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  • March 1, 2022 - 1 – 2 pm

#CripRitual Panel Discussion: Negotiation and Resistance

Co-presented by the Doris McCarthy Gallery and Tangled Art + Disability

A conversation about resisting and negotiating ableism with artists Fran Ledonio Flaherty, Alex Haagaard, and RA Walden, moderated by Eliza Chandler

Join #CripRitual artists Fran Ledonio Flaherty, Alex Haagaard, and RA Walden 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 manifesto for accessibility in feminist arts and activist spaces.

This free program is open to everyone. It will be hosted on 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.

Fran Ledonio Flaherty, Service Animals Allowed, 2019 // Image description: A digital print of a side facing yellow labrador with a service animal vest and a brown woman in black pants and a grey blouse. The dog is in a sitting position on the left of the paper, attentively looking at the woman . The image is printed on antique-like light brown paper. Slightly below the image of the dog are the words “service animals not allowed” in all caps.
Fran Ledonio Flaherty, Service Animals Allowed, 2019 // Image description: A digital print of a side facing yellow labrador with a service animal vest and a brown woman in black pants and a grey blouse. The dog is in a sitting position on the left of the paper, attentively looking at the woman . The image is printed on antique-like light brown paper. Slightly below the image of the dog are the words “service animals not allowed” in all caps.
Fran Ledonio Flaherty, Service Animals Allowed, 2019 // Image description: A digital print of a side facing yellow labrador with a service animal vest and a brown woman in black pants and a grey blouse. The dog is in a sitting position on the left of the paper, attentively looking at the woman . The image is printed on antique-like light brown paper. Slightly below the image of the dog are the words “service animals not allowed” in all caps.
Fran Ledonio Flaherty, Service Animals Allowed, 2019 // Image description: A digital print of a side facing yellow labrador with a service animal vest and a brown woman in black pants and a grey blouse. The dog is in a sitting position on the left of the paper, attentively looking at the woman . The image is printed on antique-like light brown paper. Slightly below the image of the dog are the words “service animals not allowed” in all caps.
Alex Haagaard, Shitty Alt Text, 2019 // Image description: An Instagram post, viewed on a smartphone. White text in a system font centred on a square the colour of heavy green fabric obscured by shadow. The text reads, “Image May Contain 1 or More Persons.” This is the alt text autogenerated by Instagram in October 2019 for Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, the “Mona Lisa.”
Alex Haagaard, Shitty Alt Text, 2019 // Image description: An Instagram post, viewed on a smartphone. White text in a system font centred on a square the colour of heavy green fabric obscured by shadow. The text reads, “Image May Contain 1 or More Persons.” This is the alt text autogenerated by Instagram in October 2019 for Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, the “Mona Lisa.”
Alex Haagaard, Shitty Alt Text, 2019 // Image description: An Instagram post, viewed on a smartphone. White text in a system font centred on a square the colour of heavy green fabric obscured by shadow. The text reads, “Image May Contain 1 or More Persons.” This is the alt text autogenerated by Instagram in October 2019 for Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, the “Mona Lisa.”
Alex Haagaard, Shitty Alt Text, 2019 // Image description: An Instagram post, viewed on a smartphone. White text in a system font centred on a square the colour of heavy green fabric obscured by shadow. The text reads, “Image May Contain 1 or More Persons.” This is the alt text autogenerated by Instagram in October 2019 for Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, the “Mona Lisa.”
RA Walden, A Primer on Working With Disabled Group Members for Feminist / Activist Groups and Organisations, 2018 // Image description: A painted white shelf roughly 2 in/6 cm deep is mounted to a white wall. The photograph is taken at a slightly shifted perspective from the right side of the shelf, facing the left side. On the shelf are 4 stacks of printed pamphlets, leaning on the wall. The two left-hand side print-outs are facing backwards, and the two right-hand side printouts are facing forwards, with the title page showing. The title is printed in all upper-case letters and in black ink.
RA Walden, A Primer on Working With Disabled Group Members for Feminist / Activist Groups and Organisations, 2018 // Image description: A painted white shelf roughly 2 in/6 cm deep is mounted to a white wall. The photograph is taken at a slightly shifted perspective from the right side of the shelf, facing the left side. On the shelf are 4 stacks of printed pamphlets, leaning on the wall. The two left-hand side print-outs are facing backwards, and the two right-hand side printouts are facing forwards, with the title page showing. The title is printed in all upper-case letters and in black ink.
RA Walden, A Primer on Working With Disabled Group Members for Feminist / Activist Groups and Organisations, 2018 // Image description: A painted white shelf roughly 2 in/6 cm deep is mounted to a white wall. The photograph is taken at a slightly shifted perspective from the right side of the shelf, facing the left side. On the shelf are 4 stacks of printed pamphlets, leaning on the wall. The two left-hand side print-outs are facing backwards, and the two right-hand side printouts are facing forwards, with the title page showing. The title is printed in all upper-case letters and in black ink.
RA Walden, A Primer on Working With Disabled Group Members for Feminist / Activist Groups and Organisations, 2018 // Image description: A painted white shelf roughly 2 in/6 cm deep is mounted to a white wall. The photograph is taken at a slightly shifted perspective from the right side of the shelf, facing the left side. On the shelf are 4 stacks of printed pamphlets, leaning on the wall. The two left-hand side print-outs are facing backwards, and the two right-hand side printouts are facing forwards, with the title page showing. The title is printed in all upper-case letters and in black ink.