Making Your Art Accessible with Jenel Shaw

Presented in partnership with Creative Manitoba.

Join Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba Executive Director Jenel Shaw as she addresses how artists can make their work more accessible to the Deaf and disability communities. This session will discuss image descriptions, the use of QR codes, outreach and much more, to enhance accessibility and broaden your audience. Discussion will include all types of artmaking, including visual art, music, poetry and performance.

Jenel Shaw is a visual artist who graduated with a Masters in Disability Studies from the University of Manitoba. Her dissertation, An Autoethnological Study of Art as a Tool of Empowerment, examined her own experiences with mental illness and disability art. Shaw is a passionate advocate for the disability community, with a focus on accessibility in the arts. She is the Executive Director of Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba and the Co-Chair of the Manitoba Artist-Run Centres Coalition.