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Welcome to DACP!

March 1, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

Welcome to the Disability Art and Culture Project homepage!

IAVDC members mid-dance: five young women in peach dresses and black leggings with their right arms in the air, including one kneeling woman in front, three standing women behind her to her left, and a woman in a black wheelchair interacting with her PA, who's dressed in black, to the left of the kneeling dancer. The dancers are in a studio with blonde wood flooring and shadowed white walls that appear gray, and two stark shadows of dancers are visible to the right of the picture. The dancers are exuberant, their fingers spread wide.Use our tabs above to navigate, or follow these links:

To learn about DACP’s history, mission, staff and volunteers, and commitment to intersectional disability justice, click on “About Us.”

To contact DACP staff and volunteers, click “Contact.”

To learn about Inclusive Arts Vibe, click here. On the IAV page you will find information about the classes, Inclusive Arts Vibe Dance Company, upcoming IAVDC performances, and the fundraiser DACP is organizing to support our youth dancers. Check out the links to videos of past performances!

Click on “Events” to learn about DACP’s upcoming events, including ongoing open life drawing sessions, Lavaun Heaster’s class Waltz of the Flowers, the Crafternoon, or our biennial Disability Pride Art and Culture Festival.

To  find out more about how you can support DACP’s work, whether with financial support, volunteer time, spreading the word about us to your community, or donating an item on our wish list, click “Support Us.”

Check out our facebook page for pictures, videos, and more casual communication with our community.

Also, feel free to scroll down through our blog posts below to get a sense of what we’ve done and what’s next for DACP!

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DisRepresentation: Reading Into Disability launches!

May 16, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

We are very proud to announce the beginning of our disability justice reading group!

Go check it out! http://www.DisRepresentation.com

Find reading lists, access information, and both ongoing online discussion and information on how to join a real-time reading group conversation! Our first in-person reading group is Thursday, May 30, from 6:30-8:30pm in PCC Cascade Campus’s 112 Terrell Hall. Join us in person or online, or start talking over at the DisRepresentation website discussion forum!

Or find our facebook group and join the facebook event for in-person or real-time online reading group discussions!

And tell your friends!

 

This program was made possible with generous support from Oregon Humanities, and contributions from community partners Portland Community College Disability Services and Gimp Girl, as well as consultation and ongoing support from community experts on everything from reading groups to disability literature.

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Today’s Featured Dancer: Rachel Esteve!

May 5, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

Meet Rachel Esteve!

Slightly overexposed photo of Rachel E dancing a solo at the IAVDC fundraiser: Rachel, barefoot, in black leggings and a black sleeveless leotard, stands legs apart, left leg ahead of right, spine twisted, head looking backward over her right hip, arms bent and up and throwing her shoulder-length brown hair around and over her face. She's dancing in front of a low stage, on which some cloth and black curtains and a blue exit door are visible.

Rachel E at Glitter. Groove. Grow! Photo by Cheryl Green

Rachel Esteve, 20, has been dancing under Kathy Coleman’s tutelage at IAVDC for five years. She is a graduate of Cleveland High School in Portland and attends classes at the Green Thumb Community Transition Center.

Two dancers stand against a shadowed white wall: on the left, Rachel Esteve, a young white woman in a black leotard and black leggings and peach loose jersey dress, hair pinned back, barefoot and wearing black oval glasses, smiling with left arm down and right hand up at shoulder height, making the peace sign, and Antoine Hunter, the festival's guest artist, a taller Black man in a grey-and-black tie-dyed shirt and black track pants with a stripe down the side, with shoulder-length locks and a moustache and beard and a short necklace, right arm around Rachel's shoulder, left hand making the "I love you" sign; he's also smiling, so the picture's mood is happy and proud.

Rachel and Antoine at 2012 Disability Pride Art & Culture Festival

An image of a dancing IAVDC member, Rachel E, in black leggings and a bright rainbow-colored tie-dyed t-shirt, barefoot, arms down over planted left leg, right leg bent and behind her, looking up through oval glasses, tied back hair falling backward, smiling as she dances in a studio with blonde wood floors and folding chairs on risers.

Rachel Esteve in rehearsal

While dancing is her primary form of artistic expression, she also writes, sings along to Adele, loves movies and can show some serious Tae Kwan Do moves! Come see her company dances and solo at Home/Unrestrained!

 

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Today’s Featured Dancer: Rachel Wada!

May 4, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

Meet Rachel Wada!

Rachel Wada

Rachel and Katie dancing

Rachel Wada’s passions are music, dance and art. She also paints at the Infusion Gallery in Troutdale. Thank you so much to her wonderful caregiver, Katie Regan, for helping Rachel with her dancing.

Black & white photo of IAVDC dancers Rachel E and Rachel W (left and right) dancing together in a brightly lit studio. Rachel E has black leggings, a black skirt, a black t-shirt with a big white skull printed on it, and black fingerless gloves with skulls on them; her shoulder-length hair is down, falling over her face. She's dancing in profile, facing right, right arm raised, slightly bent, and making a claw shaped hand motion to Rachel W. Rachel W is dancing in her wheelchair, in black pants and a black long-sleeved shirt under a white tunic with black printed bones on it, hair piled atop her head, right arm behind her and left arm bent and raised; her head is tilted over her right shoulder and she's smiling. "Shannon Knight Photography" printed at the bottom left of the photo.

Rachel E and Rachel W, punks!

When she is not dancing or painting, she loves hanging out with her friends at her favorite restaurants and coffee shops!

Photo of IAVDC dancers performing in a brightly lit community center auditorium at the fundraiser. Ali, on the left background, in black capris leggings and a blue t-shirt, stands looking toward another group of dancers, Addie, in capris leggings and a mint green t-shirt and matching headband standing and dancing toward the camera, head turned to the right, right arm bent and held akimbo away from her body, left arm bent above her head; Rachel W, dancing in her wheelchair in black pants and long-sleeved shirt under a mint green t-shirt, hair piled atop her head, arms raised and bent, fists at shoulder height, smiling and looking down; her PA, all in black, lookng over her left shoulder, and Monique, dancing in profile, body making an S as she bends her spine and head forward while bending her legs, arms upraised, hair loose, all in black.

IAVDC dancers performing at Glitter. Groove. Grow! Photo by Cheryl Green.

This is her second year with IAVDC. Watch her performance with IAVDC tonight and tomorrow at Home/Unrestrained!

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Today’s Featured Dancer: Chloe Goss!

May 3, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

Meet Chloe Goss!

Chloe Goss loves the performance part of dancing. She has been with IAVDC for 5 years.

IAVDC dancer Chloe Goss, dances in a studio with blonde wood floors in front of white curtains. Her weight is on her left leg, her right leg outstretched behind her; she leans forward over her left leg facing forward and looking up, lips slightly parted, left arm curled across her body and hand pointing the same direction as her right outstretched leg, and the same direction as her right arm, which is held at an angle so her hand is behind her and slightly above her head. She appears to be a young white woman with red chin-length hair, rectangular glasses, pale skin, and wearing a grey-and-greyish-purple patterned long-sleeve scoop-neck shirt, black leggings, and white-and-grey gym socks.

Chloe Goss dancing!

Several days a week she enjoys getting out and socializing with her friends at On the Move Community Integration.  She also likes watching movies and eating pizza with her friends.

IAVDC dancer Chloe, a young woman with chin-length red hair, pale skin, and glasses, dances in front of a community center low stage. The stage has a white board and blue gym mats on it; Chloe is dressed in white sneakers and socks, black leggings, and a pale pinkish-white lace short-sleeved dress, and black rectangular glasses. Chloe is dancing with her feet planted, oriented straight onto the camera, tilting her upper body and head over her left shoulder, with her right arm hanging slightly lower than her right. Her eyes are half-closed; her expression indicates concentration.

Chloe dancing at Glitter. Groove. Grow!

Catch Chloe’s performance this weekend at Home/Unrestrained! Friday’s show is sold out, but join us Saturday or Sunday!

 

A slightly overexposed photo of two IAVDC dancers, Monique (on the left, all in black with bare feet and loose dark blonde hair, a young white woman facing the camera, right leg crossed over left, right arm stretched out behind her, left arm tucked up to her body--and Chloe, a young white woman with pale skin and red short hair, white sneakers and socks, black leggings, and a pale pinksh-white lace dress, and small rectangular glasses, right foot on the floor, left leg bent and foot off the floor, left arm stretched out to her side horizontally, right arm slightly curved away from her body, hand facing down. They are in front of a community center stage with blue gym mats and a white board and black curtains in the shadows of the stage.

Monique and Chloe dancing at Glitter. Groove. Grow! Photo by Cheryl Green.

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Today’s Featured Dancer: Angela Blessing!

May 1, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

Meet guest performer

Angela Blessing!

(a.k.a. Onya or Anya!)

A fat white woman in black dance pants with a black-and-white waistband and a turquoise short-sleeved shirt twirls a royal blue long dance ribbon in a studio. She is visible in profile, hair in a tight ponytail whipping around her head, blue ribbon curving in the air and following her blurred hands, all in front of a studio wall of mirrors, music stands, and musical instruments. Her motion is evident in the photo.

Onya twirling with dance ribbon

Angela Blessing has danced twice with IAVDC. She likes arts and crafts, singing, dancing, and reading books. She enjoys eating Mexican food.  She is thinking of getting a pet hamster and naming it Chowder.

A fat white woman kneels, dancing on the floor of a brightly lit studio, in front of risers with folding chairs and black curtains. She has her weight on her left leg and her right leg is stretched out behind her, her right arm bent and her right hand shading her eyes, her left arm flung out, fingers wide, making a diagonal line with her body from left hand to right foot. She's barefoot, and to the left of her right foot, a royal blue dance ribbon lies curled on the floor of the studio. She's in black dance pants with a black-and-white swirled waistband, and a turquoise short-sleeved v-neck shirt that matches the ribbon in intensity of color if not shade. Her expression is intent, her eyes slightly narrowed and her mouth closed, and her outflung left hand is blurry with motion.

Onya doing floor work

Onya contributed papercut art, flower pins, and bookmarks to the fundraiser. Catch her solo ribbon dance at Home/Unrestrained this May 3, 4, and 5!

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Today’s Featured Dancer: Daric Anderson!

April 30, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

Meet Daric Anderson!

IAVDC dancer Daric Anderson jumps in rehearsal! This is a photo of a tall young Black man in white socks, black pants with red and white stripes running vertically down the side of his pants, and a red t-shirt, a small gold watch on his left wrist, and square brown glasses. Daric's facing the camera in a brightly lit dance studio with blonde wood floors and white walls; a black speaker is visible in the corner, as well as a hanging silver pipe against the wall. Daric's right arm is down at his side, hand at waist height, while his left arm is akimbo but tucked close into his body, hand at ribcage height. He's smiling and his eyes are closed; his feet are several inches off the ground, slightly blurred in the photograph with his motion.

Daric, midair!

Daric Anderson is 22 years old and this is his first time attending a dance / performance class. He says he likes to dance because the music makes him move, and that’s his favorite part about dancing—the movement.  He likes the dance moves and the music that IAVDC does. He says that choreography, improv and creating dance is fun, and he wants to create break dancing.

Monique (foreground left), Daric (middle of photo & dance floor), and Ali (background right) dance with a basketball: Monique, a young white woman with loose straight blonde hair dressed in black, in 3/4 profile, holds her hands in front of her and looks toward Daric, a taller young Black man in black pants and socks and a pink t-shirt and square glasses, dribbling a blurred orange basketball, while behind them stage left Ali, a young white woman with half-up brown hair and bangs over one eye, in capris black leggings and a purple short-sleeve top, tiptoes toward stage right with her right arm raised and her left arm bent at her side.

Monique, Daric, & Ali dancing with basketball. Photo by Cheryl Green.

Daric says his favorite times at class are when he gets to spin around and jump up and down, and he just loves the “That’s not my name” song!

A grou pshot of IAVDC dancers in rehearsal: the dancers dance in a brightly lit dance studio with blonde shiny wood floors and white walls, silver pipes hanging from the ceilings, black curtains, wood risers, and folding chairs on the floor and on risers visible behind them. Sam, in black pants and a plaid shirt, dances in his wheelchair, twirled by his PA, a young woman in black pants and a patterned black t-shirt. Sam looks at Chloe, dancing next to him in grey pants and a pink "Born this way" t-shirt, her arms slightly outstretched. Daric is in the center of the picture, in the background, in black pants and a pink shirt, smiling and slightly blurred with motion as he leans to his right. He's interacting with Addie, who's back is in 3/4 profile to the camera, in black capris, black ankle socks, and a seafoam green t-shirt. To their right, Ali is barely visible behind Monique, who's in grey shorts and a black long-sleeved t-shirt under a bright orange t-shirt with a cartoon panda on it, her arms raised and fists closed, smiling a huge smile and interacting in the dance with Rachel E, who's in profile in black dance tights and a yellow t-shirt, hair escaping a ponytail, standing right leg in front of left, leaning toward Monique.

IAVDC in rehearsal

Catch Daric’s performance at Home/Unrestrained this May 3, 4, and 5 at Zoomtopia!

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Glitter. Groove. Grow! A success!

April 30, 2013 by disabilityartandcultureproject

Thank you to everyone who made our fundraiser successful!

We made most of what we needed to cover videography for the IAVDC performance, Home/Unrestrained, which means that we’ll have a nice professional video of the whole performance and will also be able to make a promotional video for IAVDC!

And now let us show you some of the excellent things that happened at the fundraiser!

A little girl in a skirt and green t-shirt giggles into her hands, standing in front of her sitting male adult person. To the left of the little girl and the adult man, to the left of windows letting sunshine into the room, Lavaun Heaster sits at one of the craft tables with brightly colored paper and other art supplies.Fun at the craft table. (Thanks to Lavaun and Alyson and their helpers for running the show there!)

Native American singer and drummer John Edmo open the event with an honor song and a round dance. We were too busy participating in the dance to take any pictures! But you can hear John performing a few songs on a local radio station a few years ago, on the Tillicum Wawa: Voices of the People show, here.

Singer/songwriter Jana Losey performing. Losey, in brown leather soft boots with buckles and straps, black leggings and draping tank top, and flowing gauzey green-aqua-brown skirt, with tiny earrings and short black hair setting off pale skin, plays an acoustic guitar while sitting on a blue folding chair. Behind Losey is a community center stage with black curtains, folded blue mats and a chalkboard behind her, brightly colored cloth set on the stage to the right, Joy Corcoran's cloth sculpture of a girl and dragon sitting on the stage to the left. The photo is overexposed, light glowing off the floor and front of the stage. Photo by Kathy Coleman.Longtime friend of DACP, singer/songwriter Jana Losey, performed a few songs!

Photo of Joy Corcoran at the IAVDC fundraiser. Joy, a middle aged woman of average build, with grey curly shoulder-length hair and little glasses, wearing black pants and shoes and a bright pink blazer with intricate appliqued designs on the sleeves and front over a green shirt, sits in a folding chair with a book open on her lap and a microphone in her right hand, in front of the community center stage. Next to Joy, on another blue folding chair, is Joy's sculpture of the main character of her story (a pale girl with bright hair and crystal eyes) and her seeing-eye dragon, a gold and blue fabric sculpture. Behind the sculpture , somewhat obscured, is a walker with a bright red bag with a dragon printed on it, hanging from the handles. In addition to donating a painting for the auction, Joy Corcoran told the story of Iris (the girl in the tactile sculpture) and Aurora the seeing eye dragon (also part of the sculpture). Joy wrote a blog post about her performance, and reprinted the text of her story, here!

Cheryl Green, the event's MC, holds the microphone for Ed Edmo as he tells his story. They stand next to the folding chair with Joy Corcoran's girl-and-dragon textile sculpture, in front of the gym stage with its black curtains and blue gym mats; Cheryl wears a light grey skirt and matching leggings, dark loafers, a navy blue shirt and forest green cardigan, her black curly hair falling over her face, and Ed wears black sneakers, bluejeans held up by black suspenders, a blue-black-white vertically stripped subtly patterened button-down shirt, a beaded necklace with a bone-colored fish charm, rings on his fingers, and black glasses. His black baseball cap rests on the stage next to him; his eyebrows are together and his left arm held at waist level as he tells the story. Photo by Kathy Coleman.

After we closed round one of the auction, John’s father, the inimitable Ed Edmo (Shoshone-Bannock)–poet, storyteller, playwright, historian, longtime activist, and Native American consultant, not to mention the Vice President of the board of the National Indian Parent Information Center–gave an impromptu performance of the legend of Snake.

Audience members, sitting in folding chairs and standing, looking at Ed, some with arms at chest height and hands lightly cupped and facing down, copying Ed's "roll, snake!" motions.

Roll, Snake!

Then Sarah Doherty, DACP  Development Director, dusted off her a cappella folk singing skills for a rendition of James Taylor’s “Millworker” and her own version of “Low Bridge, Everybody Down.” More than a few audience members sang along!

Sarah Doherty, a midsized fat white woman with white sneakers, indigo jeans, a black belt with silver grommets, a bright blue shirt, a green blazer, and medium brown hair holds a folded piece of paper in one hand and looks up, smiling, singing. She's in front of the gym stage, and Ed Edmo's baseball cap and folded blue gym mats are visible behind her. Photo by Kathy Coleman

Mules named Sal=awesome (best on the Erie Canal). Photo by Kathy Coleman.

And Inclusive Arts Vibe Dance Company performed two pieces before the close of the auction, at the end of the afternoon! They previewed a new piece that will be debuted at Home/Unrestrained, an homage to Artistic Director Kathy Coleman’s father:

Monique (foreground left), Daric (middle of photo & dance floor), and Ali (background right) dance with a basketball: Monique, a young white woman with loose straight blonde hair dressed in black, in 3/4 profile, holds her hands in front of her and looks toward Daric, a taller young Black man in black pants and socks and a pink t-shirt and square glasses and short black hair, dribbling a blurred orange basketball, while behind them stage left Ali, a young white woman with half-up brown hair and bangs over one eye, in capris black leggings and a purple short-sleeve top, tiptoes toward stage right with her right arm raised and her left arm bent at her side, teeth slightly bared and neck stretching forward.

Monique, Daric, and Ali dancing with a basketball. Photo by Kathy Coleman.

Chloe stands on the left, knees and ankles flexed, arms outstretched, face relaxed and slightly smiling, eyes on the blurry orange basketball which is suspended in the air between her and fellow IAVDC dancer Addie Nelson, whose knees are flexed and arms are down, mouth open and eyebrows high with an expression of comical dismay. Chloe wears sneakers, black leggings, and a white lace dress and little rectangular black glasses, and her strawberry blonde hair floats a little, while Addie wears capris black leggings and black camisole under a seafoam green t-shirt, hair in a matching green headband. Both young women's rosy pale skin glows a little in the slightly overexposed photograph. They are in a gym with shiny white linoleum floors, and beige and white walls, in front of a low stage with a blue exit door and black curtains.

Chloe and Addie dance with basketball midair! Photo by Kathy Coleman.

Group shot of IAVDC dancers previewing basketball piece. Rachel W's PA, dressed in a black dress and black tights, smiles and pulls back on Rachel W's wheelchair; Rachel W, in profile, in black pants and a seafoam green top and black scarf, hair in a wild topknot, smiles and holds her bent right arm at shoulder height upstage of Rachel E, seen from behind, black leggings rolled up to her knees, hair in a high ponytail in a red scrunchy, interacting with Monique, who's holding a basketball and facing the camera, looking at Rachel E, all in black with loose straight hair long and flying across her shoulders and face as she moves with the ball. Upstage of the two young women is Daric, grinning in black pants and a pink t-shirt, feet planted and arms relaxed, interacting with an off-camera dancer (Addie) who only has her outstretched blurred left arm and moving sliver of left leg and toe, identifiable because her orange socks are pushed half off her feet to just cover the balls of her feet.

Group shot of IAVDC dancers performing with basketballs: Rachel W & PA, Rachel E, Monique, Daric, & Addie’s arm and toes. Photo by Kathy Coleman

Monique and Chloe dancing in front of the stage (black curtains and blue gym mats visible on the stage): Monique, in a tight black dance shirt and leggings and bare feet, hair loose, stands with her left leg far ahead of her right, both hands upturned, shrugging her shoulders, in profile, looking at Chloe, standing straight on in black leggings and a white lace dress, arms at her side, looking down over her left leg, head and back tilted to the side in a long curving line. Photo by Cheryl Green.

Monique and Chloe dancing

Photo of Rachel W dancing with her PA in front of the stage in the community center auditorium. Blue gym mats, a blue stage door, black curtains, and a blackboard are visible on the stage. Rachel, a young woman in black pants, a black gauzy scarf, and an off-the-shoulder seafoam green tunic, dances in her wheelchair with her PA, another young woman in a black dress and black stockings. Rachel's dark brown hair is in a topknot, her eyes are closed and her expression focused, arms bent at the elbow and hands at shoulder height, while her PA crosses right leg over left, smiling, in the midst of twirling Rachel in her chair and in circles on the auditorium floor.

Rachel W dancing with PA; they made intricate circles on the dance floor. Photo by Cheryl Green

IAVDC dancers also reprised their popular Lady Gaga piece.

Addie Nelson prepares to pirouette at the Glitter Groove Grow IAVDC fundraiser. In a gym with a white linoleum floor and white and beige walls, Addie, a young woman in orange and grey patterned socks, black capris leggings, and a sea green U-neck t-shirt over a black camisole holds her left arm bent and tight, level with her shoulder and parallel to the ground, and curves her left arm and hand over her head. Her right leg is extended behind her and her left leg is bent, anchoring her; she is beginning a pirouette during her dance solo during an IAVDC performance. Her brown hair flies out behind her, her eyes are up, and her mouth is slightly open. Fellow dancers Chloe, in a peach lace dress over black leggings and sneakers, leaning forward, eyebrows high, looking over her black rectangular glasses, and Rachel E, all in black with bare feet watching intently through oval black glasses, right leg slightly bent and right arm curled up to her chest, watch Addie from the left of the picture. Behind Rachel and Chloe, somewhat obscured, Rachel W's legs and part of her wheelchair, and the top of Rachel W's PA's head, peek out. Also visible is part of the black exit door and window, and the ventilation grate behind Addie.

Addie prepares to pirouette during her dance solo. Photo by Cheryl Green.

Photo of IAVDC dancers performing to the Lady Gaga song: Monique, half of her face and body visible, Rachel E, all in black on the left, standing with legs apart and left arm raised straight up, hair flying to her right, face intent,, Daric, in black pants and a pink top with left leg slightly raised and bent and left arm loosely bent and raised, smiling slightly, and Chloe, in black leggings and a pale lace sleeveless dress with left arm raised just below her shoulder and right arm extended behind her, dress flaring and head and torso twisted slightly as if she were in the midst of a twirl, huge smile on her face, dance together in front of the gym stage's black curtains.

Monique, Rachel E, Daric, and Chloe spin and hold monster claw poses. Photo by Cheryl Green.

IAVDC dancer Rachel E performing at the fundraiser Glitter Groove Grow: Rachel, a young white woman dressed in black with bare arms and feet, has her legs apart and stands in three-quarter profile, with her head looking in the opposite direction of her body, arms up--left arm bent and pushing hair over her face, right arm up and over her head, hand not visible, in the midst of moving her arm and swinging her head and hair around during her dance solo. She's in front of a low auditorium stage with black curtains and a blue exit door. (Off to the far right Daric's leg and hand and a bit of his pink t-shirt are also visible.)

Rachel E’s dance solo. Photo by Cheryl Green.

IAVDC dancers moving forward with monster hands and/or faces: Ali's arched back in her purple t-shirt is partially visible on the left of the photo, behind the partially visible Addie (her black-clad leg, scrunched-down orange socks, and part of her seafoam t-shirt are visible as she and Ali crawl forward on hands and knees), Monique kneels in the center of the image, in the middle of walking forward on her knees, hair wild and down about her face and arms, arms raised and outstretched ahead of her with claw fingers; Rachel W, in black pants and seafoam off-the-shoulder shirt inches forward in her wheelchair with arms up, pushed by a barely visible PA in black, while to the right of them Daric, slightly blurred, is in the midst of moving forward on hands and knees, bringing his clawed hands down to the ground.

IAVDC Gaga group shot. Photo by Cheryl Green.

Stefanie Snider (our visual arts coordinator who runs the open art sessions) ran the food table with Cheryl Green, who, in addition to taking pictures, acted as the Master of Ceremonies. with help from new volunteer Marcella. Our longtime volunteer Barbara H worked with accessibility and auction coordinator Kelley Schaperjahn to run the auction, dance company members contributed artwork and sold flowers, donated truffles from Missionary Chocolates, and kid-friendly necklaces donated by Sarah, and a dozen other volunteers helped us to set up, transfer unsold round one auction items to the round two auction tables, and clean up. We had refreshments donated by fundraiser coordinating committee members, as well as Dovetail Bakery, Fred Meyer (Hawthorne), Grand Central Baking Company (Beaumont), New Seasons (Division), and Whole Foods (Hollywood). In addition, volunteers donated their artwork, and helped us find other donations to auction off (see the full, amazing list of donors here!). We could not have had this event, and our youth dancers can’t succeed, without support from our whole community–and you all came through. Thank you!

And don’t forget–the youth performance we all worked so hard to support, Home/Unrestrained, is this weekend! May 3, 4, and 5–see you there!

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