Accessing Art With Amy – Details, episodes & analysis

"Amy Amantea is a multi disciplinary art with legal blindness and a love for photography. With a focus on “Finding the Light,” Amy asks people to describe the photos she has taken and never really seen. Amy uses her recollection of place and time to engage in conversation and shared memory, creating a unique participant experience. Connect with the artist: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.amantea"

Goldbard is a divergent creative who is sharing their healing gifts with the world through art, writing and song. Whether performing with their duo, SonicJoy, or doing healing work with clients as a trauma recovery coach, their work centres their lived experience in a queer, neurodivergent, fat, trauma survivor body. They believe the arts are our most powerful tool for personal and collective transformation, and that QUEER JOY is the birthright of every human on this planet.

Episode Highlights:

• Song - "When Love Wins"  (5:48)
• How does disability impact writing and performing music?  (10:24)
• The Journey to Self-Advocacy  (14:15)
• Where do you get your inspiration?  (20:16)
• Taking Space for Yourself  (22:07)
• Mixed Bag Game (24:30)

Check out more work from Goldbard: Instagram, YouTube, Spotify

Meet host Amy Amantea: Bio, "Vocal Eye" episode of Our Community.

 

"Based in Toronto out of Lisa Anita Wegner’s Haus of Dada Studios, the Mighty Brave Productions team has been creating film and multimedia content since 1998. The group has evolved from a film production house into a diverse, community-focused collective that produces disability-led projects in all forms of media for the world stage. Come and explore Lisa’s unique universes. Connect with the Artist: https://linktr.ee/lisaanitawegner www.lisaanitawegner.com www.mightybraveproductions.com "

Connor Runnings lives on Vancouver Island and studies theatre and acting at the University of Victoria. He brings his lived experience of autism into his writing and performing, and is an advocate for the representation of authentic storytelling. His show, Built Different, involved an entire creative team of people who identify as neurodivergent; what a powerhouse and he is only just getting started! Follow Connor on Instagram: @connorrunn

Artist Sacha Kopelow is located in Winnipeg. Sacha puts her heart and soul into an artistic practice called glass casting, the process in which glass objects are cast by directing molten glass into a mould where it solidifies. This technique has been used since the 15th century BCE in both Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia but is also alive and well in Winnipeg! Visit Sasha's website: sachakopelow.wordpress.com"

Pottery making began in the 7th millennium BC. The earliest forms were hand-formed from slabs, undecorated, unglazed low-fired pots made from reddish-brown clays. How far we have come! Jenel Shaw, of Winnipeg, invites us into her world and shares the gifts pottery has brought into her life.

"Born in Liverpool, UK, Kevin Morris now lives in London. Kevin's interest in poetry started in his youth and was inspired by some of the “greats!"" Kevin has particular interest in rhyme, letting the words come to him naturally, not forced. Using Braille and screen reader technology, Kevin writes from the heart about his experiences, and the environment around him. Visit Kevin's website: https://kmorrispoet.com Purchase his book, The Selected Poems of K Morris: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WW8WXPP/ Follow Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewdog2060_ Follow Kevin in Intagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmorrispoet/ Check out his Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/kevin-stephen-morris "

"Nicholas Fernette is a Vancouver-based artist with a real flare, and unique style of tattooing. Living with anxiety, Nicholas shares his journey as a tattoo artist and some of the additional consideration that living with anxiety brings to the work. Maybe he will inspire you to get your first tattoo! Follow Nicholas on Instagram: @floridantetat2"

Alan Shain has been an artist, in many disciplines, for more than 30 years and has travelled the world with his comedy routines, including the 2000 Paralympic games in Australia. Navigating the stage with his power wheelchair and combatting ableism around his cerebral palsy accent, Alan is smashing stereotypes one audience at a time. Learn more about Alan on his website: http://www.halicamedia.com/shain/ Check out some of Alan's standup routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2hHuUOHSek

Dr. Leona Godin is a writer, performer, educator and the author of There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness (Pantheon, 2021). She is also a writer and performer; “The Star of Happiness,” about Helen Keller’s time performing in vaudeville, has been one of her great successes. Listen to Leona talk about her life as a blind academic, writer, performer and teacher, as she joins us from New York City.  

Find out more about There Plant Eyes:

She is the founder of Aromatica Poetica

Visit her website

Follow her on social media: @drmlgodin