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This blog, with regular entries by members of the Bodies of Work team and guest writers, explores what we are learning about the development of disability artistry, activism, advocacy, and creative research.

A dark room with green light. A white man is pictured crawling on a black marbled floor with a coffin balanced on his back. The man has a black shirt on, no pants, and the coffin is brown with tan swirl motifs. There is a coffin shaped outline made of small stones in the background.

Martin O’Brien: Fading Out of Dead Air

Abby Caughman (she/her) | Posted on February 23, 2025

A person's hand holds a flyer advertising the

An Afternoon of CounterBalance: MOMENTA Dance Company's 14th Annual Performance Leaves Lasting Impact

Chelsea Wallaert | Posted on February 18, 2025

Outside in front of rocks and greenery, a woman in a black shirt with an oval shaped face and wavy brunette hair smiles with a closed mouth.

Introducing Fall 2024 3Arts/Bodies of Work Artist in Residence Rachel Singer:

Amelia-Marie Altstadt, M.A. (they/she) | Posted on February 16, 2025

On a white wall, Libby Evan’s quilt titled, “Are You Seriously Serious?” hangs with the left corner loosely hanging down. The quilt has a pink satin edge with puffed screen prints on mixed fabrics, glass beads, sequins, and batting. The phrase “Are you seriously serious?

Voices Embodied: Reverberations

Bri Noonan | Posted on February 16, 2025

On a black background, Bri Noonan’s piece, Invocation: Hereditary Hauntings, featuring polaroid emulsions of family photos from their childhood are visible. In the center of the piece, three polaroids are featured. The left and right polaroid feature two sides of a map from multiple institutions, including Dunning, to Phoenix, Arizona. The center polaroid features text about how insanity is hereditary. The piece is lit up from behind with multicolored lights.

Center for MAD Culture: Dunning: an exploration by artists and poets of the history of Dunning

Sam Weiss (they/them) | Posted on February 16, 2025

“Capturing Our Ingenious Ways of Being and Becoming”: A deCRIPtion workshop by Bri Noonan and Joy Young

Sarah Kim-Williams (she/they) | Posted on February 16, 2025

This photo features a brown-complected Black woman with medium-length dark brown hair shifted to her left shoulder. She is staring into the camera with a slight grin. She is wearing a royal blue shirt.

Negotiating Access Conflicts for More Generative Potential

Shanita L. Jones | Posted on February 16, 2025

An image of a light brown paper mâché fox lying on its side with its front feet upwardly outstretched. It lays on four soft objects: a turquoise blanket, a black blanket, a grey pillow, and a white and purple floral pillow.

Rachel Singer’s Puppetry and Disability Culture Workshop: Practitioners of Being and Becoming

Claire Zuch | Posted on February 16, 2025

Two round humanlike figures are positioned near a cliff. There is a sign between them that reads, “Sorry we’re closed.” One of them is standing on top of the cliff and has their arms out from their body in a w-like position and is saying, “You’re overthinking. Just relax.” The other figure is hanging over the edge of the cliff holding on and saying, “Help!”

Mental Health Storytelling for Disability Justice

Andrea Carol Celestine (She/her) | Posted on February 16, 2025

With her head tilted to the side and her hands holding the back of her head, Terri Lynne Hudson gazes into the camera. She wears bright pink eye makeup, dark lipstick and a black long-sleeve shirt.

Introducing Fall 2024 3Arts/Bodies of Work Fellow Terri Lynne Hudson

Nour Ghobrial (she/they) | Posted on October 01, 2024

A white wall contains the text: RIVA LEHRER The Monster Studio. The wall has nine pieces of white paper in two rows hanging from silver bulldog clips. All the paper is blank except for one that contains a chromatic, abstract drawing. There is an empty bulldog clip where the next completed drawing will hang.

Riva Lehrer’s solo show, The Monster Studio, at Zolla Lieberman Gallery

Libby Evan (she/her) | Posted on October 01, 2024

Kennedy Healy’s Skills Share Workshop on Writing Care Scenes

Madison Whitaker (they/them) | Posted on September 03, 2024

A picture of Curb Appeal’s inaugural opening of Molly Joyce’s exhibit Prescriptive. This photo is taken from the outside looking through the window of the apartment art gallery. Inside, people are standing in front of chairs. Behind the people is a large television screen displaying Joyce exhibit Prescriptive. The screen is black and the top of the screen reads “What is cure for you?” in white letters. Photo courtesy of Curb Appeal Gallery.

Molly Joyce’s Prescriptive Opens at Curb Appeal

Em Peacock (they/them) | Posted on August 27, 2024

Image created by Bianca Xunise (2023). Pink and green text on a lavender background. The event title on the top left reads “Spoken Doodle” in large handwritten bubble font accompanied by a drawing of lips and a pencil. Below, a green text box reads “A Live Comics Event. Friday APR 21st 3:30-5pm”. To the right, three circles featuring hand-drawn headshots of Eileen Chavez), Mariah-Rose Marie, and Sage Coffey, captioned with “With Readings By…” and their names. A green caption to the right reads “Biance Xunise, 2023 3Arts/Bodies of Work Residency Fellow” with a squiggly arrow pointing to a full-body drawing of Bianca Xunise holding a large pencil.

Spoken Doodle: Bianca Xunise & Friends Highlight Disability, Mental Health, & Community Through Comics

Kora Dzbinski (they/them) | Posted on August 27, 2024

Ariella Granados, a femme Latinx artist in all black with glasses, long dark hair with bangs, and red lipstick, sits on a stool next to a green-screen fabric-clad mannequin wearing a pink wig with bangs and a suit and tie and a textured woven hand with patches made to look like tattoos including one that says “mom” in a heart with an arrow. In the background are a green screen, lights, and camera equipment.

3Arts/BOW Artist in Residence Ariella Granados

Maddie Abelson (she/they) | Posted on August 27, 2024