This exhibition is part of the second annual Disability is Diversity Week at CCA. This week is meant to engage the CCA community in acknowledgement, visibility, and celebration of disability. Disability is Diversity Week is named to represent that disability should be present in our conversations on diversity, social justice, and inclusion. Because disability touches and intersects with every identity under the umbrella of diversity, we believe offering space for community building, sharing experience, and discussing ways forward while specifically highlighting disabled identities is essential towards growth for our community. We hope that the art displayed here can create space for disability identity and empower artists and individuals who have so often been left out of the conversation.

The wonderful artists involved in this exhibition are each valuable members of the CCA community. Find work from students, faculty, and staff who identify as disabled and/or are presenting work that reflects the importance of accessibility, the impact of ableism, the need for disabled perspectives in art, and disability identity as a whole.

Each aspect of Disability is Diversity Week is intended to support the broadening of discussions and ideas we collectively have about what disability means. We will work throughout the week to dismantle the idea that disability is inherently negative and work to celebrate the lives, work, and contributions disabled folks have brought to not only CCA but to the world at large. This week is one part of the Access/Disability Services team’s effort to amplify disabled experiences and give CCA community members the access, language, and space to start and continue discussions on disability as part of diversity.