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Molly Joyce plays her vintage toy organ.

What is weakness for you?

Inside: The work of Molly Joyce.

A bright purple background with white capital letters spelling "Luminato Festival Toronto".

Friends of Creative Connector

Luminato Festival Toronto

Based in Toronto, Ontario.

A still from the short film "Better." A woman smiles, her sister applying glitter to her face.

Better

A coming-out film for disability.

Promotional poster for the "Beginning 2.0 A National Conversation" conference.

Beginning

An upcoming Disability arts conference returning for its 2.0 edition in Canmore from May 6-8, 2024!

A young man with brown hair smiling in his wheelchair wearing a Red Sox jersey at a baseball game.

Free tickets to Hot Docs!

Inside: Feature documentary by Samuel Habib, a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career and find love. Oh and free tickets!

Alex kneels in the grass with a guitar. They are wearing a lilac outfit and heart framed glasses.

Member highlight: Alex K. Masse

Creative Connector Member Highlight: Meet Alex

Art work featuring two children with a colourful background full of shapes and numbers.

Grants for Manitoban Artists

Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba will be offering four grants of $2000 each for d/Deaf and/or disabled artists!

Image of the total eclipse in 3 stages

The sky belongs to everyone.

LightSound enables b/Blind and low-vision people to experience the total eclipse.

A woman stands in a field, wearing a blue lace dress. She has dirt smeared on her face and hands.

Sick+Twisted's Antigone

Sick + Twisted Theatre, AA Battery and The Mariachi Ghost are thrilled to announce an exclusive run of Antigone online.

Kathy M. Austin, Jody Lynn Roll and Paul Brain sit in chairs for an interview.

Why not me, why not now?

Meet the NaAC's Professional track Film Ensemble.

Call for Submissions: ArtsAbly in Conversation

ArtsAbly would like to interview you!

The Disability Files

The Disability Files | Spencer West

We're so excited to bring you the first issue of The Disability Files from the desk of Spencer West.

Poster for "Code of the Freaks."

Offend one and you offend them all.

Code of the Freaks, a feature-length documentary, is a radical reframing of the use of disabled characters in film.

Say the word.

Why we must say the word "disability" and together eradicate the stigma.

Disability culture is something that you are a part of.

For John Loeppky, disability culture is exemplified by moments of validation and connection.

Photograph of JJJJJerome Ellis lying naked in a field.

The word I stutter on most frequently is my name.

Check out some recent projects of JJJJJerome Ellis.

Image of group of people singing in a choir on stage.

Call for Choristers!

Don't miss out on this opportunity!

Friends of Creative Connector

Propeller Dance

Based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Side by side images of a still from Love is Blind and a photo of character Shaun from The Good Doctor.

Is mediocre representation better than no representation?

Some experts are pushing for more diverse storylines around autistic portrayals.

Ashley Rivera's art stand.

discover Disability-owned businesses

A one-stop online shopping environment with Disability-led shops and businesses.

Taylor Trensch and Marilee Talkington in Lerner & Loewe's Camelot.

the simple joys of representation

Marilee Talkington has been breaking barriers in a big way for decades.

Pockets with Yapette, Spin and Giggle in Mixmups.

meet the Mixmups

a new kid’s TV show creating magic with its representation of disability.

A screenshot from precarihousingthemap's homepage.

in search of precarious housing stories

Creative Connector member claude wittmann is searching for stories of housing insecurity/crises by Toronto-based invisibly disabled artists.

go as you please

go as you please

New National Railway Museum exhibition in the UK explores underrepresented stories of disability.

vancouver community inclusion festival

vancouver community inclusion festival

Vancouver’s inclusion festival connects people with disabilities with much-needed resources.