Access Living and the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) present:

Come join us to create patches and chat about disability! The patches we make can be a symbol of accomplishment, tell a personal story, and shine as a symbol of identity. Materials will be provided and all skill levels are welcome. To honor participants time and labor, each participant who stays for the duration of 2:00-4:00pm will receive a $75 stipend. First come, first serve (10 participant limit). RSVP here.

What will participants need to do? 

• Bring your stories, conversations, and yourselves as you are–this is an open, communal space of enjoying creating patches together!
• Agree to include photographs of your patches and/or yourself on the project platform virtually. 
• Patch making supplies will be provided for the workshop but feel free to bring your own if you would like to. (Supplies include embroidery floss, yarn, fabrics, fabric paints / markers, beads, adhesion options, etc.)
• RSVP: https://bit.ly/3jXgbhb 

Who will participants be working with?
Graduate students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from the Art Therapy and Art Education departments.

Access Information:

Due to high demand for live captioning (CART) and ASL interpretation services during covid19 pandemic, we kindly ask participants to submit access requests in advance. Please contact Brian Randolph by email at brando@saic.edu.

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Organizer Info

This event is brought to you by Access Living’s Art and Culture project, Bodies of Work: Network of Disability Art and Culture, the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL), a joint project of Access Living and the department of art therapy and counseling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. DCAL is a platform for creative advocacy projects and disability allyship training. Using a peer support and collective care model, disability community members and art therapy graduate students collaborate as disability culture makers for social change.

This event is partially supported by Access Living’s Art & Advocacy Training Program. The contents of this project were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90RTCP0005). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this project do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.