Book club with Joan: Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
2025-06-09 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | https://macaccess.org/program/book-club-with-joan-golem-and-the-jinni-by-helene-wecker/
Book: Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic, created to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker’s debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
This book is available from NLS as DB76801 for audio. Download it through BARD at nlsbard.loc.gov, the BARD Mobile app, or request them from your local NLS library. This book is also available in digital braille if you are a Bookshare member, and we can emboss it for you if you would like it in hard copy braille.
To register, or if you have any access needs or require ASL interpretation, contact us at register@jbilibrary.org or 646-616-3929.

Guggenheim Mind's Eye: Deep Thinkers
2025-06-09 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-06-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, United States
The Guggenheim New York celebrates the ideas, people, and art at the core of its mission by offering virtual and in-person Mind’s Eye programming for participants who are blind or have low vision. Join us for a tour of the exhibitions A Year With Children and Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers.
We’ll invite you to consider the artistic connections between select artworks by Rashid Johnson alongside work by student artists participating in Learning Through Art, the Guggenheim’s artist-in-residence program in New York City public elementary schools. Think deeply with us as we engage in a shared exploration of the themes, materials, and mediums found in both exhibitions.
This month’s Mind’s Eye programming will be led by Guggenheim educators through verbal description and conversation. The virtual sessions will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
The program is repeated both online and in person. Please let us know which date you prefer to join us:
Virtual Programs:
Monday, June 2, 6:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, June 4, 2:00-4:00pm
In Person Programs:
Monday, June 9, 6:30-8:30pm
Wednesday, June 11, 2:00-4:00pm
Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.

Memoir Series Part Two: “My Childhood in Pieces” with Edward Hirsch
2025-06-11 16:30 - 17:30 | https://macaccess.org/program/memoir-series-part-two-my-childhood-in-pieces-with-edward-hirsch/
Join us on Wednesday, June 11 at 4:30pm EST for part two of JBI Library’s memoir series, as acclaimed poet Edward Hirsch reads excerpts from his newly released memoir “My Childhood in Pieces”, followed by a discussion of the writing process, the peculiarities of memoir writing, and questions from the audience. In “My Childhood in Pieces”, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet’s coming-of-age.
Register with Zoom at https://jbilibrary-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/0apde6jaQ1mw7hmvI6trlA
Note: If you have any access needs, require ASL interpretation, or prefer to register via email or phone, please reach out to us at register@jbilibrary.org or 646-616-3929.

Series: Social History of Jewish Food: Co-Hosted by JBI Library and ACB, led by Rabbi Andrew Goodman
2025-06-18 15:00 - 16:00 | https://macaccess.org/program/series-social-history-of-jewish-food-co-hosted-by-jbi-library-and-acb-led-by-rabbi-andrew-goodman/2025-06-18/
Join us and members of the ACB for the last two parts of a three-part series, “Social History of Jewish Food,” facilitated by Rabbi Andrew Goodman on Wednesday, June 4 and June 18 at 3 pm EDT. Dive into the rich culinary traditions and cultural significance of Jewish cuisine, as we explore the historical and social contexts that have shaped these beloved dishes. Using the book “Eat and Be Satisfied,” this program promises to be a delightful journey through the stories and importance of Jewish food. Part two of the series will focus on chapters 3 and 4: food during the Talmudic Era (also known as the first millennium of the Common Era), and part three of the series will discuss chapters 5 and 6: food during the Medieval Era. Feel free to join us for either or both remaining programs in this series!
Register using the following form. The Zoom information will be provided 24 hours in advance of the program with The American Council of the Blind’s (ACB) credentials: https://forms.office.com/r/iF1gFHeQcF
Please note: The book “Eat and Be Satisfied” is available to request at JBI Library. If you are not a patron with us, please feel free to reach out to our library at 212-545-8025 or library@jbilibrary.org and they will be happy to help you access the book.

Virtual Verbal Description Tour: The Mad MAD World of Jonathan Adler
2025-07-09 15:00 - 16:30 | The Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY, 10019, United States
People who are blind or have low vision are invited to join us online for a virtual verbal description tour of The Mad MAD World of Jonathan Adler.
The Mad MAD World of Jonathan Adler is an invitation into the glamorous, witty, and wonderful universe of celebrated potter and designer Jonathan Adler. In his first curatorial role, Adler presents more than 60 works from the Museum’s permanent collection alongside his own iconic designs. A playful and irreverent perspective on craft history, the exhibition illuminates the designer’s love of objects, materials, and the makers whose legacies precede his own

Virtual Verbal Description Tour: J😊Y TECH and Makibaka with Umber Majeed and Abang-guard
2025-07-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park , Queens , NY, 11368, United States
Visitors who are blind or have low vision are invited to join Umber Majeed and Abang-guard in a virtual verbal description tour of their respective exhibitions, J😊Y TECH and Makibaka. Using various media and approaches across video, painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, and AR, both artists engage with archives, community history, and migration to reconsider the 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair.
Join these artists on Zoom as they each verbally describe an artwork from their solo exhibitions and discuss their practice with participants.
This two-hour program will be facilitated on Zoom by Sarah Cho, Assistant Curator and Lindsey Berfond, Assistant Curator and Studio Programs Manager. The virtual description tour will be accessible by Zoom link or by dial-in, depending on your preference.
RSVP Required via Eventbrite. Please sign up here.

Virtual Verbal Description Exploration and Artist Conversation: "Safe Space" by Miles Regis
2025-08-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual/Online, NY, United States
Join us for a free virtual exploration of the “Safe Space” by Miles Regis augmented reality experience that features embedded audio description.
This event will take place on zoom from 5:00pm – 6:00pm on Friday, August 15th.
Designed for guests who are blind or have low vision but open to all, this Zoom event will be led by describer Madison Zalopany and will feature Miles Regis discussing his work. With a goal of increasing accessibility in modern technologies, this discussion will center on the process of collaborating to create an equitable augmented reality experience.
“Safe Space” is an in-person, site-specific augmented reality experience accessible through an app. This event will explore the digital artwork, and the recorded audio description that will be available until October.
This event will include verbal description, closed captioning, and ASL interpretation. If you require any additional accommodations feel free to let us know in the program registration form.
To sign up for this virtual program, submit our registration form. After registering you will receive a confirmation email with a link to join the Zoom and details for the event.
If you wish to register via email or over the phone, you can reach the Accessibility Team at access@lincolncenter.org or by calling 212-875-5375.

Mind’s Eye at the Guggenheim – Modern European Currents
2025-09-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-08 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-15 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-09-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128 United States, NY, United States
The Guggenheim New York celebrates the ideas, people, and art at the core of its mission by offering virtual and in-person Mind’s Eye programming for participants who are blind or have low vision. Join us for a tour of the current exhibition Collection in Focus | Modern European Currents.
Modern European Currents, featuring works from the Guggenheim’s collection by Natalia Goncharova, Vasily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, and more, captures this pivotal moment of artistic innovation and exchange. Artists turned to spirituality, nature, and abstraction as ways to interpret modern life, while also drawing from folk art and global influences in search of deeper connections. This exhibition invites you to explore a transformative turning point—when artists redefined the role of art in society and paved the way for the rise of abstraction.
This month’s Mind’s Eye programming will be led by educator Ellen Edelman through verbal description and conversation. The virtual sessions will be accessible by web link or by dial-in phone number, depending on your preference.
The same program will be offered twice in person and twice virtually; please RSVP for only one session.

Monday, September 8, 2:00–4:00pm IN PERSON
Monday, September 8, 6:30–8:30pm IN PERSON
Monday, September 15, 6:30–8:30pm VIRTUAL
Wednesday, September 17, 2:00–4:00pm VIRTUAL

Free, but space is limited. RSVP is required three days before the program. To RSVP, call 212 360 4355 or email access@guggenheim.org.

Picture This!—Arts of Oceania
2025-09-12 18:00 - 19:30 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Join us for a tour to enjoy works of art through detailed descriptions and discussion.
Presented in celebration of the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, featuring the Museum’s collections of the arts of Africa, the ancient Americas, and Oceania.
Events and programming related to the reopening of The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing are made possible by the Breyer Family Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Thompson Family Foundation. Additional support is provided by Stephen M. Cutler and Wendy N. Zimmermann, Kyveli and George Economou, Ed and Dale Mathias, the Mex-Am Cultural Foundation Inc., and two anonymous donors.
Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org to register.
For updates on upcoming programs, connect with us on Facebook or contact us at access@metmuseum.org.
See our visitor guidelines.

Verbal Description Printmaking Workshop at The Jewish Museum
2025-09-17 14:00 - 16:00 | The Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10128, United States
Visitors who are blind or have low vision are invited to join us for a collagraph printmaking workshop inspired by the exhibition Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity.
The Jewish Museum is committed to making its programs accessible to all. Please let us know if you need any additional accommodations.

Uncle Jumbo
2025-09-27 11:00 - 12:00 | David Rubenstein Atrium, 61 W 62nd St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Lincoln Center Presents: Uncle Jumbo
GRAMMY-nominated artist Uncle Jumbo blends heartfelt lyrics with messages of positivity to inspire young minds to dream big. Dance along to hits from his albums Taste the Sky and Garden Groove—music that lifts the spirit and sparks the imagination. The son of a disco and reggae DJ, and rooted in zydeco, Hip-Hop, and soul, Uncle Jumbo joyously mixes multiple styles to spread his core message: we are One Big Family.

Seeing Through Drawing—Lorna Simpson: Source Notes
2025-09-27 11:00 - 13:00 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Get inspired by the Museum’s collection and learn drawing techniques through workshops that include experimentation with materials, verbal description, and creative responses to works of art.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Lorna Simpson: Source Notes.
Free, though advance registration is required. Space is limited. Contact 212-650-2010 or access@metmuseum.org to register.
For updates on upcoming programs, connect with us on Facebook or contact us at access@metmuseum.org.
See our visitor guidelines.

Seen and Unseen: Small but Mighty
2025-10-09 19:30 - 21:00
Blind individuals and adults with low vision are invited to experience the art of Isamu Noguchi at home in this virtual program. Seen and Unseen virtual tours are free with RSVP and led by educators trained to lead engaging discussion through verbal description.
In this virtual tour, spend time with Isamu Noguchi’s sculptures inspired by snails, worms, centipedes, and other creatures that are often underfoot but rarely the focus of our attention.
Please email education@noguchi.org or call 718.204.7088 ext 203 to register and receive the Zoom link or dial-in phone number for the virtual tour.

Lincoln Center Presents- San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th Street, New York, NY, 10023, United States
San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood is an hour-long documentary directed by Emmy Award winner Stanley Nelson, preeminent documentarian of the African American experience. In the first half of the twentieth century, the area where Lincoln Center now stands was known as San Juan Hill. Predating the golden age of the Harlem Renaissance, musical phenomena like Bebop and the Charleston bloomed in this cultural mecca. Home to a largely working-class community, San Juan Hill was redlined in the 1930s and targeted by “urban renewal” in the 1940s and 1950s, displacing thousands of residents. Their stories of home, belonging, and resilience have gone untold until now. Through never-before-accessed historical footage, expert commentary, first-person storytelling with former residents, and narration by Academy Award-winning actress Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood celebrates the people, arts, and culture whose enduring legacy resonates today.
This film was commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and presented in association with Film at Lincoln Center. This film is made possible by support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Panel Participants
Moderator
Loren Schoenberg, Founding Director and Senior Scholar, National Jazz Museum in Harlem
Panelists
Aaron Flagg, Chair and Associate Director of Juilliard Jazz Studies, The Juilliard School
Fredara Hadley, Professor of Ethnomusicology, The Juilliard School
Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés, Writer and Independent Scholar, African Diasporic Studies

Audio Described Performance & Touch Tour of NOTHING CAN TAKE YOU FROM THE HAND OF GOD at Playwrights Horizons
2025-10-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd Street, New York, New York, 10036, United States
Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God
Audio Described Performance: Thursday, October 16 at 7:00 PM
Playwrights Horizons – Peter Jay Sharp Theater
(416 West 42nd Street, NYC)
Written by Jen Tullock and Frank Winters
Directed by Jared Mezzocchi
Performed by Jen Tullock (Severance)
About the Show: When a best-selling writer releases a book about her upbringing as a gay kid in the Evangelical South, she is confronted by the woman she claims to have had an affair with — who insists the stories are false. Operating multiple cameras and live looping systems, Jen Tullock (Severance) expertly plays a full cast of characters in a tour-de-force performance that blurs the line between reality and the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive.
Audio Description: This performance will feature live audio description by Andrea Miskow, designed for blind and low-vision audience members. Audio description is delivered via a personal listening device and provides vivid, objective narration of visual elements during the performance. A pre-show Touch Tour will also be offered, allowing patrons to explore elements of the set, costumes, and props through touch. The Touch Tour begins 30 minutes prior to curtain; advance registration is strongly encouraged. For more information about accessibility services, please contact accessibility@phnyc.org.
Access Tickets: Discounted tickets are available through our Access Passport program. Members can purchase starting Tuesday, August 5. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, August 19.
Not a member yet? You can sign up for free here to access discounted tickets to accessible performances year-round.

NYPL's Accessible Community, Culture, and Technology Fair
2025-10-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016
Join us for our Accessible Community, Culture, and Technology Fair on Friday, October 17th, from 11 AM to 4 PM at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) on 5th Avenue and 40th Street. This fair precedes NYPL’s Accessible Technology Conference 2025: Connect – Innovate – Act on Saturday, October 18 and Sunday, October 19.
What to Expect:

Tablers from diverse fields: education, employment, advocacy, arts, recreation, technology demonstrations, and support organizations
A keynote speech by Disability Rights Advocate Anastasia Somoza
Interactive demos and more!

Virtual Verbal Description Tour: Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology
2025-10-21 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-10-23 14:00 - 15:30 | Virtual/Online, NY, United States
Explore the Intrepid Museum’s newest temporary exhibition, Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology! Through verbal description and audio recordings, dive into the fascinating world of underwater archaeology, where cutting-edge technology and expert teams uncover mysteries hidden beneath the waves spanning thousands of years of history.
These educator-led tours are conducted remotely over Zoom with verbal description and conversation. Programs are accessible by web link and by call-in phone number, depending on your preference. This program will be offered twice. RSVP for one option.
Please email access@intrepidmuseum.org to register. Please include which session you are registering for (October 21 at 5:30pm ET or October 23 at 2:00pm ET).

Lincoln Center Presents- San Juan Hill: A New York Story by Etienne Charles
2025-10-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Alice Tully Hall, 141 Broadway at W 65 St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Created by composer Etienne Charles, San Juan Hill: A New York Story is an immersive multimedia creation that celebrates a vital chapter of New York’s past. Through music, visuals, and first-person accounts, this powerful work shines a light on the historic communities of the area where Lincoln Center stands today. Blending diverse musical styles—including ragtime, jazz, stride piano, swing, blues, mambo, paseo, Antillean waltz, calypso, funk, disco, and Hip-Hop—with historical film and compelling narratives, the work showcases the myriad cultures that migrants brought to New York from the American South and the Caribbean. Featuring Etienne Charles & Creole Soul, Frost Symphony Orchestra and special guests, this piece is a testament to the enduring spirit and forgotten stories of a community that helped shape the city’s cultural landscape.
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Note: The 2022 premiere of this work was co-presented by Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic, performed by Etienne Charles & Creole Soul and the New York Philharmonic, and created in collaboration with a range of artists and academics, including Carl Hancock Rux, Elena Pinderhughes, DJ Logic, playwright Eljon Wardally, video artist Maya Cozier, graffiti/visual artist Wicked GF (Gary Fritz), visual artist Bayete Ross Smith, and historian Julia Foulkes, among others.

Seeing Through Drawing—Man Ray: When Objects Dream
2025-10-25 11:00 - 13:00 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10028, United States
For adults who are blind or partially sighted. Get inspired by the Museum’s collection and learn drawing techniques through workshops that include experimentation with materials, verbal description, and creative responses to works of art.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Man Ray: When Objects Dream.
For updates on upcoming programs, connect with us on Facebook or contact us at access@metmuseum.org.
See our visitor guidelines.
Audio Description for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted
Access for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted

Opening Reception: Canal Street Research Association (market)
2025-11-15 12:00 - 18:00 | Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space
Cuchifritos Gallery is pleased to present a new project by AAI’s LES Studio Program residency alum Shanzhai Lyric. Designed in collaboration with architectural collective common room, Canal Street Research Association (market) will be on view at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space from November 15, 2025 through February 7, 2026.
Located inside Essex Market on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the installation transforms the gallery into a hybrid research site and storefront, examining how the politics of visibility, commerce, and belonging have shaped the city’s marketplaces for nearly a century. By situating the project within Cuchifritos Gallery, Shanzhai Lyric links historical inquiry to the living economies that sustain the neighborhood. Visitors are invited to step into the installation, browse its offerings, and produce their own bootleg holiday cards, joining an ongoing dialogue about creativity, labor, and survival in the city.

Lincoln Center Presents- Skeleton Canoe: An All My Relations Collective Collaboration
2025-12-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center, Samuel B & David Rose Building, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Written and performed by GRAMMY Award winner Ty Defoe, Skeleton Canoe is the powerful story of an Indigenous youth on the search for truth, belonging, and self-understanding. Using puppetry, multimedia design, and traditional Anishinaabe lifeways, the characters discover unexpected friends and weather storms. A performance for families of all ages, Skeleton Canoe was created in collaboration with All My Relations Collective, who are dedicated to creating transformative experiences at the intersection of art, technology, and traditional Indigenous knowledge.

Discover Design: Made in America
2026-01-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 E. 91st Street, New York, NY, 10128, United States
Explore this month’s featured exhibition at your own pace, with opportunities to discover, connect, and engage with the objects and ideas on display. At select points within the exhibition, trained staff are available to facilitate visual description, thoughtful conversation, close looking, and tactile exploration.
Programs are designed for visitors of all ages who may want additional support in learning about exhibition content. Staff trained in visual description and sighted guide are available for visitors who are blind or have low vision.
Registration is not required but strongly encouraged. Visitors with disabilities and their companions receive free admission with prior registration.
Learn more about upcoming Discover Design programs.

ACCESSIBILITY AND WHAT TO EXPECT

Format: This program provides choice for how and when you wish to engage. Explore the exhibition at your own pace. Program staff can be approached for visual description, guided close looking, tactile exploration, and conversation or questions.
About this space: This program will take place in Cooper Hewitt’s 2nd Floor Galleries in the Made in America exhibition. A majority of the exhibition contains photographs, with one video gallery and one gallery with physical object installation. There is seating throughout the exhibition. Gallery stools are available on every floor. The museum is fully wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible restroom on the ground floor. Read more about accessibility at Cooper Hewitt.
Accommodations:  A limited number of sighted guides are available for this program. Visual description will be provided. A screen reader accessible version of exhibition labels with wayfinding and image description are available on the exhibition resource page. We welcome questions and accommodation requests that support your participation. Email us at CHAccess@si.edu or call 212.849.8384. Please make your request as far in advance as possible—preferably at least ten days before the program date.

Lincoln Center Presents- Vision: Facing the American Dream
2026-01-20 19:00 - 20:00 | David Rubenstein Atrium, 61 W 62nd St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic
The day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a distinguished panel of experts delves into the themes of hope, discovery, and colonization of American lands—ideas that lie at the heart of Thomas Adès’s America (A Prophecy), which the New York Philharmonic commissioned and premiered in 1999.
This conversation is part of a five-event series examining the American experience in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Moderated by renowned ethnomusicologist, historian, and Juilliard faculty member Fredara Hadley, each discussion is scheduled to last one hour and will be followed by an audience Q&A.

Weave In Weave Out Exhibition
2026-01-23 10:00 - 18:00
Weave In, Weave Out is a fiber art exhibition where the audience and artists come together to create a shared experience of creativity and community. When you step into Weave In, Weave Out, you will be warmly invited to take a seat at the loom. Whether you’re a seasoned weaver or a first-time participant, everyone is welcome to add their stamp of creativity to the ongoing evolution of the exhibition. The featured artworks offer sparks of inspiration, while Intertwine Arts staff will be on hand for guidance and support.
Combining performance, installation, and live social sculpture, Weave In, Weave Out is a major exhibition hosted by Positive Exposure of site-specific fiber work by contemporary disabled artists from Intertwine Arts. The title of the exhibition alludes to the spatial nature of the exhibition, where visitors are encouraged to come and go within the space, or drop in or out, over the two-month duration that the gallery has become a live social sculpture, or a socially engaged art practice. Intertwine Arts is a non-profit organization based in New York which brings free-form weaving to people of all ages with developmental, mental and physical disabilities and chronic illness. The mission of Intertwine Arts is that weaving is for everyone, and that fiber arts should be accessible, which also ascribes to the principles of disability justice. The Disability Justice movement is a social justice movement developed in 2005 by the Disability Justice Collective that included Patty Berne, Stacey Milbern and Leroy Moore. Many of the looms that artists from Intertwine Arts use have been designed with accessible modifications to meet the needs of crip time and the unique capacities that disabled embodiment brings. While the work of Intertwine Arts is not clinically-driven, such as art therapy-based interventions, there is a shared and mutual understanding of the holistic and generative benefits that weaving offers, where it fosters creativity and independence, increases feelings of self-worth and satisfaction, and offers opportunities for unique expressions of memories, lived experiences, and the imagination. The organization facilitates art-weaving workshops with organizations that include AHRC, Visions, HeartShare, IAHD and the YAI Without Walls program.
The exhibition is open for appointment where visitors can engage in learning how to weave at the loom while working alongside Intertwine artists in the gallery space. The exhibition is also accompanied by accessible features, including live-streaming for those who wish to participate in weaving and observing virtually, a dedicated webpage for audiences at home, and performative image descriptions of works as weavings are made in-situ.
