Curating Tools with Sean Lee: Disability, Art and Cultural Accessibility

How can artists with disabilities be supported in their careers? What is the difference between therapy art and disability arts? Join us in this insightful episode with an artist and curator Sean Lee. Delve into the intersection of art and disability, uncover the transformative power of inclusive curation, and understand the importance of accessibility in the arts. 

Listen to the free short version of this episode on Spotify, Google Podcasts, or Apple podcasts.

CFC members can access an exclusive full video version of this episode at the end of this post. 

This podcast is proudly sponsored by Call for Curators, empowering art professionals since 2012, and Node Center for Curatorial Studies, the pioneering e-learning platform for curators and art professionals established in 2009.

About our guest:

Meet our guest, Sean Lee (he/they). Orienting towards a “crip horizon”, he is interested in the transformative possibilities of crip community building and accessible curatorial practices that desire the ways disability can disrupt.

Sean is currently the Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability. He holds a B.A. in Arts Management and Studio from UTSC. Sean is also an independent curator, lecturer, and advisor, adding his insights and perspectives to conversations across Canada, the US, and internationally. Sean sits on numerous committees and serves on the board of the Toronto Arts Council and CARFAC Ontario, and is a member of the OAC’s Deaf and Disability Advisory Committee and Chair of TAC’s Visual and Media Arts Committee.

Meet our host:

Our host ⁠Maria Cynkier⁠ is an independent curator and researcher working in the fields of art, ecology and digital culture. In her practice, she is concerned with new technologies’ social, political and material impacts on humans, non-humans and the environment. She often works within the framework of speculative storytelling and world-building tactics that enable critical dialogue.

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