By s.e. smith on 27 July, 2010
Fiber artist Wolfie E. Rawk explores disabled and trans identities in his work, and is a spinner, which I find tremendously exciting because I’d really like to learn to spin. He also works with youth artists, and is ‘currently facilitating a series of collaborative queer quilting bees with fellow queer, transgender and allied folks in [...]
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By Annaham on 15 June, 2010
dhobikikutti (DW): This is also needed: A Space In Which To Be Angry And what I have realised is that there is a sixth component to zvi‘s rules, and that is that complaining about and calling out what you do not like does help, slowly, painfully, get rid of it. Every time I see friends [...]
Posted in activism, medical practice, normality, othering, politics, poverty, race, recommended reading, representations, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, anger, anti-racism, appropriation, art, cfs, cfs/me, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, creative writing, derailing, disabled artists, fandom, identity, media, medical practice, medicine, othering, political media, race, self-help, spina bifida, tv, vaccine, visual art
By s.e. smith on 5 June, 2010
This entry in our ongoing series of posts featuring works created by disabled artists is focused on visual artists. ‘Golden Koi’ was painted by Jeffrey L Salyers, a retired letter carrier with Parkinson’s Disease. You can read more about Jeffrey and see some of his work here. ‘Lifted by the Wind’ is a pen and [...]
Posted in art, creative work | Tagged disabled artists, drawing, painting, photography, visual art
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