Posted Thursday May 05 2016 at 06:30 am
Art has long been a powerful medium for individuals to convey messages and concepts that may otherwise be difficult to express. Have you ever wondered how your individuality, your community, or your identity can be portrayed in artwork? Have you ever thought about who and what is being represented in art work, and how art can add to these conversations of social justice? If so, we urge you to submit your artwork.
In partnership with VSA Massachusetts' Open Door Gallery and the Disability Policy Consortium, the Disability & Intersectionality Summit is curating an art exhibit that will shed light on the theme Disability and Intersectionality.
The exhibit will explore this theme through the creative works of artists with disabilities whose identities and artwork have also been shaped by their experiences of disability, gender, race, sexuality, age, or ethnicity. Artists with disabilities who are also people of color, and other marginalized voices are encouraged to submit their work to this call.
Intersectionality: examines how intersecting identities such as gender, race, class, ability, sexual orientation, religion, and age interact, and proposes that we should think of each element as inextricably linked with other elements in order to fully recognize an individual’s identity.
We invite artists with disabilities to submit 2D art work, or multimedia video for consideration in this upcoming Disability & Intersectionality Art Exhibit which will be hosted by VSA Massachusetts' Open Door Gallery from September 1 - November 12, 2016.
Read an interview with Sandy Ho, the organizer of the Disability & Intersectionality Summit.
Submission deadline is July 1, 2016. Click here for full information.
Posted Wednesday April 20 2016 at 06:23 am
Heidi Latsky Dance and Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art are seeking a diverse and unconventional cast including people of all ages, with and without disabilities, to be a part of a movement installation entitled "ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation". ON DISPLAY was created in 2015 as part of the NYC celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is a living gallery focusing on the themes of inclusion and diversity.
Performances will be on the Harborwalk outside the ICA June 11, 12, 18 and 19, 2016. Performers need to be available between noon and 5:30 pm each day. Training and rehearsal will be in the evening on Thursday June 9, 2016.
No formal dance experience is required. Movement installations will involve focus, stillness and structured improvisation.
Interested participants are invited to a workshop conducted by Latsky at the ICA on Tuesday April 26, 2016 between 6 and 8 pm. To register, contact Shane Silverstein at ssilverstein@icaboston.org. Use the subject line "On Display" and include your name, email address, phone number and how you heard about the project. Up to 30 performers will be identified from this workshop.
About ON DISPLAY: A Movement Installation - Reverting the gaze is integral to disability culture and has been an essential part of The GIMP Project -- Latsky's body of work since 2006 that features both disabled and nondisabled performers. Commenting on the experience of being watched, and society's obsession with body image, ON DISPLAY features human sculptures arranged like a deconstructed art gallery/fashion show. The two themes of the event are inclusion and diversity: the multi-ethnic cast fulfills the easily identified notion of diversity, but the specific abilities of the performers emphasize the concept. Dancers will pose throughout the space, choosing when – and when not – to make eye contact with audience members.
Posted Sunday April 17 2016 at 1:02 pm
Arts Connect International launched it's applications for the 2016 - 2017 Artist-in-Residence program. Do you have a vision for social change? Do you know of great artist leaders who are using their art for social change?
Take a look at this innovative program by visiting artsconnectinternational.org to learn more. Applications are open until May 1, 2016 at midnight.
