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As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Alex Masse, a writer, a musician, and a communications specialist living in Vancouver. Listen to Alex Masse’s interview This post presents the resources that they mentioned during the conversation. Alex Masse’s website Alex K. Masse, AKA Fairything, is a writer, musician, and communications specialist from what is colonially known as British Columbia. Their work has been seen everywhere from the Scholastic Writing Awards to Autostraddle, as well as in collaboration with Penelope Scott, Vancouver Pride, Simon Fraser University, and more. They’re also a neurodivergent nonbinary lesbian, which greatly…

As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Alex Bulmer, a Canadian playwright and theatre artist, working in theatre, film, radio, and education. Listen to Alex Bulmer’s interview This post presents the resources that she mentioned during the conversation. Alex Bulmer’s website Named one of the most influential disabled artists by UK’s Power Magazine, Alex Bulmer has over thirty professional years’ experience across theatre, film, radio and education. She is fuelled by a curiosity of the improbable, dedicated to collaborative practice, and deeply informed by her experience of becoming blind. Visit Alex Bulmer’s website Graeae Theatre…

As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed A. Laura Brody, an artist who sculpts for the human body and its vehicles. She is the founder of Opulent Mobility, a series of exhibits that re-imagine disability as opulent and powerful. Listen to Laura Brody’s interview This post presents the resources that she mentioned during the conversation. Laura Brody’s website A. Laura Brody turns wheelchairs, walkers, and mobility scooters into works of art, and takes reclaimed materials and gives them new lives. She teaches pattern manipulation, draping, alterations, and wearable art. Visit Laura Brody’s website Opulent Mobility…

As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Samantha Bassler, a musicologist from Brooklyn NY, an adjunct professor in New York City, and a multi-instrumentalist. Listen to Samantha Bassler’s interview This post presents the resources that she mentioned during the conversation. Samantha Bassler’s website Samantha Bassler is internationally-known as a music scholar, educator, performer and activist. She has bachelor’s degrees in music performance and sacred music, master’s degrees in musicology and music theory, and PhD degree in musicology. She lives in Brooklyn, NYC, and owns Stellar Music Space in Fort Greene, a private music school, where…

As part of the podcast series, “ArtsAbly in Conversation,” Diane Kolin interviewed Lawrence Shapiro, the first above-knee amputee dancer to lead dance performances in Canada. Listen to Lawrence Shapiro’s interview This post presents the resources that he mentioned during the conversation. Lawrence Shapiro interviewed by Lee Miller After this list of resources, you can read the interview of Lawrence Shapiro published in the British Dance Journal ‘Choreographic Practices’ In 2023. Reproduced with authorization. Read Lawrence Shapiro’s interview Discovering: A Series of Choreographic Sketches – Aki Studio Theatre, Toronto, 2016 This clip shows Lawrence Shapiro dancing in a sketch called ‘Everything goes…