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Visions and Voices – Opulent Mobility
September 25, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Opulent Mobility – Opening Event and Panel Discussion
Date:
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 12 pm
Location:
Mayer Auditorium
DESCRIPTION:
What does it mean to center disability in arts practice and aesthetics? Opulent Mobility is a vibrant group exhibition at the Hoyt Gallery that spotlights artists whose works answer this question by reframing and recalibrating conventional approaches to disability and chronic illness. Now in its ninth year and being shown for the first time at USC, Opulent Mobility will include a rich collection of pieces across diverse media including photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media, and video to offer new models of beauty, interdependence, and care.
The opening will include a conversation at the Mayer Auditorium featuring curators A. Laura Brody and Anthony Tusler, artist Patricia Fortlage, and occupational therapist and Limitless Dance co-founder Debbie Wang, moderated by USC professor Julie Van Dam. They will address the pertinence of disability art practice to disability ethics and aesthetics.
The panel will be accompanied by live ASL translation, and all art descriptions will be available in a Braille booklet. A reception in the gallery will follow.
This program is open to all eligible individuals. Keck School of Medicine of USC operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.