Verified by Proof Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, 2024
Southern Graphics Conference International
Organizers: Brett Taylor & Becci Spruill
Abstract: The Disability Visibility SGCI Themed Portfolio invited individuals that relate to/identify with disabilities (ie. through your own lived experience and/or as a caregiver, relative, social worker, etc.) to create prints that speak to their experiences with disabilities, accessibility, and cripness. Crip Theory informs this exchange, as it denies the false binary of disabled and able bodies, acknowledging that all people exist on an ever-shifting spectrum of ability. Crip theory also denies that disability has to be visible in order to be a "real" disability. Considering the 2024 SGCI conference theme, Verified by Proof, this print exchange will bring attention to the extensive community impacted by disabilities, both visible and invisible, engaging with accessibility concerns and fighting for disability justice. The exchange illustrates how disability impacts individual printmakers and establishes a community through reciprocity.
Becci Spruill, Bonnie Ashmore, Brett Taylor, Brittany Gorelick, Candace Garlock, Celeste De Luna, Eliza Lutz, Heather Huston, Isabel Bedard, Joshua Flores, Kat Chudy, Katherine Murray, K. MacNeil, Rachel Beer, Red Sagalow
Rebecca (Becci) Spruill
Bonnie Ashmore
Brett Taylor
Brittany Gorelick
Candace Garlock
Celeste De Luna
Eliza Lutz
Heather Huston
Isabel Campos Bedard
Joshua Shane Flores
Kat Chudy
Kat Murray
K. MacNeil
Rachel Beer
Red (Tracy) Sagalow
