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Join Surface Design Association to explore the intersections of art, disability, and care with four textile artists: Raisa Kabir, Ange Altenhofen, Francisco echo Eraso, and moderator, Elizabeth Kozlowski [SDA Journal Editor], in Shaping Space: A Conversation of Art, Disability, and Care. Raisa Kabir’s work addresses cultural anxieties surrounding nationhood, textile identities, and the cultivation of borders contextualized within the discourse around disability, labor, and queer racialized bodies. Ange Altenhofen creates functional sculptures that are activated and transformed through interaction – touch is integral as a means to communicate meaning through her hand-embroidered braille works. Francisco echoes Eraso’s work addresses issues of dis/identification, displacement, slow movement, and craft as central to his politics of care as foundational to queer-crip world building and is an organizer, educator, and consultant working towards greater accessibility for all. Each encourages us to think about the ways in which we create, hold, and shape space in the arts.
Shaping Space: A Conversation of Art, Disability, and Care will be held Friday, November 3, 2023 at 2PM ET over Zoom. This event is free and open to the public; will be recorded and available in its entirety on SDA’s Vimeo; closed captioning and ASL interpretation will be provided. Registration is required.
Our Holding Space series is an annual event organized by SDA’s Equity, Access, and Integration Committee, and celebrates, educates, and encourages conversation with the intent of building a healthy, active, and diverse fiber community to drive change.
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