EDUCATION
PRESENT
MA student at Concordia University, Individualized Program
2016 - PRESENT
Collaborator and co-director, dis assembly neurodiverse arts collective
Artist in collaboration with:
Dr. Erin Manning (Relational Art and Philosophy, Concordia University)
Professor Liz Brockest (Disability Studies, George Brown College)
Chris Martin (Unrestricted Interest - poetry)
Ellen Bleiwas (artist)
Jessamyn Polson (M.A. Education and Indigenous Studies)
Eva Kolzce (Filmmaker)
Estée Klar (PhD Candidate, Neurodiversity and Relation, artist/curator)
Toronto Metropolitan University (Disability Studies)
George Brown College (Transitional Studies)
SELECT FILM PROJECTS/PODCASTS
2024
Film Installation ongoing for completion by December 2024.
2023
UN/COMMON THREADS - BEING SCENE 2023 Workman Arts Interview with Kat Singer
2022
Crip Times with Adam Wolfond and Estee Klar
2021
Inter-Views Adam Wolfond and Imane Boukalia interview poet Chris Martin
2018 - Present
Inter-Views Podcast
2016 - 2017
The Walking Man Series Digital shorts made in collaboration with Adam Wolfond exploring autism and movement
Autism to Inclusion Digital short in collaboration with Estée Klar for Project Revision (University of Guelph/Brandon University)
The Aspects of Talking and How I’m Like Moses Documentary Project shown at the ReelAbilities Film Festival in May 2017. This film is circulated annually through the School System
SELECT LECTURES, CONFERENCES + PUBLICATIONS
2024
A Multiversal Rally: On Neurodivergence and Poetics Humanities Commons: University of Richmond
2023
Open Book in Ways of Water book of prose from Punctum Books
‘Whenever We Feel Like It’ Kelly Writers House Event:
Tilted Thinking, Wanting Ways, and Our Neurodiverse Future with Imane Boukaila, Chris Martin, and Adam Wolfond - St. Mark’s Church NYC
CUNY Neurodiversity Conference April 2023 The Art of Neurodiversity: Learning from Neurodivergent Creativity Keynote Speaker
Defiça Portraits - 4th Symposium ‘Art and Access: Between Technique and Aesthetics’
2022
The Wanting Way book of poetry from Milkweed Publishing (November release).
Neurodiversity and Blackness co-Instructor with Dr. Erin Manning (Master’s Course, Concordia University)
NPR: For neurodivergent, non-speaking poets, collaboration is the basis of language
2021
Modern Language Association Neurodiversity roundtable with Adam Wolfond, Julie Miele Rodas, Remi Yergau, Chris Martin, Estée Klar, Hannah Emerson
Centering Diverse Bodyminds in Critical Qualitative Inquiry. Neurodiversity in Relation: Estée Klar and Adam Wolfond. Emily Nussbaum, Jessica Nina, Eds. Focus Series, Routledge (Forthcoming).
The Brooklyn Rail Radical poetry reading with Chris Martin
The Neurolyrical Cafe Featured reading with Adam Wolfond
2020
Babble About Autism Talks Too Much Ought: Journal of Autistic Culture (Vol. 2. Issue. 1)
How. Ought: Journal of Autistic Culture (Vol 2. Issue 1)
Neurodiversity in Relation: an artistic intraethnography in collaboration with Estée Klar and nominated for the York University dissertation award.
2019
Tall Ideas Poem a Day (The Academy of American Poets / Poets.org)
In Way of Music Water Asnwers Toward Questions Other Than What Is Autism Unrestricted Editions
There is Too Music In My Ears Unrestricted Editions
Inflexions Diversity in Diversity, SenseLab (Concordia University)
Techniques for Neurodiversity with Estée Klar and Dr. Erin Manning SenseLab (Concordia University)
Neurodiversity in Relation: an artistic intraethnography PhD Dissertation Collaborator with Estée Klar (in progress).
Neurodiversity and Intraethnography class Lecture with Dr. Nancy Le Monica (Seneca College)
2018
Relationshapes: An artistic project that intra-acts collaboration with autistic experience Diversity in Diversity, Inflexions (Concordia University)
2017
The Aspects of Talking and How I’m Like Moses Artist Talk at the ReelAbilities Film Festival
Collaborating with Autistic Experience: Enacting Ways of Support for Inclusion Co-Presented with Estée Klar at the Congress of the Social Sciences & Humanities (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Collaborating With Autistic Experience: Enacting Support for Inclusion Co-Presented with Estée Klar for Dr. Nancy Viva Davis Halifax, Critical Disability Studies Overview (York University)
Writing/Drawing Our Rhythm Co-Presented with Estée Klar for Dr. Nancy Le Monica, Creative Writing (Seneca College)
2016
Keynote: Exploring shared communication and meaning Autism Rocks Symposium, Newmarket Autism Association
Talk: Autism to Inclusion for Dr. Anne McGuire, Disability and The Child, Department of Equity Studies (University of Toronto)
SELECT EXHIBITIONS + RESIDENCIES
2022
Artist/Poet in Residence: Confluence with Sam Gould (Minneapolis)
Pandemic Paces, Artscape Hallway Galleries (Artscape Youngplace)
2021
Open Studio Exhibition: Pandemic Paces dis assembly neurodiverse arts collective (Artscape Youngplace)
2019
Exhibition with Estée Klar: S/Pace: Neurodiversity in Relation. Critical Distance Centre for Curators
2017
Open Studio Exhibition: The Walking Machine Series The A School Collective
Collaborator: Relationshapes: Enacting Intraethnography for Inclusive Autism Pedagogy. Exhibition for Lives Outside the Lines: Gender and Genre in the Americas symposium in Honour of Marlene Kadar (York University)
Artist-In-Residence: ArtScape, Gibraltar Point
2016
Artist-In-Residence/Researcher: Process Art and Philosophy Senselab (Concordia University)
Autism to Inclusion for Professors Liz Brockest and Fran Odette (George Brown College)
2015 - 2016
Autism and Support The A School
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
2016 + 2017
Leader-In-Training: Camp Robinhood
2016
Volunteer: Ve’ahavta.
AWARDS
2022
Toronto Arts Council Writing Grant
2016
The Lev Award. Ve’ahavta. DF.