Join Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries for our upcoming online workshop on Collections and Accessibility. We are thrilled to present our innovative and incomparable professional development workshops to your screens, where you can learn safely from home!

WORKSHOP DETAILS:

Collections and Accessibility
When: Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Time: 2:30 – 5:30 PM ET

DESCRIPTION:

The relationship between art and disability has a rich but complex history. Although disability arts as a sector has only recently been acknowledged and supported in Canada, disability arts as a practice by disabled artists has always existed in one form or another.

While today, we recognize that art galleries and museums are mandated to serve the ‘general public’; however, many disabled people are barred from fully experiencing what galleries have to offer. Not only can spaces exclude through physical barriers, but many galleries and museums also are not accessible in their programming, exhibitions and collections.

This workshop provides an introduction to disability arts, tracing the gaps in galleries, accessibility and inclusion in their programs. This workshop will also address the gaps of accessibility online. Institutions need strategies to make their online and physical spaces more accessible and actively resist the compulsory able-bodiedness of the “visual” arts as a whole.

Sessions will include:

• discussion on disability arts and justice;
• case studies discussing web and digital access and practices in gallery spaces;
• panel discussion on current practices and the future of accessibility in the gallery sector.

Presenters:
Sean Lee, Director of Programming – Tangled Arts + Disability
David Bobier, Media artist and founder of VibraFusionLab
Eliza Chandler, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Disability Studies, Ryerson University
Yasmeen Nematt Alla, Communications Manager, Akimbo Art Promotions

REGISTRATION:

Completed registration form HERE then email registration form to – Jessica Lukas, Secretariat Coordinator, members@oaag.org, with subject line – ATTN: MAP – Workshop Series

REGISTRATION FEES:

Single Day Workshop:
OAAG Members: $150.00
General/Non-Members: $250.00
Students (with valid student ID): $45.00

Registration includes access to presentations and discussions, supplementary materials, and any additional activities.

VENUE LOCATION:

This workshop will be held virtually via Zoom – a Zoom link will be sent once registration payment has been processed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

GOG gratefully acknowledges the funding contribution from the Museums Assistance Program, the Department of Canadian Heritage.

ABOUT GOG

Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries marked its 50 year as an arts service organization (ASO) which represents over 270 members—public art galleries, museums, artist-run-centres, and arts organizations. Over 40 years, its annual award program has been defining the standards of excellence for the visual arts in Canada. Through advocacy on issues, policy, legislation to all levels of government, and delivery of innovative and cutting-edge professional development opportunities and network-building, GOG advances, empowers, and strengthens the visual arts sector in Canada.

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Contact Information:
Julia Garnet
Communications Assistant
Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries
E: communications@oaag.org
T: (416) 598-0714