In 2020, EFT received a Sector Development grant from Canada Council for the Arts to pursue their Accessibility Project. The Project had a two-fold goal to recognize the barriers faced by underrepresented artists to accessing the performing arts in Nova Scotia, and to offer recommendations on how we can clear these roadblocks and create a more welcoming arts sector for everyone.
A Project Coordinator and six Community Consultants with lived experience were hired to represent underserved communities in the performing arts. They conducted interviews, held feedback sessions, and administered surveys before making recommendations on what organizations could do moving forward to reduce barriers to accessing and working in performing arts, no matter what their capacity. These recommendations, in the form of a comprehensive final report, were distributed to all performing arts organizations across Nova Scotia in the spring of 2022.
A Project Coordinator and six Community Consultants with lived experience were hired to represent underserved communities in the performing arts. They conducted interviews, held feedback sessions, and administered surveys before making recommendations on what organizations could do moving forward to reduce barriers to accessing and working in performing arts, no matter what their capacity. These recommendations, in the form of a comprehensive final report, were distributed to all performing arts organizations across Nova Scotia in the spring of 2022.
Read the Report
While this phase of the Accessibility Project has been completed, we have applied for another grant to continue the much needed work. Please reach out if you have any questions, comments, or ideas for the future!
Our team of Community Consultants was made up of Nat Chantel, Leelee Oluwatoyosi Eko Davis, Carmen Lee, Raymond Sewell, Kirsten Olivia Taylor, and Maeghan Taverner.
Thank you to our Community Supporters:
Atlantic Presenters Association, Bus Stop Theatre Co-operative, Charles Taylor Theatre and Media Association, Chester Playhouse, Dartmouth Players, East Coast Music Association, EVERYSEEKER, Halifax Busker Festival, Halifax Dance, Halifax Fringe Festival, Halifax Pride Festival, Halifax Theatre for Young People, Keep Good (Theatre) Company, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Kick At The Dark Theatre Co-operative, Kinetic, King's Theatre, Lions Den Theatre, Live Art Dance, LunaSea Theatre, Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Mocean Dance, Neptune Theatre, Nocturne Halifax, Page 1 Theatre, Prismatic Arts Festival, Probably Theatre Collective, Ship’s Company Theatre, The Villains Theatre, The Woods Hip Hop Company, Theatre Baddeck, Theatre Nova Scotia, Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, Votive Dance
And thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts - Sector Development.
Thank you to our Community Supporters:
Atlantic Presenters Association, Bus Stop Theatre Co-operative, Charles Taylor Theatre and Media Association, Chester Playhouse, Dartmouth Players, East Coast Music Association, EVERYSEEKER, Halifax Busker Festival, Halifax Dance, Halifax Fringe Festival, Halifax Pride Festival, Halifax Theatre for Young People, Keep Good (Theatre) Company, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Kick At The Dark Theatre Co-operative, Kinetic, King's Theatre, Lions Den Theatre, Live Art Dance, LunaSea Theatre, Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Mocean Dance, Neptune Theatre, Nocturne Halifax, Page 1 Theatre, Prismatic Arts Festival, Probably Theatre Collective, Ship’s Company Theatre, The Villains Theatre, The Woods Hip Hop Company, Theatre Baddeck, Theatre Nova Scotia, Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, Votive Dance
And thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts - Sector Development.
Eastern Front Theatre is fortunate to live and create in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.
Join us on the Decolonization Learning Journey provided by CSC NS.
Read the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Reports.
Learn more about Treaty Education in Nova Scotia/Mi'kma'ki.
We are all Treaty People.
Join us on the Decolonization Learning Journey provided by CSC NS.
Read the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Reports.
Learn more about Treaty Education in Nova Scotia/Mi'kma'ki.
We are all Treaty People.
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© EFT Eastern Front Theatre 2022, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada