Author: Spencer, Michael Jon

Publication Year: 1977

Media Type: Report

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Since 1969, Hospital Audiences, Inc. has made the arts available to people in hospitals, prisons, nursing homes, drug treatment and prevention programs, and in other health and social service settings. We have brought over 500,000 people to almost 10,000 cultural events, ranging from Vladimir Horowitz to Ray Charles, from the Royal Ballet to Cabaret. For another 500,000 people who were unable to leave their institutions for medical, legal, or logistical reasons, HAI has (imported) 3,000 performing arts events. These programs have included the cast of Hair, Big Bird, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Jose Iturbi. We have also tried to develop talent through workshops in the performing, graphic and literary arts. HAI affiliates have developed in twenty other cities.

Other civic and social service organizations occasionally sponsored similar activities long before 1969, and continue to do so. But HAI is the only organization which programs solely in the arts all year round and on such a large scale. (p. 1-9)

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