Allen After Hours / Accessibility Dreams

Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Join us for a presentation by Finnegan Shannon, an artist experimenting with forms of access that intervene in ableist structures with humor, earnestness, and rage. Through their art practice, Shannon thinks about how we, as communities, can move towards more nuanced and more transformative approaches to access. Instead of focusing on compliance and doing the minimum, what if we approach access creatively and attentively, centering disability cultures?

This event is supported by the Ellen H. Johnson Endowed Fund for Contemporary Art.

Shannon has requested that attendees wear masks, but we are unable to require masks, so be advised this may not be a fully masked event.

Access Statement:
This event is held in a wheelchair- and rolling walker-accessible building. The lecture space is wheelchair accessible, with moveable seating, and near wheelchair-accessible restrooms. Restrooms are gender-specific; visitors are invited to use the restroom of their preference. Listening devices will be available for use during the presentation, but ASL interpretation will not be offered. This lecture uses a slide presentation and all content from the slides will be read aloud or described. Most talks will be recorded and available with closed captions on the museum’s Vimeo page after the event. Please email access questions to Jill Greenwood, jgreenwo@oberlin.edu.