Opulent Mobility - Opening Event and Panel Discussion

What does it mean to center disability in arts practice and aesthetics? is a vibrant group exhibition that spotlights artists whose works answer this question by reframing and recalibrating conventional approaches to disability and chronic illness. Now in its ninth year and being shown for the first time at USC, Opulent Mobility will include a rich collection of pieces across diverse media including photography, painting, sculpture, mixed media, and video to offer new models of beauty, interdependence, and care.
The opening will include a conversation featuring curators and with artist , moderated by USC professor . They will address the pertinence of disability art practice to disability ethics and aesthetics.
The panel will be accompanied by live ASL translation, and all art descriptions will be available in a Braille booklet.

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Reimagining Disability Narratives through Artistic Practice
A Lecture by A. Laura Brody
September 24, 2024, at 12:30 p.m.
Taper Hall 301
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Gender, Queerness, Disability, and the Arts
A Conversation with A. Laura Brody and Brontë Grimm
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 10 a.m.
Taper Hall 309K
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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Julie Van Dam (French and Italian), Erika Wright (Medical Education and English), Sabrina Derrington (Pediatrics), and Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education). Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and Law) Program and the Center for Bioethics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Hoyt Gallery, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, United States