Happy May Day (v. 181)
Spring wishes and an issue in brief.
Welcoming Spring
Hello from last week, before I ventured off the grid to be in ceremony and celebration of the land’s fertile return.
This song opens with short plucked strings like the first shoots of young plants emerging from soil. Then come long and luscious chords from bows over strings, like the feeling that warmer weather is here for a while. Gentle non-binary voices sing.
Welcome the spring, the summer rain
Softly turned to sing again
Welcome the bud, the summer blooming flower
Welcome the child whose hand I hold
Welcome to you both young and old
We are ever new, we are ever new
Happy Beltane, happy May Day, hopeful reprieve, hopeful slowness.
I hope you can hold some dirt in your hands this week and exalt in the access ecologies that keep us trained on more accessible tomorrows.
I’m back online in 2 weeks.
-kevin
IN BRIEF
New Works
Shake Your Ass for Accessibility - A Cuèntame Fundraiser will take place on Saturday, May 2 in Washington DC.
Michael Cantino's Sensing Art 3D Tactile Graphics display at the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR) will be up until Sunday, May 4, completing one full year on display. (The "Skeleton & Roses" 3D tactile graphic for the Museum's Psychedelic Rock Posters exhibition will be on display through June 15.)
Sara J. Winston’s Our Body is a Clock opens this Thursday, May 1 at Blue Sky Gallery (Portland, OR).
Aaron Aronofsky’s film Viktor will be presented as part of the Margaret Mead Film Festival on Sunday, May 4 at 4:30pm ET at the American Museum of Natural History (NYC).
Calls
The last day to apply for 2025 LEAD Conference scholarships is Wednesday, April 30.
Events
2025 AAPD National Community Event
Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 - 7:30pm ET, onlineSupporting Immigrant Students with Disabilities during Trump 2.0
Tuesday, April 29, 3 - 4pm ET, onlineArt/Access Lab: Incongruent Access
Sunday, May 4, 2 - 4pm ET, in-person in Chicago and online