Professional Development
Breaking Barriers: A Cultural Accessibility Project
Breaking Barriers is a partnership between Art Access and the Utah Division of Arts & Museums to provide disability accessibility training and mentorship to our state’s cultural institutions at no cost. Organizations receive 12 hours of instruction to develop accessibility plans that address how to make their physical sites and organizations more accessible to everyone.
Change Leader
The Change Leader Program is a professional development course and an active network of course graduates. Participants attend a three-day institute that lays the basics for assessing needs and opportunities, teaches the communication skills to shape and obtain commitment, and outlines the facilitation skills that transition groups and implement change. Certified Change Leaders form a statewide network that shares a common language, mentors each other, and convenes through leadership circles and conferences.
Creative Aging
Our Creative Aging program fosters a network of cultural organizations, senior service organizations, libraries, and artists who are trained in creative aging best practices.
Utah Collections Preservation
In collaboration with Utah Humanities and the Utah Historical Society, the Utah Collections Preservation program provides resources to collections stewards statewide through webinars, workshops, preservation assessments, and trained professionals.
Museum Workshops
We provide many different kinds of workshops for museums and museum professionals around Utah. For more information, visit our museum workshops page.
Arts Education Professional Development
Our Arts Education program offers professional development resources and connections for educators. Through direct workshops with teaching artists, as well as sponsored events offered through universities, school districts, arts companies, and organizations of arts professionals, we support many opportunities for professional growth. Visit our Arts Education Professional Development page to learn more.