Join Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries for upcoming online workshops, where senior, mid-career, and emerging professionals will gain professional knowledge, skills and practices in the public art gallery and museum sector. Emily Cook, Critical Distance's Education & Accessibility Programs Director, will be joining the panel of presenters for the first workshop in the series, Collections and Accessibility.   Workshop #1: COLLECTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY Thursday, January 28th, 2021 Time: 2:30pm to 5:30pm ET The relationship between art and disability has a rich but complex history. Although disability arts as a sector has only recently been acknowledged and supported in Canada, disability arts as a practice by disabled artists has always existed in one form or another. While today, we recognize that art galleries and museums are mandated to serve the ‘general public’, however, many disabled people are barred from fully experiencing what galleries have to offer. Not only can spaces exclude […]