Art for Lunch & Encounter on the Green

We are very pleased to be able to welcome disAbility culture activist and community artist, Dr. Petra Kuppers who will be on campus for a two-day event (September 18th and 19th) focusing on disAbility, inclusion and artistic encounters. Major events on September 19th include Art for Lunch (Noon-1 p.m.; Kinesiology 187) and Encounter on the Green (First Nations University; 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. featuring local artists). Petra teaches in performance and disability studies at the University of Michigan. She is the Artistic Director of The Olimpias Performance Research Series, and Olimpias workshops, installations, performances and exhibitions have been created and shown in Europe, the US, New Zealand and Australia. The Olimpias projects are community-based, collaborative, and deal with disability culture issues. Petra’s books include Disability and Contemporary Performance: Bodies on Edge (Routledge, 2003), The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary Art (Minnesota, 2007) and Community Performance: An Introduction (Routledge, 2007). She has also co-edited with Gwen Robertson The Community Performance Reader (Routledge, 2007).

More information at: http://www.uregina.ca/events/art-for-lunch-encounter-on-the-green