CRIPPING THE ARTSCripping the Arts 2019 consisted of three days of programming – panel discussions, co-creative workshops, exhibitions and performances – animating how Deaf and Disability arts and activism changes how we experience art and culture as well as the ways our sector contributes, and leads to, the achievements of disability rights and justice movements.
Attendees were invited to explore, debate, and share emerging ideas and practices that relate to themes of representation and new models of leadership, disability culture in an increasingly digital world, and working in solidarity between disability rights, racial justice, decoloniality, and Indigenous sovereignty.
Cripping the Arts was a leader in accessible event production with the inclusion of an access team, attendant care, visual recording, live captioning and transcription, American Sign Language interpretation, audio description, respecting a variety of food sensitivities, the inclusion of a chill-out space and relaxed room, and adhering to Crip Time.
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As the Marketing Coordinator, I represented Tangled Art + Disability in committee and production meetings, advocating for comprehensive access and inclusion policies.
I oversaw design of brand identity and brand deliverables; ensuring accessibility and consistency and built and distributed media kit, procuring local and national media coverage prior to, and following, the symposium.
All Cripping the Arts Images: Michelle Peek Photography, 2019
IN THE MEDIA
On the Complexity of Cripping the Arts (Canadian Art Magazine)
Tangled Art + Disability’s Communications Coordinator speaks about Cripping the Arts 2019 (AMI Live From Studio 5)
For these performers, accessibility isn’t an afterthought - it’s a creative opportunity (CBC Arts)
Creative Producer, Alex Bulmer, on Cripping the Arts 2019 (Kelly and Co)