Creative Accessibility: Accessibility Rights in the Arts
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The Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts provides free legal assistance to artists, art, culture, and community organizations in Manitoba that do not have a lawyer and cannot afford legal assistance. The law clinic is operated by law students at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, and it is the only clinic in Manitoba that provides free legal information and services tailored specifically to artists and arts organizations. All information and services provided by law students are supervised by experienced lawyers. Anyone, anywhere, in Manitoba, can access the services of the Clinic, for free online.
Jessica Canard is a third-year law student at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law. They are a proud Two-Spirit Anishinaabe from Sagkeeng First Nation. They were born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Before getting into law, they were a full-time practicing visual artist. Their practice focused on sharing skills, ideas, and culture through the facilitation or creation of art. They love painting murals and making beadwork. They love using art to bring people together to build or strengthen community connections. Being welcomed into the many communities that exist because of art-making is what inspired them to attend law school.
E.J. (Ted) Howorth grew up in Winnipeg. He received his BFA from the University of Manitoba, apprenticed at Atelier Arcay in Paris and received an MFA from the University of North Dakota. In 1995 he was appointed to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, R.C.A.
In 1981 Howorth moved to Toronto and worked as Screen Printing Director of Open Studio for 5 years. In 1987 Howorth returned to Winnipeg and taught Printmaking at the University of Manitoba School of Art until retiring in 2013. Howorth remains an active member of Martha Street Studio in Winnipeg.
Jordan Miller, a St. Andrews, MB artist and former Winnipeg gallerist, earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Manitoba (2002) and a diploma in Arts and Cultural Management from the University of Winnipeg (2008). She founded and ran cre8ery gallery & studio for Almost 19 years until May 2025 to focus on painting and mentoring. A recipient of the 2011 Woman of Distinction Award (Arts) and 2015 Future Leaders of Manitoba finalist (2015), Jordan has exhibited widely across Manitoba. A member of multiple arts organizations, her work is collected nationally, internationally, and by the Province of Manitoba.
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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.
What accessibility rights do artists actually have and where do they come from?
This webinar breaks down the laws that shape accessibility in Manitoba and across Canada, including what artists can expect from employers and what they can ask for when barriers come up. Learn from artists about their lived experiences on how accessibility plays out in real working situations.
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