| Mission
Statement
HAI
inspires healing, growth and learning through engagement in
the arts for the culturally underserved.
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HAI (Hospital Audiences,
Inc.) is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit organization founded in
1969 by Michael Jon Spencer.
Each year, HAI touches the lives of more than 400,000 people
in the New York City community whose access to the arts has
been limited by health, age or income.
HAI
provides cultural access through music, dance, theatre and
the visual arts, reaching out to the frail elderly, mentally
and physically disabled, seriously ill children at health
and social service facilities and youth in grades K - 12.
Services
include:
- tickets
to cultural events;
- arts
workshops;
- on-site
performances of music, theater and dance;
- audio
description for visually impaired theater-goers;
- youth-leadership,
conflict resolution, HIV and life skills workshops using
role play technique;
- and
transportation for people with disabilities in specially
designed Omni*Buses.
HAI
relies on the talent and creativity of hundreds of artists
and performers, in partnership with government agencies, foundations,
corporations and private individuals.
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