Creative Accessibility: Anti-Ableist Talk

Created in partnership with Arts AccessAbility Network of Manitoba

Join AANM Executive Director Jenel Shaw for an anti-ableist workshop for the arts. This  workshop will cover Ableism, the history of people with disabilities in Canada, the disability rights movement in Canada, disability culture language and practical tips and suggestions to creating access at arts events and working effectively with d/Deaf and/or disabled artists.

Creative Accessibility is a series of workshops that will explore disability art, the experiences of artists with disabilities and how to make art accessible. These workshops will be beneficial not only for emerging artists with disabilities, but artists at all levels of their career with and without disabilities.

About the Speaker

Jenel Shaw is a self-taught visual artist who focuses mainly on ceramics. Jenel graduated with her masters in Disability Studies from the University of Manitoba. Her dissertation, An Autoethnological Study of Art as a Tool of Empowerment, examined her own experiences with mental illness and disability art. Jenel is a passionate advocate for the disability community, with a focus on accessibility in the arts. Jenel is the executive director of Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba, the liaison director for the Manitoba Cultural Society of the Deaf and the Co-Chair of the Manitoba Artist-Run Centres Coalition.

Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba is a regional not-for-profit artist run charitable organization dedicated to the full inclusion of artists and audiences with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.