Art, Poetry and Blogs
“Imagine a world of diversity and interdependence, where people are respected simply for who they are; where our commonalities are recognized and bring us closer; and where differences are celebrated for what they provide: opportunities to bring something unique and individual to our community.” – Dan Wilkins, Advocate
Crip Culture: it is long and it is storied; chocked full of powerful voices and colorful people. Some of us are famous, most of us are not. We come from different walks, rolls, crawls. We speak with our mouths, our hands, our eyes. We share our stories in myriad ways: we paint, we dance, we write; we sing, we act, we lead. We share our stories because we all dream of a better, more understanding and inclusive world, and we know in our hearts if we do not share our stories, no one else will … and nothing in our lives, in our world, will ever change for the better.
Ours is a mission to enlighten.
The Ability Center would like to share organizational and personal websites that relate to art in all of its forms. Hopefully, these links will inspire.
Organizations
Artz: is Artists for Alzheimers: an initiative of the Hearthstone Alzheimer’s Foundation that draws on the support and collaboration of artists and cultural institutions, as resource, to share, educate and inspire.
Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (MFPA) – Formed in 1956, the MFPA is an international, for-profit association wholly owned and run by disabled artists to help them meet their financial needs.
UC-Berkeley’ Oral History Project – Artists with Disabilities Page
VSA Arts Website National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) – Promoting the full inclusion of audiences and artists with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.
Artists
Krishanna Spencer’s Blog and Website – neat friend from Richmond, VA
Luzenith.com – the Artwork of Luz Elena Aponte.
Riva Lehrer – From Chicago, a well-known and respected portrait artist from our Disabled community.
Poetry
Laura Hershey – Poet, Author, Activist
They Call Him Crutch – Since, in our opinion, not all poetry needs to be “written” or “spoken”, we’ll place this here. Let’s call it “Poetry of Motion”.
Blogs
Adaptive Life With KimberleyB – Extensive Blog of Kimberley Barreda, Associate Editor and Director of Business Development at Active Living Magazine the Adapted Lifestyle Resource Guide.
Bad Cripple – William Peace’s Blog
Cerebral Palsy Family – Amy Hyndman’s Blog. Local as well.
Institute on Disability Culture - Steve Brown’s site
Lawrence Moore’s Blog – local thoughts
PhilosopherCrip.com – Great blog. Lot’s of information, discussion and links.
The Art Of Web Accessibility – making the web enjoyable for everyone.
The Trouble With Jerry – premiere spot for news on the Telethon protest front.
CIL Blogs
Center for Independent Living of South Florida Advocacy Blog
Center for Persons with Disabilities Blog
Northeast Pennsylvania Center for Independent Living Blog
