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 co-sponsored program of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. 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 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.
Robert Carr
New Jersey Theatre Alliance
Susan P. Coen
Consultant
Janet Zoubek Dickson
McCarter Theatre Center
Pamela Gaston
New Jersey Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
Maureen Heffernan
Young Audiences of NJ
Wendy Liscow
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
John McEwen
New Jersey Theatre Alliance
Michael T. Mooney
Disability Advocate
Arlene Romoff
Hearing Loss Association of NJ
Michael Schnoering, AIA
Mills + Schnoering Architects, LLC
Thomas E. Shaw-Gardner
Mercer County Office for the Disabled
Jim Thebery
Bergen County Department of Human Services Division on Disability Services
Jason Weiland
NJ Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Ina White
Kean University
Vanessa Young
VSA Arts New Jersey
Members Ex Officio
Nicholas Paleologos
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Don Ehman
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Marilyn Dore
New Jersey State Council on the Arts