In 2017, Tufts Student Accessibility Services put out a call for filmmaking students to make a documentary about artists with disabilities at Tufts. Filmmaker Benjamin Hosking and I interviewed School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts students about their experiences with art and disability. Here’s the result. The documentary has since screened at several disability conferences and is being shown in classes and trainings in the greater Boston area.
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