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Opening Doors is a podcast about accessibility in arts and civic life, brought to you by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. For our first season, we aim to amplify the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color with disabilities, and to learn how race and disability impact their access to arts and culture.

Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center


    • Sep 1, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 9 EPISODES


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    Tatiana Lee: Blackness & Disability Intersecting with Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 28:22


    Opening Doors Season 2, episode 4 features an interview with Tatiana Lee, an actress, international model, and activist born with spina bifida. Transcript at http://seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S02-Ep04-Tatiana-Lee-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, the Washington State Arts Commission, and individual donors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    Vince Medrano: Revealing Intersectional Identity through Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 27:35


    Opening Doors Season 2, episode 3 features an interview with Vince Medrano, a queer Mexican trans man committed to mental health research and community advocacy. Transcript at http://seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S02-Ep03-Vince-Medrano-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, the Washington State Arts Commission, and individual donors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    Elsa Sjunneson: Defining Deafblind Intersectionality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 28:05


    Opening Doors Season 2, episode 2 features an interview with Elsa Sjunneson, an award-winning deafblind writer and editor. Transcript at http://seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S02-Ep02-Elsa-Sjunneson-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, the Washington State Arts Commission, and individual donors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    Nasreen Alkhateeb: Universal Design in Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 27:29


    Opening Doors Season 2, episode 1 features an interview with Nasreen Alkhateeb, an award-winning cinematographer, whose work amplifies underrepresented voices. Transcript at http://seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S02-Ep01-Nasreen-Alkhateeb-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, the Washington State Arts Commission, and individual donors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    ChrisTiana Obeysumner: Intersectionality

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 35:29


    Opening Doors episode 4 features an interview with ChrisTiana ObeySumner, the CEO of Epiphanies of Equity, a social equity consulting firm specializing in social change, intersectionality, anti-racism, and disability justice. Transcript at https://seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S01-EP04-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by The Awesome Foundation, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and individual contributors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the SCAC steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    King Khazm: Where Art, Racism, and Disability Intersect

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 29:08


    Opening Doors episode 3 features an interview with King Khazm, an artist, producer, educator and community organizer. Transcript at https://seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S01-EP03-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by The Awesome Foundation, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and individual contributors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the SCAC steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    Troy Coalman: How THEY see US / How WE see ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 30:40


    Opening Doors Episode 2 features an interview with Troy Coalman, a passionate leader, fundraiser, and tireless advocate for the disabled community. Transcript at https://seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S01-EP02-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by The Awesome Foundation, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and individual contributors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the SCAC steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    Kameko Thomas: The Invisible Disability

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 35:19


    Opening Doors Episode 1 features an interview with Kameko Thomas, writer and founder of Vonem Creative Media. Transcript at https://www.seattlecac.org/s/Opening-Doors-S01-Ep01-Transcript.pdf Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by The Awesome Foundation, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and individual contributors, with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the SCAC steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.

    Opening Doors Season One Promo

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 2:01


    Opening Doors is produced by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. This podcast was made possible by The Awesome Foundation and the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture with in-kind support from Jack Straw Cultural Center, Sound Theatre Company, Jennifer Rice Communications, and the SCAC steering committee. Music performed by William Chapman Nyaho, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program. Transcript: Narrator: Opening Doors is a new podcast about accessibility in arts and civic life, brought to you by the Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium and Jack Straw Cultural Center. For our first season, we aim to amplify the voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color with disabilities, and to learn how race and disability impact their access to arts and culture. Kameko Thomas: the number one thing when you have an invisible disability is of course the automatic assumption that there’s nothing wrong with you. I’ll get these incredulous looks like “Oh really?” and then, the next one is “Oh, you don’t look like disabled.” Troy Coalman: The same cultural attributes that exist to create racism exist for someone who can’t see. And so, we have to break down those walls and we have to break down those barriers that may exist, whether they have to do with language or they have to do with behavior. Whether they have to do with access. They don’t work separately; they work hand in hand. King Khazm: We all need to do our part in unlearning prejudice and hatred and decolonizing our minds and looking deep into our systemic infrastructure and how we can all be a part of the solution. You know, what is the change that we want to see and how are we gonna get there? Christiana ObeySumner: I cannot have a meltdown in the same way I could if I was say, a white cis man. Because if I had a meltdown as a white cis man, then people would just see me as “oh, this person is emotional” or “this person is upset” or- “this person is expressing themselves.” If I’m emotional, then I’m a danger. I’m a threat. They should call 911. Narrator: Subscribe and listen at soundcloud.com/OpeningDoorsPod and wherever you get your podcasts.

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