Carmelo Castro-Netsky and Julian Mithra
Be inspired to facilitate an accessible and inclusive community arts project through the case study of a mural developed and installed at the Ed Roberts Campus in South Berkeley, a hub for disability justice work. Through core principles, like slowness and emergent structure, attendees will accompany us through a circuitous path from concept to design to production to installation. The discussion harmonizes wisdom from community arts engagement (without a legacy of accessibility) and the collective wisdom from a cohort of artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities (who haven’t always been empowered in self-representation). What are the cognitive, creative, and construction tools that help interrupt capitalist demands for efficiency, expertise, or verbal communication? Join us to think critically about our relationship with each other and our bodies, nourishing the soil in which civic engagement grows by acquiring hands-on strategies for a site-specific project whose process and product are both accessible.
