FY 2026 Grantees: Accessible Arts

Summary

Minnesota’s fiscal-year 2026 Accessible Arts awards include hearing-assistance repairs and devices within broader accessibility projects.

Key findings

• The FY 2026 pilot programme lists 21 grants totalling US$390,615. It supports lasting accessibility improvements through training, consultants, audits and plans, and small physical or equipment investments costing less than US$5,000.
• History Theatre’s US$18,664 award includes replacing nonfunctioning hearing-assistance components alongside an access plan and website changes.
• Open Eye Theatre’s US$19,980 award includes assistive listening devices alongside digital and projected-text access measures. Rochester Repertory’s US$16,551 project combines listening devices with an accessibility audit.
• Weisman Art Museum’s US$20,000 award combines image descriptions for its digital collection with listening equipment for gallery tours.

Limits

The page identifies fiscal year 2026 but gives no publication date or current application deadline. Award totals cover mixed projects and must not be read as equipment prices; the less-than-US$5,000 equipment provision is distinct from the larger total project awards. No device models or completed-project measurements are given.

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www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/2026/2026-awarded-accessible-arts.htm

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• What public funding or grants exist for venues to install assistive listening?Partly answered

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