Crip News v.112
News and new works, calls, events. Thanks for being here.
NEWS
New Works
Emilie L. Gossiaux: Other-Worlding is on view at the Queens Museum in NYC through April 7, 2024. The show, organized by Assistant Curator Sarah Cho, is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition. Hilarie M. Sheets recently reported on the larger context for the exhibition in The New York Times.
Parsons School of Design and Tilting the Lens, the consultancy of Irish organizer and icon Sinéad Burke, have announced the Parsons Disabled Fashion Student Program. The program, advised by experts like Aaron Rose Philip and Sky Cubacub and funded by the Ford Foundation and H&M, will recruit and support new students in their studies.
For NPQ, Rebekah Barber writes about the rise of disability-led political advocacy organizations like New Disabled South and Disability Victory.
Jason Powell-Smith’s Bay Area, published by NIAD Art Center & Sming Sming Books, is out now.
For The Nation, Vilissa Thompson writes about the professional and financial strain on disabled writers, especially as progressive news sites have shut down since 2020.
Disabled artist Pelenakeke Brown’s essay “What if Māui was disabled?“ was recently published in Pacific Arts Aotearoa edited by Lana Lopesi.
Theater ensemble (it’s no) drama is presenting No Sudden Moves in the Fish Creek Art Cubes in South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia through Jan. 3rd. Artistic Director Samara Cunningham recently spoke with Creative Victoria about the show.
(Un)comfortably Numb by disabled artist Colin Arthurs, recently on view at the Gales Gallery at York University in Toronto, critically recreates historic Canadian paintings.
Access is woven into the Serendipity Arts Festival, the 8th edition of India’s largest multidisciplinary arts festival, happening this week in Panjim, Goa.
For Feminism in India, Usri Basistha celebrates “8 Times When Films Or Shows Got Disability Representation Right.”
Sickness Diary by Anna Roberts-Gevalt was recently published on the OneBeat podcast:
Substackers Against Nazis
Crip News is published on Substack, a platform that has platformed transphobes and is helping Nazis monetize their content. See the letter below from a group of publishers seeking answers from the Substack founders.
In Other News…
The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed the Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer case, a suit that could have seriously weakened the pathways to enforcement of the ADA. For more, check out DREDF’s response to the decision.
Borealis Philanthropy announced its 2023-2024 Disability Inclusion Fund grantees. $4,075,000 will be awarded to “58 disability-led organizations and organizers using disability justice, rights, and inclusion to build joyful futures free of ableism.”
Arts Access Aotearoa announced the recipients of the Ngā Toi Rangatira o Aotearoa Arts Access Fellowships 2023: Henrietta Bollinger, Wellington, recipient of the Whakahoa Kaitoi Whanaketanga Creative New Zealand Artist Fellowship; Phillipa Mita, Wellington, recipient of the Whakahoa Kaitoi i Te Ara Poutama Arts in Corrections Artist Fellowship; The White Room, Christchurch, recipient of the Whakahoa Whakawatea Kaitoi Tangata Holdsworth Creative Spaces Fellowship; and Emily Duncan, Ōtepoti Dunedin, the recipient of the Whakahoa Kaitoi Te Puna Toi Arts For All Fellowship.
CALLS
Chicago-based disabled artist, organizer, and icon Justin Cooper needs funds to cover six months of basic needs. Donate here.
Saltonstall is accepting applications for its Accessible Residencies for NYS artists/writers/parents. Apply by Jan. 7th. More here.
NIAD, a disability arts organization based in Richmond, CA, is hiring a part-time Development Assistant. Apply by Dec. 22nd. More here.
Cornell University is looking for youth/young adults with disabilities (ages 16-24) who are involved in the foster care and/or juvenile justice systems and their families to participate in a research study on how state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies can more successfully outreach to youth who have been involved in foster care or juvenile justice. We will be conducting virtual focus groups from December 2023 through March 2024. These focus groups will last between 60-90 minutes. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Matthew Saleh (mcs378@cornell.edu), Dr. LaWanda Cook (lhc62@cornell.edu), and/or Dr. Jen Brooks (jb2362@cornell.edu).
EVENTS
Community Care Clinic for Disabled and Chronically Ill Movement Folks
Tuesday Dec. 19, 7 - 9pm ET, on Zoom
The last clinic in this ongoing series organized by PeoplesHub will take place tomorrow. The space will be animated by questions such as: What does it mean in our activism, in our movements, in our work and in our communities to be all in? What sacrifices are inherent, what do we gain, what do we give up and what is expected of us? Am I worthy, do I have the ability to be in the movement, do I have a place here?
Writer to Writer: Chris Martin & Rowan Riggs
TODAY, Monday, Dec. 18, 7 - 8pm ET, on Zoom
Virtual VSC: Writer to Writer: Conversations on Craft & Featured Readings series pairs writers together to read from their work and to discuss all aspects of being a working writer. These live virtual events are a window into a writer's life and also provide access to, and a platform for, diverse voices and writing talent across genres. Conversations may touch on craft, literary friendship, publishing, sustaining a writing practice, and more.