Category: Festivals
Cripping the Arts
Cripping the Arts brought together artists, academics, curators, arts council officers, and community members invested in Deaf and Disability Arts and culture. This symposium was organized around two main themes—Accessible arts practices and Deaf and Disability aesthetics— and culminated with summary notes offered by a symposium discussant. read more
Cripping the Arts Homepage
This page is meant for all Cripping the Arts participants and Round Table Facilitators as a way to keep in the loop about all the information needed leading up to the symposium this year. You'll be able to access all the files you need, as well be kept up to date on any new information that comes along. read more
Conversations with Strange Beauty: Steve Kean
Body image remains a relevant topic in many different contexts. “Front to Back” focuses on the context of disability. Spina Bifida often results in the necessity of using a wheelchair. People look down on us literally and figuratively. We have historically suffered great indignity, even for sake of medical education. Being the subject of treatment and learning is an experience many of us share.
Conversations with Strange Beauty: Mark Brose
My work in metal is about question and perception and story. It’s about metaphor and self-portrait. It’s about laughter and surprise and pain; the contrast of precious and non-precious. Is any material, or person, more valuable than another? Can a coloured elastic replace a ‘precious’ gem? Should it? What does a suspended piece of steel attracted to a magnet mean? What does it mean when the commitment breaks? Is it appropriate to ask questions in jewellery? Or valuable? read more
Conversations with Strange Beauty: The Scratched Lens Collective
The Scratched Lens Collective is a collective of five photographers: Mark Brose, Allan Cullen, Steve Kean, Peter Owusu-Ansah and Kathy Toth. They came together with several other photographers as part of a master class with Vincenzo Pietropaolo, in 2012. read more
