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Criptiques Kickstarter fundraiser
Listen to this post: More fabulous artists Kickstarting! Check out a new Kickstarter campaign by activist, blogger, educator Caitlin Wood. Remember our fabulous, snarky PSA about disability called “Your Daily Dosage of Inspiration“? She’s taking this kind of social critique to a whole new level with her book, “Criptiques.” [caption: “there’s nothing else quite like this”] The…
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Guest Blogger William L. Alton on Writing and Drawing
Listen to this post: Bill used to draw a lot more back before his physical disabilities made grasping and controlling a pencil very difficult. Recently though, he’s had the chance to explore visual arts again through the Disability Arts and Culture Project’s open art sessions last spring and the recent visual arts group exhibition he…
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Call for artists at Independent Living Resources A Roll In The Park!
Listen to this post: The calls for artists with disabilities are just rolling in. As they should be! There are a lot of different laws and social policies regarding opportunities for people with disabilities. And the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is probably one of the most well known. Each year Independent Living Resources in Portland…
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Painter Kris Haas launches USA Projects campaign
Listen to this post: Here’s some super exciting news! It feels like Kris Haas and I have sometimes moved in parallel lines. And now we have made a circle. My first idea for making “Who Am I To Stop It” came because I wanted to share with the world my appreciation and admiration for Kris…
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Guest Blogger Michael Brewer on writing and hip hop
Listen to this post: I had a conversation with Michael recently about his writing. I stopped by to look at some stories and essays he’s written, but he couldn’t get to them because of computer problems. So he introduced me to his other love: writing hip hop lyrics. He has at least three songs talking…