deCRIPtion storytelling and poetry workshop

Join the UIC Department of Disability and Human Development for deCRIPtion, a storytelling and poetry workshop designed by and with disability community in mind.

We teach one workshop a month. Each workshop is taught once in person and once virtually.

The in-person workshop runs from 1-3 p.m., but you’re welcome to join us for lunch at noon (vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan options will be provided, but please let us know what your dietary restrictions are so we can do our best to ensure you can fully participate and be in community with us.).

Location: Access Living: 115 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60654
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This series of workshops take place in scent-free space, so please refrain from wearing any scented products. Please contact Joy Young at jyoung@accessliving.org if you have any questions or access needs not covered or that come up after registration. Food will be provided at in-person workshops. When not eating, masks are requested for all people, unless it is in conflict with one’s access needs. We will provide masks if you need one.

Watch for dates for upcoming workshops, including virtual workshops.

Sponsors: These workshops are a collaboration with Bodies of Work and Access Living.

These workshops are brought to you by the Arts and Culture Project at Access Living, an independent living center for people with disabilities; Shirley Ryan Abilities Lab; and the Disability Culture Activism Lab, a teaching lab housed under the department of art therapy and counseling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

The contents of this program were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (grant number 90RTCP0005). The institute is a center in the Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services. The workshop content does not necessarily represent the policy of National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research; Administration for Community Living or Health and Human Services, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.