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Accessibility Statement

Measures to support accessibility

Artis takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Artis website:

  1. Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.
  2. Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
  3. Provide continual accessibility training for our staff.
  4. Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. The Artis website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard (see "Known limitations for the Artis website" below).

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Artis website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on the Artis website:

PO Box 1536, New York, NY 10276

+1 212 285 0960 | info@artiscontemporary.org

We try to respond to feedback within two business days.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of the Artis website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  1. HTML
  2. WAI-ARIA
  3. CSS
  4. JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Artis website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the Artis website

Images across the site may not have a text alternative. Decorative images, as defined in https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/ (e.g. a group of people illustrating a meeting taking place) do not have alternative descriptions. We are working on adding more descriptions to images that do not fall under the definition of decorative images, such as ones showing artworks or exhibitions.

Assessment approach

Artis assessed the accessibility of the Artis website by the following approaches:

Self-evaluation

Formal approval of this accessibility statement

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Hillit Zwick, Executive Director, Artis

This statement was created on 28 April 2021 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.

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