Tag: William L. Alton

  • Dolly Sen asks “What is madness?” at Portugal Prints

    Listen to this post: I found a fabulous video online for a workshop called Portugal Prints. They are a charitable organization in London. Here’s what they say on their website at www.portugalprints.org.uk: “We support people recovering from mental illness by offering them the chance to use their creativity in a commercial art and design studio as a…

  • Disability Art and Culture Project’s Sex, Love and Disability III fundraiser and local arts

    Listen to this post: Getting started with planning early! It’s been quite a while since I wrote about the Disability Art and Culture Project, so here we go! 2014 is going to bring us to the 6th Disability Pride Arts and Culture Festival and the 3rd Sex, Love and Disability Fundraiser event. (The festival is…

  • 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…

  • Dis/Representation: Reading Into Disability live poetry reading with William L. Alton

    Listen to this post: We’ve done it again! Cross-disability stuff and mixed media stuff! First off: Dis/Representation, a disability justice literature project by Disability Art and Culture Project, Portland Community College Disability Services, GimpGirl Community, and other community partners. Each month, we read and discuss blog posts, articles, poetry and short fiction. They cover the…

  • 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…