Ann Millet-Gallant came to the school to talk about her book, The Disabled Body in Contemporary Art.
In the lecture, she went over how disabilities are an aspect of human diversity and social identity. It really questions social norms and how we perceive what "normal" is. She used a various of artists as examples, such as Mary Duffy, Frida Kahlo, Sandie Yi, Saartie Baartman, Marc Quinn, and more. She explained the different disabilities, such as deformity, dwarfism, and gigantism, and how it can be used to empower people (such as Sandie Yi's "Armed and Beautiful" which has her control how her audience is looking at her; how they're looking at her on her terms).
Overall, this lecture was going over the diversity of disabilities as well as bring awareness to them.
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