New Website!

  • February 3rd, 2011

Welcome to Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts’ new website! We’re still in BETA but wanted to give you a chance to see what we’ve been working on and ask for your comments and suggestions!

CBS Casting to conduct workshops in New York

  • May 9th, 2012

CBS CASTING TO CONDUCT WORKSHOPS IN NEW YORK CBS CASTING VICE PRESIDENT WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH ACTORS We are pleased to announce that Fern Orenstein, CBS Casting Vice President, is coming from Hollywood to present her acclaimed workshop two times only on Thursday, May 31st (3 to 6 p.m.) Friday, June 1st (3 to 6 p.m.)…

VSA now accepting entries for its 2012 visual art programs

  • April 30th, 2012

Sustaining / Creating   A National Juried Exhibition for Emerging Artists with Disabilities, ages 16-25 Deadline: July 8, 2012 Sustaining / Creating asks emerging artists to showcase work that illuminates innovative viewpoints on sustainability and contemporary creativity. Beyond its scientific definition, sustainability references notions of responsibility and stewardship of our natural world in all facets…

Hulu announces new LGBT genre category

  • April 26th, 2012

Internet video giant Hulu will launch a new LGBT category heading on the free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus, GLAAD and Wolfe Video announced today. The new category heading arises out of an initiative spearheaded by LGBT film distributor Wolfe Video, and will help users locate LGBT content more efficiently, including nearly 100 films. “Wolfe…

Sprout Film Festival in NYC then tours the country

  • April 26th, 2012

The Sprout Film Festival is here!!! This weekend…   Our NYC event will take place on Friday April 27 through Sunday April 29th at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Please check out the festival website for the full schedule and to purchase your tickets.  www.sproutfilmfestival.org   One of the films featured at this year’s festival…

Classical Theatre of Harlem introduces The Playwright’s Playground:

  • April 24th, 2012

Classical Theatre of Harlem introduces The Playwright’s Playground: Seeking Playwrights and Actors to take part in a twice-monthly cold reading series What is The Playwright’s Playground? Classical Theatre of Harlem’s (CTH) Playwright’s Playground is a cold-reading series designed to promotes the work of emerging playwrights whose works are persistently under-represented on American stages. The Playwright’s…

An event not to be missed! April 24 in LA and Live Webcast

  • April 19th, 2012

What do you get when you put the makers of the acclaimed documentary “Lives Worth Living”, Jim LeBrecht, Lawrence Carter-Long and moderator Robert David Hall at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (yes, THAT Academy) in North Hollywood for a screening of the doc and a rip-roarin’ follow-up panel discussion? An event not to…

Call for Interest: PERFORMANCE & DISABILITY

  • April 18th, 2012

Call for Interest PERFORMANCE & DISABILITY New IFTR Working Group The International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) approved a new Working Group on Performance & Disability. The goal of this group is to have an international dialogue regarding disability and performance and to share scholarly work and best practices from around the world – traditions,…

Wolf Trap Foundation Fellowship

  • April 16th, 2012

A 12-month, full-time paid Fellowship position within the Wolf Trap Foundation is available beginning September 2012. Intended for a young professional of color who has recently earned a Master’s degree in the arts or a related discipline, the Fellowship will provide substantive arts management experience in a variety of areas within the Wolf Trap Foundation…

Aspiring to Conquer Crossover Acting Path

  • April 11th, 2012

By Kate Taylor, New York Times It didn’t take much rehearsing for Russell Harvard, who plays the deaf son of a loquacious and argumentative British family in the Off Broadway play “Tribes,” to get inside his character’s skin. Like his character Billy, the 30-year-old actor is himself partially deaf. And while, unlike Billy, he grew…

PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES EIGHTH ANNUAL “POWER OF DIVERSITY” WORKSHOP

  • March 19th, 2012

The program will focus on moving projects forward through seminars and master classes with top professionals in film, television, and new media supported by one-on-one mentoring with Producers Guild members. Topics include: story development, pitching, packaging, financing, marketing, and new media opportunities. Every session will be tailored to our participating producers and their projects. Workshop…