# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lecture: Accessible Arts Education
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Accessible Arts Education: Personal, Philosophical, Political, and Practical Perspectives on Arts Education for People with Disabilities

Learn about Dr. Rhoda Bernard's work in Accessible Arts Education in this session, where we will consider various perspectives on arts education for people with disabilities.

Dr. Rhoda Bernard is the Founding Managing Director of the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education and the Assistant Chair of the Music Education Department at Berklee College of Music. She holds a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in government from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Music with academic honors in jazz voice from New England Conservatory. She earned both her Master of Education and Doctor of Education degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Bernard regularly presents keynote presentations and research at conferences throughout the U.S. and abroad, and she provides professional development workshops for educators in local, national, and international forums. Her book, "Accessible Arts Education: Principles, Habits, and Strategies to Unleash Every Student's Creativity and Learning" was published in September 2025. Her work has been published in several book chapters and in numerous journals. Bernard has been honored with the Irene Buck Service to Arts Education Award from Arts|Learning (2023), the Berklee Urban Service Award (2017), the Boston Conservatory Community Service Award (2011), the Boston Conservatory Faculty/Staff Spirit Award (2007), and the Outstanding Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention (Second Place) from the Arts and Learning Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. An active arts education advocate, she is the immediate past chair of the Arts Education Advisory Council of Americans for the Arts, and she serves on its speakers bureau. A vocalist and pianist who specializes in jazz music and Jewish music in Yiddish and Hebrew, she performs regularly with a number of klezmer bands and has recorded two CDs with the band Klezamir.

This event is free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored with the Maine Music Educators Association
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bedford
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford Street, 04103
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- **long**: -79.52294
- **full address**: Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford Street, 04103, 305 N Bridge St, Bedford, VA 24523-1927, United States

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- **organizer**: Osher School of Music at the University of Southern Maine (https://allevents.in/org/osher-school-of-music-at-the-university-of-southern-maine/4837516)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford Street, 04103, 305 N Bridge St, Bedford, VA 24523-1927, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Osher School of Music at the University of Southern Maine
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, business, workshops, art, jazz
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