S2 Ep 14: Creating Brave Spaces with Amy Claire Mills

<p>During this episode of <em>Why Change?</em> co-hosts Rachael and Jeff reflect on the past few months filled with numerous gatherings. Rachael shares her interview with Amy Claire Mills, a performance, textiles, and installation artist with the intention of deconstructing ableism. Rachael and Jeff discuss their takeaways, including the notion of “creative brave spaces.”</p> <p>In this episode you’ll learn:</p> <ol> <li>How one artist creates brave (not safe) spaces with her art;</li> <li>About performance, installation ad textile art projects which seek to deconstruct ableism; and</li> <li>What concepts should be explored to understand the disability experience in the arts.</li> </ol> <p>Check out some of the things mentioned during this podcast, including:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amyclairemills.com/"><u>Amy Claire Mills’ website</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gvsu.edu/cms4/asset/843249C9-B1E5-BD47-A25EDBC68363B726/from-safe-spaces-to-brave-spaces.pdf"><u>From Safe to Brave Spaces</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://aec.uoregon.edu/content/medical-and-social-models-disability"><u>Social and Medical Models of Disability</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://creative-generation.org/publications/throwing-out-the-playbook-insights-from-the-2021-able-conversation">Throwing Out The Playbook: Insights From The 2021 ABLE Conversation</a></li> </ul> <p>Please download the transcript here.</p> <p>ABOUT Amy Claire Mills:</p> <p>Amy Claire Mills is a Sydney-based emerging artist living and working on unceded Gadigal and Wangal land. Amy’s art practice explores identity and self-preservation through immersive installations and performance, by which she becomes both the artist and subject. Her practice critiques and examines the politics surrounding the female disabled body. Using distinctive, colourful and bold mediums my work encourages the observer to challenge their own paradigms and internalised preconceived bias, with the intention of deconstructing ableism.</p> <p>This episode was produced by Ra