If you are, or if you know an artist that identifies with a physical and/or cognitive disability, then the Civil Rights Heritage Center would love to include their two- or three-dimensional artwork in an upcoming exhibition.
On July 16, 2024, the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center will partner with the Office of Disability Support Services to unveil “Ability 4”, featuring works by local community and IU South Bend student artists who self-identify as living with different forms of disabilities, physical and/or cognitive.
To have your artwork considered for inclusion in the exhibition, all you need to do is email a photo of your work(s) along with brief information about yourself to George Garner at gwgarner@iu.edu. Including dimensions of the work will be incredibly helpful too as we decide how many works we can include. The center will consider only original 2- or 3-dimensional works of art (no performance, music, or digital-only).
The Civil Rights Heritage Center intend to select a mix of IU South Bend student/faculty and community artists so they may have the opportunity to expand their networks, support each other, and the local community of artists with disabilities.
Mark your calendars too for July 16 when we unveil the exhibition with an opening event.
Questions? Contact George Garner, Civil Rights Heritage Center Assistant Director and Curator, at gwgarner@iu.edu.