[Disability_arts] Navigation/Negotiation Exhibition

[Sara Baum]

Hello!

Below is some information on a disability-themed art exhibition that will 
be opening here at School of the Art Institute next week. Work is by our 
students, staff, faculty, and alumni!  We have worked hard to make the 
exhibition accessible in a number of ways and we are hoping to spread what 
we've learned to the other on-campus exhibition and performance spaces and 
to help them being incorporating accessible features more routinely!  This 
has been a great opportunity for students to show their work on disability 
themes, and we hope it will be a good opportunity for administrators, 
faculty, staff, and other students to understand more about how members of 
our community are experiencing and creating art about disability.  The 
process of putting together the exhibition has allowed us to connect with 
lots of people at the school who we would not otherwise have met, and to 
tell them about the work that we do and the students we work with.  Also, 
the connection with the larger festival Bodies of Work: The Chicago 
Festival of Disability Arts and Culture has been really great too...the 
festival is getting a lot of press here in Chicago and people are very 
interested in the programs that are part of it.  See www.bodiesofwork.org 
for more information on the festival at large (which our exhibition is a 
part of).

Hope everyone is doing well and please continue to send any 
questions/comments/events/publications/ideas related to disability and the 
arts to this list!

sara   baum
coordinator   of   services   for   students   with   disabilities   / 
learning   specialist
school   of   the   art   institute   of   chicago
mailing address:  112 s. michigan ave , chicago il , 60603
street address:     116  s.   michigan   ave.  , 13th 
floor,   chicago,   il ,  60603
ph:   312.499.4286   /   tty:   312.499.4287  /   fax:   312.499.4290
email:   sbaum at artic.edu

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Navigation / Negotiation:
A Juried Exhibition of Disability Themed Work
by School of the Art Institute Students, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni

April 21­June 12, 2006
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St
Chicago IL 60601

Disability is not lodged within a single body or a single mind; It takes 
form as people with disabilities navigate and negotiate the world. The 
artists in this exhibition explore disability as both a public and a 
private experience­they navigate through and negotiate with their own minds 
and bodies, but also with streets and buildings, with other peoples’ faces, 
with the art world, with the health care system, and with stereotypes and 
assumptions.  These artists turn minds and bodies inside out, revealing 
what is often hidden, and opening up the disability experience for viewers 
to crawl inside of and explore.  The works in this exhibition challenge 
traditional ideas of beauty and health, of communication and learning, of 
fashion and product design, and of the relationship between the senses and 
art.  The strong interest among artists at the School of the Art Institute 
of Chicago to explore disability in their work is part of a larger global 
movement.  By continuing to support and nourish the exploration of 
disability in art and the creation of accessible spaces for disabled 
artists and audience members, we can help to shape a future in which art 
and disability are navigated and negotiated in entirely new ways.

Reception: April 27, 2006, 5:30­7:30 p.m.,
with a Live, Audio Described, Sign Language Interpreted Gallery Tour at 
6:30 p.m.
Another Live, Audio Described, Sign Language Interpreted Gallery Tour will 
take place in the gallery on May 9, 2006, at 6:30pm.

Sponsored by SAIC Services for Students with Disabilities, SAIC Exhibitions 
and Events/Exhibition Studies, and the Gene Siskel Film Center, with 
generous support from The John and Alice Lloyd Foundation, SAIC Campus 
Life, and Cushing & Co.

The exhibition is open for viewing during Gene Siskel Film Center theater 
hours: Monday­Friday, 5:00­9:00 p.m.; Saturdays 2:00­9:00 p.m.; Sundays 
2:00­6:00 p.m.  Admission to the exhibition and reception is free and open 
to the public.

This exhibition is mounted in conjunction with Bodies of Work: The Chicago 
Festival of Disability Arts and Culture.  See www.bodiesofwork.org for more 
information.  To request alternate formats of exhibition materials or other 
accommodations, please send an email to sbaum at artic.edu, or call 
312.499-4286 (phone) / 312.499-4287 (tty).






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