Creative Approaches to Access: Implementing sustainable accessibility at Centre CLARK

This purpose of this research project is it implement creative access affordances at Centre CLARK, an artist-run gallery in Montreal’s Mile End Neighbourhood, to increase the participation of visitors with various disabilities and access needs. Divided into four sub-projects, this research will use interviews, access audits and participatory workshops to find creative solutions to access issues in the categories of curatorial design, structural design, digital interventions, and artist representation at Centre CLARK. This will result in a valuable and sustainable programme of access at Centre CLARK that will increase the number of visitors who will meaningfully engage with exhibits. The broader aim of this research is to increase the participation of disabled individuals in Montreal’s art and culture scenes

Faculty Supervisor:

Arseli Dokumaci

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Partner:

Centre Clark

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Concordia University

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