MAY DAY ARTS Celebration
Saturday, April 30 (12-5:00 PM) Spring is in the air! Come celebrate the Arts with us! We’re planning our largest event ever – but, hey, this is Texas, y’all. […]
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The Value of Storytelling, A Conversation with Kamand Alaghehband
By Walter Greene You’re hard-pressed to find a better case for the importance of storytelling than in the words of Kamand Alaghehband. While sitting down to talk
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April Artist of the Month: Thom the Poet
By MsBoye Thom Woodruff aka Thom the Poet aka Spirit Thom is the “TEXAS BEAT POET LAUREATE 2020-2022.” When you’re with Thom he fills the room with winsome
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Breaking New Ground, Professional Performer Meets Podcast
By Walter Greene As an actor and writer, Toby Al-Trabulsi is well acquainted with storytelling–but when it comes to working on a podcast, he’s found himself in new
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Love Endures: Two Couples’ Journeys to Be Together
by Eric Clow (This article was originally posted February 14, 2017 as “Love is in the Air.”) For me, love is being with someone and knowing that life
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Reflecting On What Disability Means
By Emily Heath My name is Emily and I am an intern at Art Spark Texas. The “college experience” means something different for everybody but it might bring up
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Artist of the Month – Kemi Yemi-Ese
By April Sullivan Kemi is a Nigerian-American artist living in Austin, Texas. She was raised in Houston, Texas and moved to Austin eleven years ago for physical therapy
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Documentation as Empowerment
By Gaurav Aung My home country, Myanmar, is most distinctly third-world in the support it provides for people with disabilities. During my time volunteering at the Insein Blind School
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Asexuality and Disability
By Paisley Hansen Hello! My name is Paisley, and I’m an intern with Art Spark Texas. Something that’s been on my mind recently has been the question of
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It’s Time to Disentangle Disability from Metaphor and Put Characters with Disabilities at the Center of the Narrative
By Sierra Armor Especially within classical literature, it is difficult to find characters with disabilities who are not written-off as villains or confined to the periphery of the