NEWS
Outsider Art Fair
Returning to the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan for the first time in 2 years, this fair again raised many questions about the distinctions between outsider and mainstream art. The long-standing representation of disabled artists at the fair continued this year with artists from Creative Growth Art Center (Oakland), Fountain House (New York), Creativity Explored (San Francisco), Center for Creative Works (Philadelphia), LAND (New York), Project Onward (Chicago), SAGE Studio (Austin), Tierra del Sol Gallery (Los Angeles) and newcomers Arts for Life (Chicago) and ArTech Collective (New York).
Genderqueercrip Drag Artistry
Willow Pill, a contestant on the current season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, elaborated on the ways her disabilities and chronic illness affects her gender identity.
Justice Rising Awards
A photo of Dustin Gibson with the text "Abolitionist advocating for disability justice" on a black background underneath, and "Dustin Gibson", "Baltimore, MD" to the left. On the right "#JusticeRisingAwards" is visible alongside "Open Society | Justice Rising Awards" on a yellow background.
EVENTS
Textile Hour Series: Radical Visibility with Sky Cubacub. Wednesday, March 9th, 7-8pm ET. Tickets here.
Budgeting Tools for Artists, presented by Kinetic Light. Thursday, March 17th, 1-3:30pm ET. More info and registration here.
Premiere: “Science Fiction is Not Pretend” by RA Walden. Presented on Hebbel am Ufer’s Digital Stage starting March 8th. Find it here.
A flyer for an event hosted by Lambda Literary and Woodland Pattern Book Center: DISABILITY JUSTICE / “The future lives in our bodies” Reading & Discussion / MARCH 13th 6pm ET / Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Meg Day, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Travis Chi Wang Lau. Register here.
The Reciprocal Politics of Bed Space Activism: Creative Resistance & Radical World Making, featuring Monica Cosby, Pato Hebert, Aurora Levins Morales, and Dean Spade. Friday, March 11th, 12-2pm CT. Register here.
The 2022 Longmore Lecture in Disability Studies presents: Disability & Philanthropy: From the Telethons of the Past to Disability Justice Today. Thursday, March 10th, 2022 4pm-5:30pm PT / 7pm-8:30pm ET. Featuring Sandy Ho, Ryan Easterly, and Bridgit Antoinette Evans. Register at tinyurl.com/LongmoreLecture22.
Sensorium on All Arts TV. Composer Paola Prestini explores the intersections of disability, artificial intelligence and voice in an experimental multi-sensory opera with choreographer Jerron Herman and poet Brenda Shaughnessy. Streaming March 8th. Catch the preview here.
Transforming Leadership, by Access All Areas, in partnership with Disability Arts Online and Manchester Metropolitan University, supported by Battersea Arts Centre. Thursday, March 10th, 2pm GMT. More info here.
An Afternoon on Care Collective at the Brooklyn Museum. Sunday, March 13th, 1–5 pm ET. Tickets here.
Artist Talk: Nothing lower than I by Xandra Ibarra at Human Resources. More details and registration here.