All programs will take place over Zoom, and will be captioned.
All programs will be offered with ASL interpretation and image description.
More access features available upon request.All programs are free and open to the public, registration required.
(see galleries for registration)
Details around further public programs, including a workshop on artmaking as crip ritual and a closing Remote Access Dance Party with DJ Who Girl (Kevin Gotkin), will be announced on the #CripRitual website and gallery websites.
Introduction to De’VIA: Art & the Deaf Experience
with Maryam Hafizirad
Thursday, February 24
1 – 2 pm
Artist and Doris McCarthy Gallery Educator-in-Residence Maryam Hafizirad presents a talk on Deaf View/Image Art (also known as De’VIA) which examines and expresses the Deaf Experience from a cultural, linguistic, and intersectional point of view.
Panel discussion: Negotiation and Resistance
With Fran Ledonio Flaherty, Alex Haagaard, and RA Walden
Tuesday, March 1
1 – 2 pm
Join #CripRitual artists in conversation with disability arts expert Eliza Chandler. This panel explores themes of resisting and negotiating ableism as a ritual familiar to many disabled people, here explored through Flaherty’s artwork, a commentary on negotiating service dog entrance to public spaces, Haagaard’s project Shitty ALT text, which highlights crip resistance to subpar accessibility technology, and RA Walden’s Primer, a resource negotiating care and improved inclusivity within feminist / activist communities.
No-Sew Fashion and Performance workshop
with Sky Cubacub
Tuesday, March 8
7 –8 pm
This workshop led by #CripRitual artist Sky Cubacub explores Radical Visibility, a Disabled Queer dress reform movement based on highlighting the parts of us that society typically shuns, using a no-sew method of designing, tying together scraps, yardage and old clothing, which works best to promote creativity and imagination. This is hands-on dress up time for all ages!
Panel discussion: Repetition and Pace
With Leena Raudvee, Jess Watkins, and Sara Prisma Williston
Thursday, March 17
1 – 2 pm
Join #CripRitual artists in conversation with disability art critic, curator, and scholar Amanda Cachia. This panel explores themes of repetition and pace in relation to experiences of disability and ableism. Artists on this panel will discuss their artworks in the exhibition, including Raudvee’s exploration of speed and the repeated act of getting up after falling, Watkin’s ritual of knitting as a repetitive action to facilitate focus while listening to audiobooks, and Willison’s practice of daily painting and use of bright colors as a crip ritual.
Exquisite Collaboration workshop with Cassidy Bankson and Dawn McLeod
Saturday, March 26
1-2pm
Collaborative art-making workshop modeled after the drawing game of Exquisite Corpse, facilitated by Cassidy Bankson & Dawn McLeod.
This workshop explores the Crip Ritual of creating art in community. It is modelled after the game of Exquisite Corpse, a collaborative drawing game where each contribution is made while witnessing only a small portion of the whole. In the end, once everyone has contributed, the completed series is revealed.
The Exquisite Corpse format will allow participants to meet and inspire each other. Participants will have time to create, will be paired up with another participant to share their art, and will then make something in response to their partner. Exquisite Collaboration aims to explore our individual and collective voice.
Co-presented by Tangled Art + Disability and the Doris McCarthy Gallery.
All skill levels are welcome. All you need are art materials, curiosity, and a wifi connection. Register by March 16 to receive an art material kit in the mail. You may still register after this date but may not receive an art kit.
The workshop will be facilitated through Zoom and will have ASL interpretation and captioning. If you have other accommodation needs, please let us know when registering or contact dmg.utsc@utoronto.ca.
Workshop: Drawing Selfie Self-Portraits with Malcolm & Maria Corley and CDL
Tuesday, March 29
6-7pm
Featuring the work of Malcolm Corley, this hands-on workshop explores the crip ritual of self-representation through self-portraiture.
This workshop explores the crip ritual of self-representation through self-portraiture. With a pre-recorded video of artist Malcolm Corley and his works in the #CripRitual exhibition as inspiration, workshop attendees will be guided by Critical Design Lab’s Jarah Moesch through the process of taking a photo of themselves somewhere in their home, and then interpreting the photo as a drawing or painting.
Co-presented by Tangled Art + Disability and the Doris McCarthy Gallery.
All skill levels are welcome. All you need are art materials, a device to take a digital self-portrait photo, curiosity, and a wifi connection.