Disability Representation doesn't stop at television, movies and media it also includes art. This week Peta sits down with Associate Professor Keri Watson to understand how disabled people have been represented and how interpretation and symbolism have changed over time. 

Connect with associate professor Keri Watson: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keri-watson-9ba6b391/

Website: https://svad.cah.ucf.edu/faculty-staff/profile/921

Connect with Peta:

Instagram: @petahooke

Website: www.icantstandpodcast.com

Email: icantstandpodcast@gmail.com

Episode Transcript: https://www.icantstandpodcast.com/post/

References for this conversation: 

Disability in Art History - http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/disability-in-art-history/

MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE - https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/MARGARET-BOURKE-WHITE-(1904-1971)-Group-of-4-vintage-prints-?saleno=2570&lotNo=36&refNo=782925

Alison Lapper - http://marcquinn.com/artworks/alison-lapper

Théodore Géricault, Portraits of the Insane - https://smarthistory.org/gericault-portraits-of-the-insane/

Frida Kahlo’s 6 Disability Themed Paintings - https://disabilityrightsflorida.org/blog/entry/Frida_Khalos_6_Disability_Themed_Paintings

Beggars Who Get About on Their Own in Bordeaux - https://www.pubhist.com/w12984

Georgia O’Keeffe - https://ukdhm.org/georgia-okeeffe-1887-1996-visually-impaired-in-later-life/

J.M.W. Turner - https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2015/12/so-i-am-to-become-a-nonentity-the-death-of-jmw-turner-.html

What Ailed van Gogh? Doctors Weigh In. - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/arts/design/vincent-van-gogh-doctors-historians-weigh-in-amsterdam.html

How Monet’s artistic vision shone through ailing eyes - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/how-monets-artistic-vision-shone-through-blurry-eyes

Ann Millett-Gallant - https://www.annmg.com

Panorama Journal of the association of historians of American art - https://journalpanorama.org

Sins Invalid - https://www.sinsinvalid.org

Riva Lehrer - https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2022/03/17/riva-lehrer-and-the-complex-world-of-art-and-disability-advocacy