Think Outside the Vox November Letter 2025

The Revolution is Purple

To keep the Power in our Purple, we are calling on your support and donations. Your contribution helps us create sustainable change in the arts.

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Think Outside the Vox activates accessibility in the arts: training, mentoring and employing Deaf, Blind, DeafBlind, neurodivergent, and BIPOC disabled professionals.



In 2025, we broke new ground: Deaf and Blind artists working collaboratively without barriers, creating ASL storytelling via musical description to create an entirely new form of access for Lowell Mosaic and Boott Cotton Mills Museum/National Park Service. This innovation was born out of camaraderie and good practices.



VOX is investing in collaborative professional development. We train our access providers across disciplines and work on teams together without siloing accessibility services to a specific disability identity. We mentored over 50+ emerging Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Blind/Low-Vision, neurodivergent, Black, Brown, Asian, Queer and disabled professionals, who then earned direct job placement at institutions like Lincoln Center and The Huntington Theatre. We educated 500+ Audio Describers, Blind Quality Control Experts, Deaf Directors of Artistic Sign Language, accessibility coordinators, ASL/English interpreters, captioners, access service providers and arts professionals on best accessible practices.



As we head into 2026, we’re launching our Leadership Training in Arts Access Fellowship, expanding our Alumni Network, and piloting our first Mutual Aid Resource Fair to help struggling nonprofits support each other outside traditional funding hierarchies.

Your tax-deductible gift is an investment in Disability Justice and Joy. Every dollar matters and we rely on microdonations. We need you.

• $25 covers parking or accessible transportation services, helping our practitioners’ ability to accept these job opportunities.

• $50 purchases assistive technology and equipment, such as a rolling music stand for actors who sign or have hand tremors.

• $100 subsidizes communication access services such as CART or ASL interpretation for contract reviews and onboarding.

• $150 funds post-production captioning of an ASL promo video or training module or rehearsal.

• $250 supports technology to auto-caption live events and in-person meetings for everyone.

• $500 funds a free-to-the-public Vox webinar on Accessible Practices in Social Media and Marketing

• $1,000 funds a quarterly Audio Description or ASL mentorship in the field.

• $2500 subsidizes professional development training for disabled and culturally competent access professionals to improve their craft (Culturally Competent Audio Description training; Director of Artistic Sign Language mentorship).

Thank YOU for informing your communities about purple-powered performances and Vox-supported events. Your presence and demand for accessibility validates our work in the sector and beyond.



With Gratitude and Solidarity,



VOX

P.S. Want to support us beyond a financial gift?

• Join our community at upcoming events

• Share and follow our events and work with arts organizations, funders, and disabled communities in your network on socials.

• Hire VOX for your accessibility needs; we offer concierge consulting, training and an affordable subscription for quick questions.

Think Outside the Vox is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Tax ID 92-0996835.