By Annaham on 19 December, 2010
As some of you may know, I am a cartoonist and graphic novel fan in addition to my regular duties blogging here at FWD. While I don’t get the “HEY ANNAHAM WHAT COMICS AND STUFF DO YOU LIKE TO READ?” query too often, I thought it might be useful to give an overview of graphic [...]
Posted in creative work, gender, happy posts | Tagged artists, autobiography, cartooning, comics, media and pop culture
By s.e. smith on 11 December, 2010
Sculptor Steve Eastwood is disabled as a result of a stroke at 19. Initially the prognosis for recovery was poor, and during his lengthy period of time in rehabilitation, he was exposed to pottery and started exploring sculpture. Today, he produces sculpture and also teaches a pottery class for disabled students. Here’s some of his [...]
Posted in creative work | Tagged paralysis, sculptors, sculpture, stroke
By Chally on 10 December, 2010
Well, if it isn’t Friday again. I suppose it is for you, readers of the future, but I am writing this from Tuesday, in the past! Such is the power of the blog’s scheduling function. Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward [...]
Posted in accessibility, creative work, medical practice, recommended reading, work | Tagged accessible transport, blind, blindness, Deaf, government, medical care, personal stories, theatre, transportation
By s.e. smith on 6 December, 2010
Pity Jeannette Catsoulis. This poor New York Times film critic recently faced quite a conundrum when she was sent out to review Me, Too, written and directed by Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro. I’ll let her tell you about it: Fiction films with disability as a central theme (especially those that feature disabled actors) are [...]
Posted in creative work, media and pop culture | Tagged criticism, disabled actors, film
By s.e. smith on 23 November, 2010
Everybody, I have found my new art crush. Yinka Shonibare, MBE is a British-Nigerian artist with an impressive list of awards, publications, and gallery exhibitions on his resume. And I am all kinds of in love with his work, from his art installations to his gallery pieces. I do love an artist with flexibility who [...]
Posted in art, creative work | Tagged art installations, colonialism, disabled artists, race, sculpture
By s.e. smith on 13 November, 2010
I think it’s pretty well known around here that I have a huge crush on Shoshannah Stern, who appeared in Deaf West‘s production of Children of a Lesser God last year as Sarah, the role made famous by fellow Deaf actress Marlee Matlin (on whom I also have a huge crush). Sadly, the run of [...]
Posted in art, creative work | Tagged actresses, Children of a Lesser God, Deaf, Deaf theatre, theatre
By s.e. smith on 6 November, 2010
From the White House Poetry Jam! Transcription and description by Anna. Joshua Bennett is a young Black man. While is poem his entirely in spoken English, he Signs some of the lines, and I have highlighted those lines with asterisks on either side. Tamara has never listened to hip hop. Never danced to the rhythm [...]
Posted in creative work | Tagged poetry, Sign
By Annaham on 29 October, 2010
As s.e. wrote about in a post earlier this week, I am a cartoonist in addition to all the other crap that I do. I’ve been drawing (and writing) for most of my life, and finding the perfect pen has been something of a wild turkey-chase with mixed results. I know that an entire post [...]
Posted in comics, creative work, media and pop culture | Tagged art, artwork, cartooning, creative work, pens, writing
By s.e. smith on 28 September, 2010
Joesphine King is an artist with bipolar disorder who produces startling and evocative self portraits. Josephine King remembers her first self-portrait and how it showed up out of nowhere. She was “really ill” with bipolar disorder, living alone in a flat in Amsterdam. “I was in psychosis. I was desperate, not at all well in [...]
Posted in art, creative work, identity | Tagged bipolar disorder, disabled painters, self-portraits
By s.e. smith on 22 September, 2010
Here in the United States, the 2010/2011 television schedule is kicking off, and my mind naturally turns to representation for people with disabilities. I decided to compile a list of actors with disabilities playing characters with disabilities. This list is not necessarily complete; there are probably characters and shows I am forgetting about and unaware [...]
Posted in 101, creative work, media and pop culture, television | Tagged CSI, depictions of disability, disabled actors, disabled characters, glee, Lie To Me, private practice, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
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