Love Endures: Two Couples’ Journeys to Be Together
by Eric Clow (This article was originally posted February 14, 2017 as “Love is in the Air.”) For me, love is being with someone and knowing that life […]
Reflecting On What Disability Means
By Emily Heath My name is Emily and I am an intern at Art Spark Texas. The “college experience” means something different for everybody but it might bring up […]
Artist of the Month – Kemi Yemi-Ese
By April Sullivan Kemi is a Nigerian-American artist living in Austin, Texas. She was raised in Houston, Texas and moved to Austin eleven years ago for physical therapy […]
Documentation as Empowerment
By Gaurav Aung My home country, Myanmar, is most distinctly third-world in the support it provides for people with disabilities. During my time volunteering at the Insein Blind School […]
Asexuality and Disability
By Paisley Hansen Hello! My name is Paisley, and I’m an intern with Art Spark Texas. Something that’s been on my mind recently has been the question of […]
Making Space for Humor
By Walter Greene Whether you’re reading John’s writing, listening to one of his stories (check out “Is There a Doctor in The House,” streaming now), or lucky enough […]
It’s Time to Disentangle Disability from Metaphor and Put Characters with Disabilities at the Center of the Narrative
By Sierra Armor Especially within classical literature, it is difficult to find characters with disabilities who are not written-off as villains or confined to the periphery of the […]
RAMPD Brings Inclusion and Access to the Music Industry
This past fall, we learned from our friend, disabled musician and winner of the 2016 Tiny Desk Contest, Gaelynn Lea, about an exciting advocacy group she helped to […]
Too Few Cooks in the Kitchen: A Call for Representation
By Walter As a student, I spend a lot of my time hunched over a desk, screen to my face, reading, writing, and emailing about classes, exams, papers, […]
January Artist of the Month Nicole Cortichiato
By April Sullivan We are very excited to have Nicole Cortichiato as our first Artist of the Month for 2022! I met Nicole in 2011 when she submitted […]