A childhood accident took her arms away but the transgender artist survived to create paintings, photography, and performances focused on depicting the body.
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$5M Grant Will Extend Disability Futures Initiative Through 2025
The inaugural Disability Futures Fellows include Carolyn Lazard, Christine Sun Kim, and Tourmaline.
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$1,000 Emergency Grants for NYC Artists With Disabilities
Applications for the New York Foundation for the Arts grant open May 4.
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How Autistic People See the World, in Their Own Words
The Reason I Jump immerses viewers in the experiences of those on the spectrum.
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Why a Disabled Artist Collective Was What I Needed All Along
I hadn’t just needed Disabled friends. I’d needed friends who could give my experiences context and analysis.
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A Drummer Grapples With Hearing Loss
With a terrific lead performance by Riz Ahmed, the film “Sound of Metal” bridges the deaf and hearing worlds.
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Strategies for Embracing the Fabulously Mundane
A self-avowed pleasure activist, writer and professor Sami Schalk is building a project that revels in taking simple yet transformative steps towards feeling good, while rejecting ableist frameworks.
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How Journalists Can Use Their Reporting to Support Marginalized People
Disability rights activist Emily Ladau explains “supported storytelling.”
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Did You Know Helen Keller Was a Socialist?
The documentary Her Socialist Smile reconstructs Keller from an icon of vague, feel-good platitudes to the fiercely political woman she truly was.
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An Urgent Conversation About Ableism in the Art World
Artist Panteha Abareshi discusses the role of curation in museums and the crucial work of disabled artists like herself.
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A Filmmaker Explores Relationships to Blindness
Grappling with his own loss of sight, Rodney Evans surveys the experiences of blind artists in Vision Portraits.
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Vessel Adds Elevator for People with Disabilities After Deal With US Attorney of New York
A new platform lift will provide access to the Hudson Yard structure’s upper floors, which are currently inaccessible for people with disabilities