Entries Invited for Arts Presenters/MetLife Foundation Awards for Art Access.

The Arts Presenters/MetLife Foundation Awards for Arts Access honors those performing arts venues that demonstrate a depth and breadth of inclusion that permeates every fiber of the organization - from planning and evaluation to mission, leadership, budgeting, outreach and programming. Awards recipients understand that embracing a culture of accessibility and inclusively creates a welcome space for all audiences.

The program is accepting entries for the following:

Arts Presenters/MetLife Award for Excellence and Innovation in Access: This award honors an organization that has been consistently dedicated to the implementation and evolution of its arts access strategies by the creation of programming or an organization-wide tool or practice that has been developed in response to new technologies, recent demographic changes to a community, and/or an ongoing effort to engage community members in planning for and providing access to the arts for everyone.

Arts Presenters/MetLife Award for Arts Access in Underserved Communities:
This award honors an organization that is dedicated to innovative project-based strategies resulting in practices and programs that increase access to the arts for people in underserved communities, whether they are rural, inner-city, communities in transition, or new communities.

For complete program guidelines and more information:

http://www.artspresenters.org/services/ml-awards.cfm

Deadline: October, 17, 2008