{"id":251151,"date":"2026-07-24T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251151\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:35:13","slug":"celebrate-national-disability-independence-day-at-the-warhol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251151\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National Disability Independence Day at The Warhol"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe North Shore museum will host the event, now in its second year, to highlight its accessibility initiatives.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO BY BRYAN CONLEY<\/p>\n

Everyone\u2019s welcome to set their inner artist free at The Andy Warhol Museum<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n

From 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, the North Shore facility will host a National Disability Independence Day celebration to mark the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO BY BRYAN CONLEY<\/p>\n

The event is free with museum admission. It will highlight The Warhol\u2019s accessibility initiatives, including the EnChroma Color Accessibility Program\u2122<\/a>, tactile art reproductions and large-print copies of extended wall labels on every floor. Guests can download the Bloomberg Connects<\/a> app, a digital museum guide, to get exclusive multimedia perspectives from artists, curators and more.<\/p>\n

An ASL interpreter will be available for gallery talks at 11:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. There will also be sighted guide tours and sensory-friendly experiences in the Factory art studio, where guests can make screenprints and other crafts.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO BY BRYAN CONLEY<\/p>\n

Representatives from community groups will be on hand to provide information about Band Together Pittsburgh<\/a>, Creative Citizens Studios<\/a>, The Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians<\/a>, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy\u2019s Trackchair Program<\/a> and the Alliance of Therapy Dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s programming expands upon 2025\u2019s Disability Awareness Day event piloted by the Pop Coalition\u2019s Experience & Engagement subcommittee, which strives to ensure The Warhol is a comfortable and welcoming place for everyone. Additional accessibility questions or requests for the event can be directed to access@warhol.org<\/a>.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The North Shore museum will host the event, now in its second year, to highlight its accessibility initiatives.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-251151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}