Dear friends,
We are thrilled to share the “Towards a Culture of Access” reports with you. This two-part publication reveals insights on the state of accessibility in the arts and culture sector in Massachusetts.
Part I was published in 2022 and shared the perspectives of about 100 arts and culture organizations, including an assessment of their accessibility, and their perspectives on what’s getting in the way, and what could help them improve.
Part II, published in 2024, reveals the perspectives of over 250 people with disabilities (including artists and cultural workers) as well as caregivers and service providers. Their responses help us understand their experience when engaging with arts and culture organizations, and their hopes and call for a more accessible arts and culture sector.
We’re so excited to finally have data that shows a more complete picture of the accessibility of our sector from the perspectives of both individuals and organizations. We hope that better understanding each perspective as well as how they contrast with each other inspires deep reflection and action.
We’re deeply grateful to all the people who contributed by responding to and sharing the surveys, and to the teams of advisors and researchers who came together to create them and analyze the data collected. We share these reports with care, and with the sincere hope that they will inspire our sector to come together in collective action to move forward with this critical work.
We welcome your questions, feedback, and ideas, which you can share with us by email at
In partnership,
Nicole Agois
Managing Director