User:Yonna95/Disability art

Disability Art[ edit]
Disability art refers to the exploration of the disability experience through an art form or content by an individual. The art focuses on the expression of the positive identity of disability with the concept of disability art relating to theater, performance, music, literature, and art; which is intended for both: able and disabled. It develops through themes, support communities, and artists who are disabled.

Themes[ edit]
Themes in disability art incorporate with the individual past, and present of how they look at their disadvantages. These disadvantages can be resulted in creating work to better understand them to those who do not. The themes that surround disability art are stereotypes, advantages, disadvantages, inclusion, exclusion, physical and mental health.

Disability Artist[ edit]

 * Christine Sun Kim an American sound artist who creates work through drawing, video and performance base on how sound affects her and society around it.


 * Stephen Wiltshire is a British artist diagnosed with autism at the age of three that creates highly detailed cityscapes.


 * John Bramblitt is an American artist who is "functionally blind" meaning that he can differentiate between light and dark, creating colorful paintings with texture paint to be able to feel around the painting.


 * Alessandro Schiattarella is a Switzerland dancer, choreographer, and videographer creating less visible disability. Since the age of fifteen, he was diagnosed with Hirayama disease, in which it is slowly reducing the strength in his hands. Christine Sun Kim.jpg Stephen Wiltshire IMG 3011 (30520422661).jpg



There are many other disabled artists in the past and present that works with their disadvantages to create an impact on society today.

Supports Disability Artists[ edit]
Places that support disability artists aims to organize and take action for disabled artists to thrive and emerge. While deconstructing the discrimination practices and policies faced by disabled artists, programs and studios work to support and evolve the community of experienced disabled artists. Some places are professional studios where disabled people can work, create, and put on a show. Communities as such are Art Enables, Disability/Arts/NYC (DANT). Other places that support disabled artists are places like Shape Arts which is a funded arts charity by the Arts Council England, which provides disabled individuals the opportunity to work in the arts.