Sight Sound Soul
Description
Join us for a special closing celebration in partnership with Art Spark Texas that brings back a multi-sensory art experience we haven’t seen at John Slatin AccessU for 15 years.
During Sight Sound Soul, musicians with disabilities perform on stage alongside artists painting in real time. Energetic ASL interpretation, human captioning, and live audio description are provided. This year, our closing event will also honor Sharron Rush — Knowbility’s founder and one of the original pioneers of digital accessibility — as she retires after decades of global impact.
Event Details
6:00 PM: Networking / cocktail hour
Appetizer buffet
Complimentary water and tea
Cash bar
7:00 PM: Program begins
7:30 PM: Performance begins
9:00 PM: Program ends
Lineup
D-Madness
D-Madness, an unsung gem at the cornerstone of Austin's vibrant music scene, has helped the city earn the title of Live Music Capital. The multi-talented musician plays various instruments in multiple bands and fronts his own one man project, writing, producing, singing and playing several instruments simultaneously. If you ask anyone who's ever seen or heard D-Madness; it's a one-of-a-kind, unforgettable experience you have to witness for yourself.
Dr. Ashley Shew
We are honored to have Dr. Ashley Shew as the evening's emcee. Ashley is an Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech, and a prominent philosopher of technology focusing on disability studies, biotech ethics, and disabled expertise. A disabled scholar herself (amputee, hard-of-hearing), she advocates for better tech design and authored Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (2023), challenging the idea that technology should "fix" disabled people.
Elizabeth Decker
Elizabeth Decker is a contemporary artist based in Austin, Texas. Her signature bold and brightly colored abstract faces and figures are emotional depictions of a story that invites further conversation. Decker is a self-trained, intuitive psychological portrait artist, influenced and affected by the internal and external conversations between herself and the world. Painting is a way to mediate an accumulation of emotions, thoughts, and ideas often reworking the piece until she can come to an acceptable resolution.
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