Artist Spotlight: Artfully Honouring Access

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The AGO and Tangled Art + Disability teamed up on a series of videos featuring the important work of six artists.

Persimmon Blackbridge. soft touch, 2019. Constructed Identities, McMaster University. Sara Wilde Photography. Courtesy of Bodies in Translation Activist Art, Technology & Access to Life. ReVision The Centre for Art & Social Justice at the University of Guelph.

Founded in 2003, Tangled Art + Disability is a Toronto-based organization dedicating itself to enhancing opportunities for artists with disabilities. Earlier this year, Tangled Art and the AGO unveiled a new collaborative project that centres the disability arts movement. Between February and June, the two groups presented six videos made by various artists from Tangled’s community, highlighting their respective practices and insights while showcasing the possibilities of a world that honours access, disability and difference. 

The partnership was spearheaded by Melissa Smith, AGO Assistant Curator, Community Programs. (Linked here) take a look at all six AGO Tangled Art Talks, and stay tuned in the coming weeks for more about our partnership with Tangled Art + Disability (via AGOinsider).