LAB is an online community that offers a series of monthly gatherings for disabled artists and creatives. Our community is made up of and welcomes anyone who experiences disability, including but not limited to those who identify as chronically ill, neurodivergent, with learning or intellectual disabilities, MAD, Deaf/deaf/HOH, Blind, low vision and more. We welcome all who are unsure or who might not yet identify with disability to this cross-disability space.

Kinetic Light began these online gatherings with a small pilot group of New York City-based disabled artists in 2020 as a way to regularly offer casual, access-centered, and creative spaces for disabled artists to connect, share work, share ideas, and meet. Now we are ready to welcome any disabled creatives who are interested in connecting in this way, from anywhere! You do not need to be based in NYC to join LAB.

LAB Co-Producers morgaine de leonardis and Camisha Jones will hold space and offer topics around artistry and disability as needed, in addition to fostering a space that is as safe and accessible as possible.

Gatherings

We offer two types of zoom gatherings: Hangouts and Open Calls.
• (Incredibly Chill) Hangouts
• This is a space to simply hang out with other disabled artists and creatives.
• You are welcome to come and go throughout the event.
• The space is held loosely so that participants can bring up topics, ask questions, share something, or do a dance –anything really.
• LAB Producer morgaine de leonardis will hold space and offer topics around artistry and disability as needed, in addition to fostering a space that is as safe and accessible as possible.
• Open Calls (work-shares, conversations, and more)
• This is a space to share work or host conversations with other disabled artists and/or to witness work by other disabled artists. 
• This gathering is framed as a space where folks on the LAB community mailing list can sign up to share their creative work, host conversations and/or share around specific topics.
• How the Open Call is structured is very flexible to the desires of the artist and what will best serve the work and/or the topics they’d like to hold space around.
• Artists can request to share work or hold space by emailing morgaine.

Get involved 

LAB Co-Producers morgaine de leonardis and Camisha Jones welcome you to join our LAB community mailing list, through which you will be invited to monthly events. For more information and/or to join please email morgaine or fill out this google form.

Accessibility 

Access will be shared and held at the center of our social ecology.  Please contact LAB co-producer morgaine de leonardis with any questions or specific access needs and/or desires. 

For all gatherings:
• We will always have ASL and CART and will book extended AD if visuals are a part of the event and/or requested. 
• Zoom Chat: Feel free to use the chat as needed. Just keep in mind that in order to make the chat accessible, we will be reading all the messages aloud. So we ask for you to be mindful of the pace of the chat.
• Coming and going to all events is welcomed. 

We hope you join us in disability community!