Arts Presenters/MetLife Arts Access Awards
Funded by MetLife Foundation
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters and MetLife Foundation are pleased to support this seventh and final year of the Arts Presenters/MetLife Arts Access Awards Program. The overarching goal of this program has been to recognize performing arts presenters and venues that demonstrated innovation, leadership and a commitment to the full integration of older adults, immigrants, people with disabilities and underserved communities as equal partners in the performing arts.
On behalf of the presenting field, Arts Presenters thanks MetLife Foundation for its tremendous commitment to the awards program over the past seven years.
Although this is the final year of the awards program, Arts Presenters will, through the APAP/365 web platform continue to collect and disseminate information, and foster an exchange of ideas and strategies – including profiles and lessons learned from our awardees and the launch of mentoring circles and a community of practice that leads to greater access to the arts for all people within the communities we serve across the United States and internationally.
Award Descriptions
Arts Presenters/MetLife Arts Access Award:
Engaging Individuals with Disabilities
This award honors an organization that has been exemplary in its dedication and approach to engaging individuals with disabilities to experience and value the performing arts. This may be accomplished through programs and strategies that integrate new technologies, respond to recent demographic shifts, and/or establish an ongoing dialogue focused on individuals with sensory, cognitive, learning, developmental, and/or physical disabilities.
Deadline for Entries: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Award: Two (2) recipients - $10,000 each
Award Announcement: November 2010
Award Ceremony: Monday, January 10, 2011
Arts Presenters/MetLife Arts Access Award:
Engaging Underserved Communities
This award honors an organization that has been exemplary and innovative in its dedication and approach to engaging underserved individuals and communities that lack access to the performing arts and cultural life in the community. Such access could be a result of, but not limited to, differences in geographic location, socio-economic conditions, diverse backgrounds or other factors. Applicants may identify their own underserved constituencies.
Deadline for Entries: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Award: Two (2) recipients - $10,000 each
Award Announcement: November 2010
Award Ceremony: Monday, January 10, 2011
APAP/MetLife Arts Access Awardees 2005-2010
Award for Engaging Underserved Communities
- University of Florida Performing Arts (2010)
- The Wooden Floor (formerly Saint Joseph Ballet) (2010)
Award for Increasing Arts Access in Underserved Communities
- Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (2009)
- ASU Gammage (2009)
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra (2008)
- Myrna Loy Center/Helena Presents (2008)
- University Musical Society, Ann Arbor, MI (2007)
Award for Engaging Individuals with Disabilities
- Quest: Arts for Everyone (2010)
- Straz Center for the Performing Arts (2010)
Award for Excellence and Innovation in Arts Access
- Paper Mill Playhouse (2009)
- Victory Gardens Theater (2008)
- Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN (2007)
Award for Excellence in Arts Access
- The Museum of Contemporary Art (2006)
- The Kentucky Center; Access Services (2005)
Award for Innovation in Arts Access
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2006)
- The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (2005)
2010 Awards Ceremony and Luncheon Program