Critical Distance Profile Type Co-presenter

Yanaminah Thullah is an award-winning community builder and curator with a rich background in public speaking, policy, writing, and strategic consulting. She was born and raised in Toronto and is of Liberian and Sierra Leonean descent. Her work centres marginalized voices through immersive and interdisciplinary exhibits such as the award-winning “Beyond The Body” with Design TO and “We Do Not Dream of Labour” at the Ottawa Art Gallery. With a trilingual Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (uOttawa) and as a current MFA Graduate student at SAIC, she brings a global, intersectional lens to projects across cultural and institutional contexts. Yanaminah is passionate about world-building and storytelling as tools for representation, healing, and systemic change.Find out more

Tangled Art + Disability is dedicated to connecting professional and emerging artists, the arts community, and a diverse public through creative passion and artistic excellence. Our mission is to support Disabled, d/Deaf, chronically ill, neurodiverse, k/crip, Mad, sick & spoonie artists; to cultivate Disability Arts in Canada; and to increase opportunities for everyone to participate in the arts. We do this by developing, showcasing, promoting, and employing Disabled artists, creating partnerships and collaborations that increase opportunities for Disabled artists, empowering Deaf, Mad, and Disability-identified people to embrace and explore their own creativity, and publicly showcasing the rich diversity of talent from the Disability Arts community. Visit Tangled’s website to find out more.Find out more

Located on the northern edge of the Carleton University campus, Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) serves campus and civic communities. The gallery operates in an evolving environment that is grounded in inquiry and the open exchange of ideas. CUAG fosters inclusive opportunities for art-based learning. We facilitate spaces of reflection and action around the ideas raised by the artists who anchor our exhibition, public and publication programs. We mentor and support emerging cultural workers. We care for the University’s art collection, an important resource for research, teaching and display.Find out more