you the stories and
voices of the artists at
BEING studio.
Rachel: Okay. Maybe we can do the announcement in a bit of a more dramatic way. We can try that. I didn’t give that to you cause you’re really good at the drama.
Debbie: I’m a drama queen! What do they expect!
Rachel: Exactly!
Rachel: I’m Rachel Gray.
Debbie: I’m Debbie Ratcliffe. And We’re thrilled to announce that on November 30th, we’re back again for season two. We’ve learned a lot. It was a fun ride, but this one’s going to be even better.
Speakers, artists with disabilities telling our own stories.
Rachel: And this season we’re doing it on a whole new scale.
Debbie: We know that it’s been a long time since you’ve heard from us, but believe us. We’ve been busy.
The season will bring you 10 new stories, stories that explore voice redefine reality, reflect on disability experiences.
Rachel: This season, we’re going to dig into our own history, our archive, we’re exploring who we are and who we’ve been.
Debbie: We can’t wait to share it with you!
In this last episode of Season 2 of SPEAK, Rachel and Fin invite guests to talk about the role of H’Art/BEING Studio in Ontario over the past 20 years. They talk to professor Michael Orsini (University of Ottawa) about the changes in disability rights since the beginning of BEING. Professor Eliza Chandler (Ryerson University) also talks about the importance of having access to a disability arts archive and Bucko shares his thoughts about being a disabled artist.
This episode marks the first half of a two-part mini-series on the evolution of BEING Studio over the past 20 years. This part focuses on late artist Irene Beck and the storytelling power of art. Artists and family members come together to react to and remember Irene’s paper bag collection, “Sidekick”.
