Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture

Our sincere thanks to Chrystia Freeland, who released the 2021 federal budget yesterday, with provisions including a $300M recovery fund; supports for music, book publishing, and cultural spaces; and more. Click through for more details.

Call from Langley Arts Council

If you didn't get a chance to attend VocalEye's presentation of Shameless: The Art of Disability, a film by Bonnie Sherr Klein last evening we wanted to remind everyone this fantastic film can be streamed for free from the NFB! It's a wonderful insight into the folks who are responsible for creating Kickstart and insights into their lives as disabled artists. Click the link below to check it out!

Call For Outsider Artists from Community Arts Council of Vancouver!

CALL FOR ARTISTS from Ikouii Entry deadline is May 30th - follow the link below for all the details! https://ikouii.com/callforart-withoutlabels/

Jenna & Kait are absolutely thrilled to have been invited by Ikouii to join their Selection Committee! If you aren't familiar with them, check out all the amazing work they are doing in the US & worldwide!!

Artist Call from City of Vancouver. Follow the link below for the details.

Coming up from VocalEye this week! Follow the link below for the details & to register!

Are you a racialized mad artist with art you want to share? Are you between 18 and 30 years old? Learn more about this research looking to diversify mental heal...th curriculum! Participation is virtual and a stipend is provided. DM us for more info or email [email protected]! #madart #artwork #research #Racialized #diversity #artist #mentalhealth #LGBTQ #madness #art #poetry #sculptures #zines #stories #music See more

Join us on Zoom on Thursday, April 29 for Applying Anti-Oppression, Anti-Ableism and Anti-Sanism, a workshop facilitated by Parul Pandya of Community Impact Con...sulting and Jenna Reid of Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture that will help uncover how we can align disability justice into everyday practices.. Click below for more information and to register. This workshop is open to everyone. If you require any accessibility supports to participate in this workshop, please contact Justina Zatzman at [email protected]. See more

Upcoming Session from the North Shore Disability Resource Centre Accessible Design with Karen Lai Accessibility Planner for the City of Vancouver. When: April 15th, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT Where: Zoom - Email: [email protected] for the Login Info... ASL provided! See more

Registration is now open for the May edition of our 2021 Digital Workshop Series! Join us to practice your creative writing skills and re-claim your voice as we explore creative writing as a tool for self-expression. This two hour class, led by author Emily Gillespie, will include a brief introduction to memoir writing, creating safety containers for memoir writing and prompts to get you started in telling your story. Prompts will be given to help you recognize emotions and t...hemes emerging in your life that you may wish to explore further. You will leave this session with a short-story, and brainstorming about further themes you may want to explore on your own time. All writing levels and voices welcome. ASL and Closed Captions will be provided. This workshop will be presented on Zoom FREE for Kickstart Members (membership will be confirmed upon registration*) $10 for the general public OR purchase a membership to access other workshops in 2021 for Free! For all the details and to register visit: https://kickstartworkshops-tellingyourstory.eventbrite.hk

Call For Submissions from Urban Ink

Artists! Don't miss these upcoming with BC Arts Council and ArtStarts in Schools! " , ... , , , . - , . ." - ArtStarts in Schools January 28th @ 6pm PST February 6th @ 1pm PST FREE For more information or to register, follow the link below #Funding #Artists #Workshop

Attention Artists! (or budding artists) We're looking for some creative folks to design a sticker for a series of giveaways that we'll be doing this year. We wa...nt to create 6 stickers that people will want to come back to collect. Each sticker will be from a different artist and each artist will be credited. Please read the attached project description and share with artist/creative friends. No deadline but we'd like to get started soon so we'll be choosing artists as we see and like their work. DO NOT send sticker designs at this time - we just want to see your style at this time. See more

Apply to our #JRG grants for #artist with #disabilities. Deadline April 30, 2021. Application form and criteria on our website. www.jrgsocietyforthearts.com #g...rants #awards We have three awards this year! JRG Emerging Artist Grant , $3,500 cash grant. JRG Atlantic Filmmaker Award, in-kind award. Thanks to William F. White, Outpost East, and Lunenburg Doc Fest. William F. White International Inc. Lunenburg Doc Fest Outpost East - Post-production & content distribution JRG Theatre Artist Award, in-kind award. Thanks to Neptune Theatre, and Theatre New Brunswick. Theatre New BrunswickNeptune Theatre #jrg #jrgsocietyforthearts #grants #art #artists #awards #artistswithdisabilities #disabilityarts ID: White square with blue border with text, 2021 JRG Grants and Awards. Emerging Artist Grant, Theatre Artist Grant, Filmmaker Award, Criteria and Application form on our website. Deadline April 30, 20201 www.jrgsocietyforhtearts.com

This is so great for the arts & culture sector in our city! Huge thanks to City of Vancouver as we are are fortunate and grateful to be one of the organizations receiving support from the City!

Reserve your timeslot to attend the opening of Time-Lapse Posthumous Conversations A Geoff McMurchy Retrospective! Exhibition runs Oct 29th - Dec 1st, 2020 Opening: Oct 29th 5pm - 8pm Curator Talk: Nov 7th 12pm to 1pm ... For more information on how to visit the gallery for the duration of the exhibition, please visit sumgallery.ca

RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY! https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/10-x-5-art-disability-an-artist In Participation with BC Culture Days and ARTIVISM: Sex + The Unheard, Kickstart Presents 10x5: Art & Disability, An Artist Talk... Sunday Oct 25th 1:30-2:30PM FREE Live on Zoom ASL & Closed Caption Provided See more

We are thrilled to share the announcement of this upcoming collaboration with Queer Arts Festival & SUM Gallery, celebrating the life and art of our founding Artistic Director Geoff McMurchy.

Join SUM Gallery for a virtual brunch conversation with Time-Lapse curators Yuri Arajs, SD Holman and Persimmon Blackbridge. Saturday November 7th, 12pm - 1pm

We can't wait for the opening of Time-Lapse!

Registration for 10x5: Art & Disability, An Artist Talk is now live! FREE admission, but you must register (via Eventbrite) to receive Zoom login info. ASL and Closed Caption Provided.... This event will feature 10 artists who identify as living with disabilities speaking for 5 minute about their artistic practice. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Yat Li moved to Vancouver from Hong Kong as a child to access services for the deaf. He's now sharing his story to break down barriers for people with disabilities.

Friends, check this out Click below and follow the link to subscribe for 21 'thoughtfully curated digital postcards telling the stories of artists within the... Deaf and disabled community living through the self-isolation and quarantine period of COVID-19'. So many incredible artists featured INCLUDING our friends and performers in our upcoming Wheel Voices: Tune In, Amy Amantea and Kristina Shelden! https://harbourfront.live/festival/postcards/ See more

Monday, October 19, 6 pm Pacific!! I’m so excited for this upcoming City Arts & Lectures event with W. Kamau Bell. As someone who attended their lectures with a...mazing writers over the years I never imagined I would be featured. GOALS. From City Arts & Lectures on Instagram: https://www.cityarts.net//disability-visibility-with-alic/ Another exciting addition to our fall line-up! Get your tickets today to attend DISABILITY VISIBILITYa conversation with disabled activist and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, Alice Wong, and sociopolitical comedian W. Kamau Bell. ASL interpreters and captioning will be provided for this event. If you have questions or accommodation requests, please contact [email protected] or call us at 415-563-2463 . . . . #disabilityjustice #disabilityawareness #alicewong #wkamaubell #cityartsandlectures #livestream Image description: Graphic showing Alice Wong, a disabled Asian American woman on the left and W. Kamau Bell on the right, a Black man with a beard and wearing glasses. In the middle, text reads: City Arts & Lectures, Disability Visibility in conversation with W. Kamau Bell, Livestream, Mon, Oct 19, 6 pm Pacific / 9 pm Eastern

Less than 2 weeks left to apply! CALL FOR ARTISTS! APPLICATION DEADLINE: MONDAY OCTOBER 12th, 2020... Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture is seeking artists in British Columbia who identify as living with a disability for the possible inclusion in 10 x 5: Art and Disability, an artist talk featuring 10 artists. These artists will each have 5 minutes to give a visual and oral presentation of their work. A short Q&A will follow. There is no restriction to medium / artistic practice. This is a paid opportunity. This event will take place Sunday October 25th 1:30pm 3:00pm on Zoom This event is being presented as part of BC Culture Days | Fête de la culture and in participation with ARTIVISM: SEX + The Unheard presented by UBC Arts & Culture District For all the details and how to apply, visit: www.kickstartdisability.ca/call-for-artists/

All this month! Check out Outsiders and Others presenting the works of Deborah Leigh.

Check out posAbilities Inclusion Art Show, online this month!

Call For Artists from ECAH - Esquimalt Community Arts Hub

Surprise! The Deborah Leigh exhibition is open 2 days early! The show is hung and the website is ready so we thought we’d just go for it! Come on by. The gall...ery is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week! #deborahleigh #outsidersandothers #visionaryart #visionartartist #galleryopening #yvr #vancouverbc #selftaughtartist #outsiderart

Big thanks to BC Museums Association for including Kickstart, and our director Kait, in their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility issue of RoundUp Magazine! Take a read of the interview here: https://issuu.com/bcmu//279-fall-2020_web_final/s/11123851... Or download the whole magazine here: https://issuu.com/bcmuseumsassn/docs/279-fall-2020_web_final

October 21, 2020 - January 24, 2021 at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art This mezzanine exhibition celebrates the deeply personal and profound work of four emerging artists - and their unique identities and stories as queer Indigenous people. The featured works by artists Levi Nelson (Lil’wat First Nation), Jaz Whitford (Secwepemc), Morgan Whitehead (Plains Cree) and Raven John (Coast Salish/Sto:lo) explore the roles the artists see themselves playing in their communit...ies today, influenced by their own rich experiences that reflect the diversity of Indigiqueer love and life. Delving into themes of Indigiqueer existence, resistance and resilience, Resurgence: Indigiqueer Identities showcases various mediums from large-scale portrait and abstract paintings, traditionally-inspired jewelry, clothing and accessories with a twist, and colourful and creative sculptural art. Supported by the BC Arts Council, and presented as part of the Chief James Hart Emerging Artist Program. Curated by Jordana Luggi Supported by the BC Arts Council and presented as part of the Chief 7idansuu James Hart Emerging Artist Program

Happening Tomorrow! Still time to register! Thursday, October 8th. 10AM Pacific Time // Jeudi, le 8 Octobre, 10h Temps Pacifique **Français ci-dessous**... Speakers: Nasma Ahmed, Devon Renée Bergqvist, Carmen Papalia, Tamar Tembeck Digital ecosystems often reproduce systems of exclusion and marginalization through their operating assumptions and social structures. How are independent artists and cultural workers striving to resist these tendencies, to successfully create digital contexts that promote access and accessibility? What opportunities does technology provide to move towards a more equitable sector, both online and in person? What strategies are media artists and organizations employing to navigate the digital divide including barriers to costly technology and high-speed internet? French/English Translation and ASL Interpretation Provided.

Happening This Week: Twenty-one thoughtfully curated digital postcards telling the stories of artists within the Deaf and disabled community living through the self-isolation and quarantine period of COVID-19. This glimpse into the lives of artists from around the globe, is sometimes quirky, sometimes heart-wrenching, often unexpected, always genuine. Check it out:... https://harbourfront.live/festival/postcards/

On October 29 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria will be hosting independent curator Amanda Cachia. Cachia will discuss her curatorial practice which centers around care and accessibility in exhibitions and museums from a disability perspective. Recent exhibitions to be discussed include Automatisme Ambulatoire (2019), Sweet Gongs Vibrating (2016), and Flesh of the World (2015). Cachia will also explore what "creative access" might now mean in the ...museum in the age of COVID-19 and post-coronavirus, and how museums might be more intentional in meaningful intersectional approaches towards access in response to the civil unrest of 2020. Register In Advance for this Webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MGpl296-RhSL0C4qA0gzPg Or Telephone during the event: +1 778 907 2071 Webinar ID: 915 1822 9674 To make this event as accessible as possible, the AGGV will be offering the following services: Live Captioning Transcription (offered about 2 weeks after the live webinar) Recording (offered about 2 weeks after the live webinar) The AGGV understands access needs are different for everyone, and that these needs can also change and be different every day. To make a specific request, please email Regan Shrumm, Assistant Curator at [email protected] or phone at 250-896-8266.

Culture Days | Fête de la culture starts today! Check out all of the awesome events happening across Canada over the next four weeks! https://culturedays.ca/en/events

45 MINUTES to our opening night SPEAKEASY Cabaret! We welcome @viragonation ‘s force of nature to our livestream stage with a Burlesque dance created just for o...ur theme: SEX + The Unheard. The art of creative resistance and the politics of the body. Your key to this hour of delights also featuring a comedy set with the hilarious @andreajin (she goes for the power move ladies!) and an unforgettable music set from @missyd_femcee . . . . . . . . . @dive.into.ubc #ubc See more

Still time to apply, don't miss out!

Happening Next Week. ASL will be provided.

Call for Artists for Abbotsford Arts Council Anonymous Art Show Follow the link for all the details: https://abbotsfordartscouncil.com/anonymous-art-show/

Only 3 days left to register to attend our 2020 AGM!! Monday September 28th, 2020 6pm on Zoom. Register Here: https://forms.gle/8b1FhifxggKgd3BP7

Zoom is catching up with accessibility features. They have announced 2 new features for sign language interpretation. Click the link below to read the article.

Free Workshop from BC Alliance for Arts + Culture Doing Career Transition Like a Creativepreneur: Go From Winging It to Owning It! Facilitators: Charlene Wright Tuesday, October 6, 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.... Price: Free! Join Charlene Wright, Founder & Principal Career Coach at SmART Career Solutions, for a virtual info session. Meet with fellow creatives, review the top nine problem areas in career transition, and get priority access to a free 30-minute check your readiness pulse power session as well as The Ultimate Guide to Find a New Job Even Faster. REGISTER HERE: https://www.allianceforarts.com/alliance-workshops

CALL FOR ARTISTS! APPLICATION DEADLINE: MONDAY OCTOBER 12th, 2020 Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture is seeking artists in British Columbia who identify as living with a disability for the possible inclusion in 10 x 5: Art and Disability, an artist talk featuring 10 artists. These artists will each have 5 minutes to give a visual and oral presentation of their work. A short Q&A will follow. There is no restriction to medium / artistic practice. ... This is a paid opportunity. This event will take place Sunday October 25th 1:30pm 3:00pm on Zoom This event is being presented as part of BC Culture Days | Fête de la culture and in participation with ARTIVISM: SEX + The Unheard presented by UBC Arts & Culture District For all the details and how to apply, visit: www.kickstartdisability.ca/call-for-artists/

Less than a week until our 2020 AGM! If you are interested in attending, don't forget to register. You can do so here: https://forms.gle/8b1FhifxggKgd3BP7 Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture 2020 AGM... Monday September 28th, 2020 6pm - 8pm Location: Zoom ASL provided. We are thrilled to announce we will be joined by guest speaker Lawrence Shapiro! Lawrence is a validated Deaf and Disability Artist with the Canada Council for the Arts and a past grant recipient from the B.C. Arts Council. A dancer for over a decade Lawrence has performed in London, Vienna, New York, Toronto and Vancouver at dance festivals and for commissioned choreography. One of his greatest triumphs was discovering which premiered in Toronto in 2016 and become the first dance piece in Canada to feature an above-knee amputee in a leading role. Lawrence is also a published author who’s writing on disability has been featured in a variety of publications including Disability Studies Quarterly in the United States and Canadian Scholar’s Press.

Do you identify with a disability and are an artist? Is creating art your main income or do you want it to be? Bluenose Ability Arts & Film Festival wants you to complete their survey! www.baaff.ca/artistsurvey #BAAFF #accessibleart #disability

CALL FOR ARTIST! AutismBC Goes provides free, safe, supportive community events and activities, where everyone can be themselves. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re hosting community activities or events virtually, to give our members the opportunity to come together, talk, and have fun with others who understand and share similar life experiences. ... Autism BC is currently looking for an artist who can do virtual art activities or games during Facebook live segments of AutismBC Goes. The artist will be paid a $250 contribution fee for their time and efforts. Any disability identified artists who are interested in doing an AutismBC Goes segment can email [email protected] to express interest.

New Blog Post! This World, Stalled. A submission by multi-disciplinary artist Mildred Grace German Check it out: https://www.kickstartdisability.ca/this-world-stalled/

Happening today at 4pm!