Colorado Springs, CO. \u2014 The University of Colorado Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art will screen two short films that explore the topic of disability and the arts and host a panel discussion at 7:00 p.m. June 26 at GOCA121, 121 S. Tejon.<\/p>\n
Two films will be screened \u2013 an excerpt of the \u201cInvisible Voices\u201d documentary and \u201cHalf as Common\u201d by Mimi Cave.\u00a0\u201cDOCUMENTATION\u201d is an exhibit that features subjects and artists addressing issues of ability. GOCA has invited prominent Colorado theater and visual art voices to the table for discussion about inclusion and the arts.<\/p>\n
Over the past fifteen years in Colorado theater companies have lead in both projects that invite participants of all abilities and, as with Denver\u2019s award-winning PHAMALY, exclusively casting actors living with disability. UCCS\u2019 Theatreworks worked with renowned writer and theater director Ping Chong to Colorado Springs to stage the first \u201cinvisible Voices\u201d project in 2009.<\/p>\n
“DOCUMENTATION” artists Bill Starr and Matt Chmielarczyk address disability through their work in the current exhibit. Bill Starr has for the past 22 years photographed dancers, actors and musicians while living with a debilitating autoimmune condition. Matt Chmielarczyk documented his daughter\u2019s life-changing surgery over a period of eight months, inviting the community in to this intimately difficult period in their lives and directly experiencing disability through the process.<\/p>\n
Panelists include photographer Bill Starr, Matt Chmielarczyk\u2019s partner Sarah Hope, Cyndi Parr with Dragon Theatre Productions, Randy Dipner with Meeting the Challenge and UCCS THEATREWORKS, and GOCA staff. Dipner will lead the panel discussion following the screening of the two short films.<\/p>\n
About the exhibit:<\/strong>\u00a0“DOCUMENTATION” features the work of three Colorado-based photographers \u2013 Matt Chmielarczyk, Bill Starr and Andrea Wallace – and their compelling personal narratives.<\/p>\n GOCA is a regional hub of contemporary art, culture, and conversation. By featuring world-class artists, hosting artist and expert talks, and offering meaningful events, the gallery engages UCCS students, faculty, staff and Pikes Peak Region community members in contemporary culture and life.<\/p>\n For more information, high resolution images or interview requests, please contact Daisy McConnell, director, Galleries of Contemporary Art, dmcconne@uccs.edu<\/a>\u00a0or (719) 255-3504.<\/p>\n The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 36 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 19 master\u2019s and five doctoral degrees. UCCS enrolls about 9,800 students on campus annually and another 2,000 in online programs. For more information, visit\u00a0www.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Colorado Springs, CO. \u2014 The University of Colorado Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art will screen two short films that explore the topic of disability and the arts and host a panel discussion at 7:00 (Full Press Release)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressreleases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1563,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}