About the Series

Arts Access presents the Series of Fortunate Events (SOFE) annually, to highlight the diversity and creativity that exists within disability communities. Arts Access uses SOFE as a platform to promote the work of artists and performers with disabilities.

About Arts Access

Arts Access is North Carolina’s only non-profit organization dedicated solely to making the arts accessible to children and adults with disabilities. The organization was founded in 1984 by a group of dedicated residents who were actively involved in North Carolina’s growing cultural arts community, but wanted to make sure the community was inclusive to everyone. They started with the simple action of donating wheelchairs to venues around the Triangle, and those small acts started a movement that led to Arts Access serving over 2,500 North Carolinians annually. Today, Arts Access is nationally recognized for its work at the intersection of arts and disability.

Arts Access has spent the past 37 years advocating for the rights of people with disabilities, working with cultural arts organizations to build inclusive  programming, and working with schools to ensure K-12 arts curriculum is inclusive and accessible to kids with disabilities.

2021 SPONSORS 

HONORARY SPONSORS

City of Raleigh – Block Gallery

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Ann and Jim McGrath
Charlotte Russell Contemporary
Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
Martha Keravuori

PATRON SPONSORS

Amy Bush Commercial
Betsy and Warren Ludwig
Brandon Cordrey and Brent Simoneaux
Maggie Clay Love Consulting
Raleigh Mortgage Group

FRIEND OF ARTS ACCESS

Cassie Proper
Dan Ellison
Ellen Blair in honor of Martha Keravuori
Every Story Media
Glickman-Tegeler Associates
Peggy and Eleanor Jones
Woman’s Club of Raleigh

ACCOMMODATIONS SPONSOR

Studio Q. Media Productions
Glickman-Tegeler Associates

PARTNERS

North Carolina Museum of Art