Crip News v.176

New works, calls, and events.

Mar 24, 2025

New Works

A digital flyer has a grainy pink and grey background with text that is circled and outlines with pink lines and square nodes. Text says, Everyday Priorities. Art, Technology, and Accommodations.

Everyday Priorities—Art, Technology and Accommodations curated by Amal Alhaag and Jussi Koitela, is a series of gatherings and new artistic commissions that prioritize “equity, making space, and access (needs and desires).” The project is organized across Metro54 (Amsterdam), M-Cult (Helsinki), with the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux. The first workshop gathering takes place tomorrow, March 25, featuring artists Joy Mariama Smith, Blue Fleming, Pernilla Manjula Philip, and Flis Holland.
Women Enabled International has published a new report called “Activists From Strength: What You Need to Know to Be a Disability and Gender-Inclusive Funder.”

It’s the final week of It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure from disability-led theatre company FlawBored at Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Washington DC). The show, a hit from Edinburgh Fringe, has been described as “a searing satire of the commodification of identity politics and the ‘able anxiety’ that too often subsumes well-meaning attempts at disability justice.”

A paper mache mask from Japan I (Helen) inherited from a dear friend: Foxes (kitsune) in Japanese folklore posses paranormal abilities. Commonly depicted as shape shifting tricksters, they are also associated with Inari, a Shinto spirit and serves as its messengers. These masks are found in shrines and are sold to people as they dress up in festivals during the rice harvesting season.

Next week is the final stretch of Helen Kong’s exhibition ReHoming in the vitrines of Tangled Art + Disability (Toronto).

Tangled has also released several “360 Videos” of past exhibitions in 360° documentation videos that allow users to rotate in the gallery space.
Actor and producer Emilio Insolera has launched the Deaf Movie Database, or DMDb, to expand ways to explore information about d/Deaf films and talent.

Change, Not Charity premieres on PBS tomorrow, March 25. The film “the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.” If you happen to be near Berkeley, CA, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and the Center for Independent Living (CIL) are hosting a watch party on the Ed Roberts Campus on Tuesday, April 1.

In a photo from an earlier era, two fancy ladies are smiling and looking into the window display of a store, which also acts as a mirror. Text says Window Shopping with Helen Keller. Architecture and Disability in Modern Culture. By David Serlin.

Window Shopping with Helen Keller by David Serlin is out from the University of Chicago Press. If you’re in NYC, there is a book launch at Barnard College this Thursday, March 27.

Yesterday, a Sickle Cell songwriting group organized by Arts in Medicine at the University of Florida launched Warrior’s Path, an 8-song album about “the journey of a sickle cell warrior: from the depths of its darkness, to the peaks of life and light.”

A photo of a gallery with a grey floor and brightly lit white walls. Several frames artworks hang on the wall. One of them has a bright orange background with text that says, people like us, yes.

INDEX, at Casemore Gallery (Richmond, CA) through April 26, is a group show featuring painting, sculpture, prints, and mixed media works by a roster of disabled artists from NIAD Art Center.
Artist Matt Bodett has launched Mad Tea, a podcast aiming to “challenge dominant narratives, explore the histories and aesthetics of madness, and create space for mad voices.”

CALLS

Crips for eSims for Gaza is in the red and needs urgent support.
Organizers in the UK are calling on disabled artists to help expose the impact of so-called reforms to Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
The American Library Association is calling for everyone in the US to urge their federal representatives to overturn a recent Executive Order that threatens crucial access supports in local libraries by dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Amaranthia of Sista Creatives Rising is raising funds to help with post-mortem care after the unexpected death of her emotional support animal.
AXIS Dance Company is hiring a Director of Development. Apply by March 28.
Applications are due Thursday, April 3 for the 2026 Open Call from Creative Capital, a project funding program that had funded many disability arts initiatives in the US.
Applications are due March 31 for $500 grants for Accessibility & Translation from A Blade of Grass.
Disabled pop star Austin Halls is “powerful and charismatic disabled people including those with physical, intellectual, cognitive, sensory, and mental health disabilities” in NYC to be a part of the music video for his song DISABLED, filming on April 6.
Making Space has launched a free job hub for finding disability-inclusive remote and flexible employment.

EVENTS

Caring Majority Day of Action Power Hour

TODAY, Monday, March 24, 1 - 2pm ET, online

Join Caring Majority Rising for a virtual hour of action to defend the New York State consumer-directed program from the disastrous transition to a single for-profit company, PPL, and to fight for true investment in home healthcare.

Black Disability Anthology Series: Creative Writing Workshop

Thursday, March 27, 1 - 2:30pm ET, online

Join the Black Disability Institute for a unique opportunity to explore and celebrate the intersection of Black identity and disability through the power of storytelling. This workshop is part of our ongoing anthology series, where we aim to amplify the voices and experiences of Black disabled people.

Sweat the System

Wednesday, March 26, 10 - 11am GMT, online

Part of DaDaFest, this disability-led movement workshop is facilitated by Australian artists Amy Claire Mills and Bedelia Lowrenčev. This online workshop invites participants to move and shake their bodies through sweat and play. This is not about fitness; it’s about liberation, using movement as a tool for self-expression, catharsis, and collective joy.

Keating Visiting Architect Lecture by Jeffrey Mansfield

Wednesday, March 26, 6 - 8pm ET, in-person at Barnard College (NYC)

As the 2024-2025 Keating Visiting Architect, Jeffrey Mansfield will deliver a public lecture on the intersection of disability, education, and space.

ACTIONING SUMMIT 7: How to Project Disability Forward

Thursday, March 27, 6:30pm ET, in-person at Columbia University (NYC) and livestreamed

The seventh ACTIONING SUMMIT, co-curated with Ignacio G. Galán (Barnard), will discuss the expert knowledge and methodological questions required to project disability forward. Speakers will be Edmund Asiedu (DOT), Ignacio G. Galán (Barnard College, Columbia University), David Gissen (Parsons/The New School), and Aimi Hamraie (Vanderbilt).

Marvels of Media Festival

Thursday, March 27 - Saturday, March 29, at the Museum of the Moving Image (NYC)

The festival kicks off with a festive opening night celebration recognizing the outstanding work of autistic media-makers. Throughout the weekend, guests are invited to explore exhibitions: The Adventure of Nature and the Senses, featuring virtual reality experiences and video art, and Marvels of Media Game Lab Exhibition, showcasing playable video games. Join us for a workshop, networking mixer, and five film programs of new comedies, animations, and documentaries followed by panel discussions.

The Bodily Autonomy Institute at Funding Forward 2025

Monday, March 31, 12 - 5pm CT, in Houston

This workshop from The Transgender Law Center’s Disability Project at the Funding Forward Conference in Houston will take a deep dive into bodily autonomy, exploring its history and present-day implications through a disabled and trans analysis. Together we'll examine how ableism, eugenics, and state control intersect with philanthropy, and what it means to fund movements fighting for determination, dignity, and survival.