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Making the invisible visible

Procession

Details

2020

1 hour 30 minute performance

as Hexus Collective

Image documentation by Wesley Leffingwell

Program

Supported by ArtHyve‘s “Archives as Muse” 

About

“We the members of Hexus Collective commemorate four (dis)abled artist activists, Liz Sexton, Deborah Williams, Barbara Lisicki, & Paddy Masefield, & the decades-long fight for (dis)ability justice & equality (a fight that is particularly prevalent in Denver’s public transportation history). These artists & others founded the Disability Arts Movement (DAM) in the UK. Their images, featured here on protest-like signs, were graciously provided by the UK’s National Disability Arts Collection & Archive (NDACA). Hexus—the three figures you see walking, dressed in white—all have invisible disabilities (conditions like chronic & mental illnesses that are not immediately recognizable as (dis)abilities). We carry images of the artists/activists to honor their contributions to creating fairness in the arts. We also reference the common practice of processing the remains of revered figures through public spaces. Because we walk in the street, we demand space for our (dis)abled bodies.”

Making the invisible visible

Artwork / Visual art

Sixty Five Roses

Sixty Five Roses

Details

2015

Ink & acrylic on paper

A series of sixty-five works

Video documentation by Brighton Linge

Image documentation by MG Bernard

Revised: 4/15/24; 5/12/24; 5/16/24

Exhibitions

2015: Sixty-Five Roses Challenge, Mid-City Theater, New Orleans, LA  

2015: Sixty-Five Roses for Cystic Fibrosis, Amanda Sibley Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Press

About

A two-month long project to raise awareness for cystic fibrosis. All funds earned from artwork sales were donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 

Making the invisible visible

Artwork / Visual art

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