Accessibility Commitment
Birch Trees by Julie Yost from the Always Be-Leave art exhibition, Gallery 24, Rochester, MN (2025).
Arts and Culture for Everyone
The Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council is dedicated to making the arts accessible to all residents of Southeastern Minnesota.
Contact Sharon Mansur, SEMAC Outreach & Accessibility Manager: sharon@semac.org, 507.322.1088, 711 TTY with accessibility requests.
We have compiled a list of Accessibility support services and contacts for Individual artists and culture bearers.
Grant Writing Assistance
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to reach out to Sharon to discuss what accommodation is needed to best support your application process. Please get in touch well in advance of the grant deadline and we are happy to start a conversation with you.
We are proud to partner with Project FINE and the Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association (IMAA) to offer free translation, interpretation, and grant writing assistance for artists and culture bearers in Hmoob, Somali and Spanish for Non-English speakers or people with limited English.
SEMAC’s Rochester office, located at 2510 Superior Drive NM, Suite B, is on the first floor of an office building with free on site parking. The office is open Monday-Friday from 9 am to 4 pm, and staff are available for scheduled visits.
In-person meetings can also be arranged at a public space in Rochester or elsewhere within our region.
Click on the blue and white circular icon with the person symbol in the lower right section of any of our website pages for a full range of accessibility adjustments via accessiBe.
Virtual: We use the Zoom platform which offers autogenerated real-time captions and automatic transcribing as well as additional accessibility features. Virtual Remote Interpretation (VRI) can be arranged upon request.
In person: SEMAC works with accessible partner venues in our region and specific information for each event can be found on our Workshop page. Upon request we can provide large print copies of paper handouts, American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, and Hmoob, Somali, and Spanish language interpretation.