Portfolio Reflection

https://sites.google.com/haverford.edu/cdsfinal-map/home 

Here is my final project!

I decided to revolve my final project on what I have learned in this class as well as current events. I did this by making an art piece. I began by tracing out the words, “PAY ATTENTION.” I chose this statement because as a society we are often neglecting to see what is in front of us. I also wanted to make a message to the audience to pay attention to people who have been forgotten and historical events that have been erased. The letter ‘P’ has four images: Marcus-David Peters memorial, Disabled People’s Liberation Front, a cube, and the word RIOT. Marcus-David Peters was a young Black man who was shot and killed by the police. He was having a mental health crisis but the officers escalated the incident that resulted in his death.

Working in tandem with CCW and their artists, as well as collectively as a class, has really put into perspective the ways in which we can make art accessible to the largest population of people. Not only do we have to make the consumption of art accessible in how we present it and the spaces it inhabits, but we also have to make the production and creation of art accessible in the ways that creative spaces like CCW have. Art is not only often expensive to create, but it can be labor intensive or physically taxing, as well as highly criticized. It was refreshing to be able to observe and curate work that is unlike work I have ever seen, and was created in such a supportive and unique environment.

See attached images and PDF for the work, an image description, and the background/process.

I feel so grateful that I was given the opportunity to work with artists at CCW through this class. It was unlike anything I'd ever done before. It added so much to my semester and was really rewarding. During the first tour of CCW, I was so amazed by all the types of art that were being created there. I was so impressed by seeing rug making, t-shirt making, woodworking, and sculptures, among many others. There's also something so comforting about being in such a large space filled with so much creativity. Everywhere you looked, there was either someone in the process of creating something or finished works all around the center that fill the space with so much light and creativity. 

Hello all, 

Here is my final project website that serves as a beginner's guide to learning ASL by a beginner (me) who is currently learning ASL. In this website, I made sure to include historical information about Deaf culture and highlighted the work of different Deaf creators. This page can serve as a first step for those wishing to better understand this language and is complete with lists and lists of avialable and useful resources when learning about ASL. Here is the link to the page!

https://sites.google.com/haverford.edu/asl-a-beginners-guide/home 

since we've been doing access work for the exhibition, i've been thinking a lot about daily access at Bryn Mawr. while not everything can be universally accessible, there are a lot of aspects of life that could easily be made accessible, but are currently not. a big example of this is new dorm dining hall, which is known for its rotation of cultural foods throughout the year. yet, there is a huge accessibility issue - while the dining hall itself is relatively roomy and easy to navigate, the food is served in two rows back to back with no access to the other side. there is a glass window at about standing shoulder-level, which means to get to the food in the second row, you must be able to bend and stretch relatively far to reach the utensil to grab the food.

    I wanted to write a post to appreciate the attention we have been paying to access in our artist's exhibit. I have noticed that doing access work, like writing image descriptions and imagining the exact experiences and needs of viewers and artists, has provided me with an enriched connection to the artwork itself. Through the work, I have gotten to notice things about the art that I had not noticed at first, or without my group mates' collaboration. In addition to this work being essential for the physical accessibility of the art work, it has also made me enjoy the artwork even more than I did before considering access or writing descriptions for the exhibit.

Hi everyone, my final project talks about the relationship between art and disability, since we've been discussing CCW and multiple mediums of art that the community have created and its such a vibrant field to dig deeper in. This is a narrated PPT, where each slide accompanies a short audio clip that once you click on it, plays the presentation for the slide. Hope you enjoy!