After eight years of art outreach to grade schools for Art Spark Texas, Jan Meeks remembers breakthrough moments that brought home her mission as a teaching artist. “One
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Brenda Shirk has a passion for live theatre and movies. And she loves to learn new things. “I audio-described ‘Titanic,’” she recounts, “which was released the year we
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Luke Stollings came to Art Spark Texas to participate in our audio description training sessions and fell in love with the process. “Converting visual information into words during a
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by Elena Loi While reflecting back on my internship, the one thing that stood out to me most was the play “Waiting for the Bus” that Celia invited
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by Elena Loi As I continue working underneath Celia Hughes at Art Spark TX, I’m learning more about the best practices for audio description and hope to incorporate
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by Art Spark Texas Bios (alphabetical) Nano Boye – Dorothea Dix/Asylum Director/DramaturgMsBoye is a writer, actor, playwright, poet, Podcast producer, drum guardian and trainer. She lives in Austin,
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by Art Spark Texas Waiting for the Bus was created based on research into the history of disabled people in America. Here are some of the links and
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by Celia Hughes May is Healthy Vision Month; established by the National Eye Institute in 2003, to educate people about the risks of ignoring the health of their
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This past fall, we learned from our friend, disabled musician and winner of the 2016 Tiny Desk Contest, Gaelynn Lea, about an exciting advocacy group she helped to
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