International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers

November 2009 Blog Posts (10)

Keys to the Studio [CANADA]

For immediate release

November 2009

Contact: John Jowett

416-532-8480

info@keystothestudio.com

Keyholders Open Doors to Free Their Music—Dec. 18th 6pm

Have you heard the great music at Keys To The Studio concerts? It’s the only place to get the chance to hear the results of collaborations between musicians from the community of people diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and Toronto professional musicians. Come hear… Continue

Added by IGODAP HQ on November 27, 2009 at 12:22pm — No Comments

no doubt about it.

Define excellence. Therein lies the argument. Of course artists with disabilities are capable of excellence- but that means something different to almost everyone.

Here's an even harder question that I am particularly concerned with: Can artists with intellectual or developmental disabilities be capable of excellence?

Added by Carol Ann Mueller on November 25, 2009 at 11:04am — 4 Comments

Are artists with disability capable of excellence?

Registrations are now open for Accessible Arts’ Arts-Activated Conference at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney over 25-26 March 2010. A range of national and international speakers from the arts and disability sectors will come together to explore the themes of Arts – Access – Excellence through a series of workshops, panels and performances.

More info here… Continue

Added by IGODAP HQ on November 25, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

What is disability? -- An International Call for Postcards

VSA arts invites your participation in a collaborative art project. We’re taking a creative approach to investigate the different ways people interpret the same word: disability. The call is open to everyone around the world—people of different cultures, ethnicities, geographic locations, and abilities. You do not have to consider yourself an “artist” to participate. Please contact Liza Key, Artist Services Coordinator, at efkey@vsarts.org to receive a shipment of printed calls for the project… Continue

Added by Liza Key on November 25, 2009 at 4:19am — No Comments

Fashion Moves Garment Design Competition

Please assist us to spread the word about this Competition. Feel free to forward this information to family, friends and colleagues, in your contact file.

Welcome to the November update on the Fashion Moves Garment Design Competition. Just recently, on November 11, the world stopped for a few short minutes to recognize the sacrifice of those who have died in Combat. In addition we also need to re-dedicate ourselves to ensuring a full and active life for all those who have been… Continue

Added by Ruth Clark on November 22, 2009 at 5:55pm — No Comments

DaDaFest 2009 is here!

Exhibition 17 November - 5 December

Resistance: Which Way the Future?

Contemporary Urban Centre, The Annex, Liverpool L1 0BS

Tuesday - Saturday: 11am - 6pm, Sundays: 11am - 4pm

Exhibition opens at 2pm on 17 November

www.contemporaryurbancentre.org

Created by Liz Crow. Resistance is a national touring moving

image installation exploring Aktion-T4, the Nazi… Continue

Added by IGODAP HQ on November 22, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Upcoming craft fairs with A.J. Brown

Hello,

I'm sending this email to all of you to let you know of my upcoming craft

fairs and other events, all in one email, so I don't annoy you with

individual emails for each event as they come up.

For those who like to click on a link, here is my exhibits webpage link:

http://www.handsandpurrs.ca/artists.php?page=artist&id=5

For those who like to read it all in… Continue

Added by IGODAP HQ on November 22, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

EMOTION PICTURES FILM FESTIVAL ENTRIES NOW OPEN

The international documentary festival on disability EMOTION PICTURES is now open to new film entries. Please find attached the 2010 call for entries and entry form. Also, please note that the entry deadline is 28th February 2010 and that all entries must be documentary films on disability with a production date after 1/1/2006. This year, seven prizes will be presented, each one carrying a cash award.

For more information please visit our website… Continue

Added by IGODAP HQ on November 10, 2009 at 8:14am — No Comments

Contours of Ableism

Contours of Ableism

The Production of Disability and Abledness

Fiona Kumari Campbell

Examining what the study of disability tells us about the production, operation and maintenance of ableism, this ambitious study explores the ways 'abled-ness' is understood, providing new directions in research on 'aberrancy' and its focus on a normative ethos. Reconfiguring and challenging the disability studies perspective, this book extends its remit beyond the… Continue

Added by IGODAP HQ on November 6, 2009 at 7:44pm — No Comments

WANTED: Artists interested in helping to create a genealogy of disabled Black performers

Joshua Bennett writes:

"[I am looking] for any artists interested in helping to create a genealogy of disabled Black performers in the transatlantic world from the 19th century to the present. I am familiar with a number such performers throughout U.S. history (e.g. Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Art Tatum etc.) but have been having difficulty finding such figures within the Black performance canon of the UK. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as my desire is to craft not only a… Continue

Added by IGODAP HQ on November 5, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment