{"id":460879,"date":"2019-05-19T03:27:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T10:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=460879"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:20:34","slug":"ep-51-disabled-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/05\/19\/ep-51-disabled-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 51: Disabled Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8004\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-460879-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_51_Final.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_51_Final.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_51_Final.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_51_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=460879-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_51_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_51_Final.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('460879-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_460879-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_460879-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=460879-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D460879\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_460883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460883\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"460883\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/05\/19\/ep-51-disabled-artists\/2-kevin-haywahe-new-panel-winnipeg-1990-left-side_-image19a-4atosam\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?fit=1438%2C1125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1438,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2. Kevin Haywahe, New Panel Winnipeg, 1990 -left side_ Image19a &amp;#8211; 4aToSam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Title: Kevin Haywahe, Assiniboine First Nation, 1990, pigment print on archival paper. By Jeff Thomas: &amp;#8220;The photo I have attached is from my powwow portrait series &amp;#8220;Strong Hearts.&amp;#8221; My aim is to take an iconic image of Indianness and invite each dancer to return the tourist gaze and open a conversation.&amp;#8221; &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?fit=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?fit=1024%2C801&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-460883\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?resize=400%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Title: Kevin Haywahe, Assiniboine First Nation, 1990, pigment print on archival paper. By Jeff Thomas: &quot;The photo I have attached is from my powwow portrait series &quot;Strong Hearts.&quot; My aim is to take an iconic image of Indianness and invite each dancer to return the tourist gaze and open a conversation.&quot;\" width=\"400\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?resize=768%2C601&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?resize=1024%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.-Kevin-Haywahe-New-Panel-Winnipeg-1990-left-side_-Image19a-4aToSam.jpg?w=1438&amp;ssl=1 1438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-460883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Title: Kevin Haywahe, Assiniboine First Nation, 1990, pigment print on archival paper. By Jeff Thomas: &#8220;The photo I have attached is from my powwow portrait series &#8216;Strong Hearts.&#8217; My aim is to take an iconic image of Indianness and invite each dancer to return the tourist gaze and open a conversation.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today\u2019s episode features an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/jeff-thomas.ca\/bio\/\">Jeff Thomas<\/a>, an urban Iroquois photographer, artist, researcher, public speaker, and curator based in Ottawa, Ontario in Canada. Jeff will talk about racism, indigeneity, colonialism and how his photography re-contextualizes historical images of First Nations people. We also talk about how art weaves in the past, present, and future. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_7yn7uJJ6e8PGV3-jL5aVQ3Mt82cOHIpH0jj_Hh8AUE\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>Google doc<\/strong><\/a>] \u00a0 \u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Disabled-Artists.pdf\"><strong>PDF<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_460882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460882\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"460882\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/05\/19\/ep-51-disabled-artists\/credit-justin-wonnacott\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/credit-Justin-Wonnacott.jpg?fit=600%2C428&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,428\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"credit Justin Wonnacott\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jeff Thomas, an urban Iroquois man with brown hair with touches of gray and a beard. He is smiling at the camera. Photo credit: Justin Wonnacott&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/credit-Justin-Wonnacott.jpg?fit=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/credit-Justin-Wonnacott.jpg?fit=600%2C428&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-460882\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/credit-Justin-Wonnacott.jpg?resize=400%2C285&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jeff Thomas, an urban Iroquois man with brown hair with touches of gray and a beard. He is smiling at the camera. Photo credit: Justin Wonnacott\" width=\"400\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/credit-Justin-Wonnacott.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/credit-Justin-Wonnacott.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-460882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Thomas, an urban Iroquois man with brown hair with touches of gray and a beard. He is smiling at the camera. Photo credit: Justin Wonnacott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jeff Thomas<\/strong> (b. 1956, Buffalo, New York) is an urban-based Iroquois, self-taught photo-based artist, writer, pubic speaker, and curator, living in Ottawa, Ontario, and has works in major collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Jeff&#8217;s most recent solo shows were A Necessary Fiction: My Conversation with Edward S. Curtis &amp; George Hunter, Art Gallery of Mississauga, The Dancing Grounds, Wanuskewin Heritage Park (Saskatoon), A Necessary Fiction: My Conversation with Nicholas de Grandmaison, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery (Lethbridge), and Resistance Is NOT Futile, Stephen Bulger Gallery (Toronto). Thomas has also been in many group shows, including \u00a0The Family Camera, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario: Tributes + Tributaries, 1971-1989, Art Gallery of Ontario, Land\/Slide: Possible Futures, Markham, Ontario, SAKAH\u00c0N, National Gallery of Canada, UNMASKING: Arthur Renwick, Adrian Stimson, Jeff Thomas, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France. In 1998, he was awarded the Canada Council&#8217;s prestigious Duke and Duchess of York Award in Photography, inducted to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art, in 2008 he received The Karsh Award in photography, and in 2017 received a REVAL Indigenous Art Award. Thomas has also been awarded grants from the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/jeff-thomas.ca\/\">https:\/\/jeff-thomas.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b> to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whoamitostopit.com\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Audio Producer and Transcriber<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Producer, Interviewer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wKOU_Z6Y8yQ\">\u201cHard Out Here for A Gimp\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Album: NO BIG DEAL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Axletree\/Glint_EP\/Small_Daffs_1803\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small Daffs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Axletree\/Snow_EP\/The_Sighful_Branches\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sighful Branches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Axletree. Source: freemusicarchive.org. (Licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Jack_Master. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by sheepfilms. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_51_Final.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_51_Final.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday\u2019s episode features an interview with Jeff Thomas, an urban Iroquois photographer, artist, researcher, public speaker, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/05\/19\/ep-51-disabled-artists\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 51: Disabled Artists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":460882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[587152318],"tags":[177,1907,2443,587152732,4572256,587152733,587152514,587152647,587152734,587152513,587152648,587152439,436,587152650],"class_list":["post-460879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-art","tag-artists","tag-canada","tag-colonialism","tag-disabled-artists","tag-first-nations","tag-indigenous-disabled-people","tag-indigenous-people","tag-iroquois","tag-native-disabled-people","tag-native-people","tag-ontario","tag-photography","tag-settler-colonialism","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/credit-Justin-Wonnacott.jpg?fit=600%2C428&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1VTx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}