850 |
Shoreline Arts Alliance | Guilford | Engage an ADA consultant for website accessibility audit and improvements | $2,500 |
Sonia Plumb Dance Company | Hartford | Translate workshop videos, study guides and program playbills into Spanish, and provide an ASL interpreter for online broadcasts and webinars for upcoming projects. | $3,000 |
Stamford Symphony Orchestra | Stamford | Develop a bilingual website and marketing materials, translation services & improve analytics | $3,000 |
The Voice of Art | Warren | Support access to technology for older artists who have limited access to tech tools for portfolio development. | $3,000 |
Program Total | $50,025 |