Cultural Access Network Project
The New Jersey Theatre Alliance is committed to working with its membership to make live theatre accessible to everyone and serving as a cultural access resource for the state’s theatres and cultural community.
The Cultural Access Network Project is a project of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and New Jersey Theatre Alliance. The Project provides a wide range of services and programs to assist theatres and cultural organizations in making their programs and facilities accessible to seniors and people with disabilities.
The programs of the Cultural Access Network Project are guided by a volunteer steering committee representing arts patrons, state and county officials, arts administrators, and managers from organizations serving people with disabilities.
The Cultural Access Network Project (CANP) was established in 1992 to assist all of New Jersey's cultural arts organizations in making their programs and facilities accessible to seniors and individuals with disabilities in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Cultural Access Network Project committee is comprised of individuals with specific knowledge and expertise in areas relating to accessible programming and facilities. All of the Cultural Access Network’s programs and services are made possible by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as other corporate, foundation and government partners.
The CANP serves as a role model program for other states to follow. The CANP was the recipient of the 2004 National Accessibility Leadership Award from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, National Endowment for the Arts and Coca-Cola.
Bonnie Brown
Allaire State Park
Robert Carr
New Jersey Theatre Alliance
Susan P. Coen
Consultant
Bojana Coklyat
Visual Artist
Janet Zoubek Dickson
McCarter Theatre Center
Eileen Doremus
Mercer County Office on Aging
Diane Feldman
Arts Advocate
Pamela Gaston
New Jersey Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Maureen Heffernan
Arts Advocate/Teaching Artist
Wendy Liscow
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
John McEwen
New Jersey Theatre Alliance
Eileen Murray
Matheny Medical and Educational Center's Arts Access Program
Arlene Romoff
Hearing Loss Association of NJ
Michael Schnoering, FAIA
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC
Thomas E. Shaw-Gardner
Arts Advocate
Jim Thebery
Bergen County Department of Human Services Division on Disability Services
Members Ex Officio
Allison Tratner
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Mary Eileen Fouratt
New Jersey State Council on the Arts