“The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a lot of change,” writes Sarah Loesch in Tuesday’s (12/1) Princeton Daily Clarion (Indiana). “Area organizations have had to adapt … often finding creative and non-traditional ways to reach their audiences and communities. Tuesday, Toyota Indiana and four local arts nonprofits announced a collaboration across the region to provide virtual programing and content. ‘Accessing the Arts Anywhere’ is a partnership in which the Princeton-based vehicle plant invested $100,000 in … the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Children’s Museum of Evansville, Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science and Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. Tiffannie Hedin of Toyota Indiana said during Tuesday’s announcement she reached out to the organizations a couple months ago and found they had been able to pivot to virtual opportunities…. Hedin said the basis of this program is … ‘creating access, creating equity, reducing barriers’ … Those barriers can range from a lack of transportation, physical barriers, socioeconomic reasons or a lack of awareness of programs offered in their community. Hedin said these organization were already thinking differently on how to provide that access…. In addition to its $100,000 grant, Toyota Indiana is gifting several employees free memberships for all four organizations.”
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