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The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance

Event Series The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and Eco-Resistance
Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange 2124 W. 82nd Place, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Does the climate crisis keep you up at night? Do you feel hopeless and depressed thinking about the government’s response to climate change? Are you interested in activism? A eco-art therapy study called The Power of Art: Recycled Sculptures as Art Therapy and  Eco-Resistance is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 to take part in an in-person […]

Advance Your Leadership Power

Event Series Advance Your Leadership Power
Online – Zoom

Advance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.

Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

Event Series Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Online – Zoom

Access Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]

Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

Event Series Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Online – Zoom

Access Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]

Sustainable Liberation Series

Event Series Sustainable Liberation Series
UIC Disability Cultural Center 1007 W. Harrison Street, Room 231, Chicago, Illinois, United States

The Sustainable Liberation Series is a biweekly group series facilitated by disabled art-therapists-in-training Miriam Austin-Wright (they/she). Each of the two sections will meet biweekly in-person for two hours at the UIC Disability Resource Center Quiet Lounge (Room 231). The afternoon section will meet 1-3 PM and the evening section will meet 4-6 PM.  This group […]

Beyond the Scar: A Virtual Portraiture Project

Event Series Beyond the Scar: A Portraiture Project
Online – Zoom

Access Living is looking for models to pose for “Beyond the Scar”, a portraiture project facilitated by disabled artist, art therapy intern, B Randolph (they/them). Models’ portraits & stories will be included in Access Living’s Disability Portraiture Project archive. If you are someone with apparent scars and have lived experiences of disability, please join us! Who […]