disability
Catalyst Radio: DisArt Festival takes over downtown, with nation's largest disability arts event
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 04-10-2015 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we highlight the inaugural DisArt Festival that begins today, April 10, in downtown Grand Rapids. As the...
Disability: Dialogue on a unique way of living
by (GRTV)
Submitted 04-09-2015 under NONPROFITS
“Disability is not an inherent struggle, but rather, Disability is an art; it’s a unique way of living,” says Dr. Chris Smit, paraphrasing a quote from Neil Marcus. “This definition goes against every definition of Disability...
Disability 101 (part 4): Disability as art
by (DisArt)
Submitted 04-07-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
It’s all about cookies. My 6-year-old son and I are home alone, Mom is at work, and the child desperately wants a cookie. Said cookie is on the third shelf of a cabinet that neither he nor I can reach on our own. But working together, we have...
New app debuts for DisArt Festival
by (KCAD)
Submitted 04-07-2015 under NEWS
"Access UICA" is about inclusivity. The decision to create a Urban Institure of Contemporary Arts app for DisArt’s centerpiece show, "Art of the Lived Experiment", was born out of research centered around the notion of...
Downtown discussions get real about "crip life"
by (TSzakal)
Submitted 03-23-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
During LaughFest, over 40 people joined in the upper room of the B.O.B. to engage with Christopher Smit of DisArt Festival, Tommy Allen with Rapid Growth Media and Toni Bal, an independent writer. They paneled a discussion called "Crip Life in...Ask-a-Lawyer: Social Security Disability
by (grpl)
Submitted 03-12-2015 under
The Grand Rapids Public Library, in partnership with the Grand Rapids Bar Association, hosts this free series to provide information about common legal issues. At each session, expert attorneys will give a 10-minute overview of their area of law,...
Disability 101 (part 3): Disability Pride?
by (DisArt)
Submitted 03-10-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
Written by Christopher R. Smit, PhD Director of DisArt Festival, Director of the Arts & Access Initiative for Kendall College of Art & Design and Associate Professor of Media Studies, Calvin College I’ve spent 40...
DisArt to train volunteers, staff on reporting about disability
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 02-24-2015 under NONPROFITS
As we prepare to cover the DisArt Festival in a variety of ways, it's important that we're ready to speak about disability in a respectful, helpful way. On Thursday, February 26 from 7-8:30 p.m., Christopher R. Smit, director of DisArt and...
Disability 101 Part II: The disappearing act
by (DisArt)
Submitted 02-10-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
This article is written by Dr. Chris Smit, director of DisArt Festival 2015. In it he continues his discussion of disability in our city with this second installment of Disability 101. Each installment will help readers grapple with the cultural and...
Disability 101 (Part 1): Disability as dialogue
by (DisArt)
Submitted 01-13-2015 under PLACE-MATTERS
Written by: Christopher R. Smit PhD, Director of DisArt Festival, Director of the Arts & Access Initiative for Kendall College of Art & Design and Associate Professor of Media Studies, Calvin College Organizing and producing any...