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Panel: Art From The Margins
Art from the Margins brings together Rachel Matheson, Chanel Briggs, Jay Gallant, and Nico Romero, artists working across music, theatre, comedy, poetry, and visual art. Shaped by experiences of intersecting marginalization, they share how, despite barriers, their creative pursuits continue to draw them in, helping them find community, express identity, and imagine more inclusive and accessible cultural spaces. This panel invited audiences to see culture not as immovable, but as something continually reshaped by those who have long existed at its margins.
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Chanel Briggs, Nico Romero, Jay Gallant and Rachel Matheson
Keynote Address
Art from the Margins brings together Rachel Matheson, Chanel Briggs, Jay Gallant, and Nico Romero, artists working across music, theatre, comedy, poetry, and visual art. Shaped by experiences of intersecting marginalization, they share how, despite barriers, their creative pursuits continue to draw them in, helping them find community, express identity, and imagine more inclusive and accessible cultural spaces. This panel invited audiences to see culture not as immovable, but as something continually reshaped by those who have long existed at its margins.
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Link to the panelist’s bios
Chanel Briggs, Nico Romero, Jay Gallant and Rachel Matheson
Wellbeing Works in Progress
Art from the Margins brings together Rachel Matheson, Chanel Briggs, Jay Gallant, and Nico Romero, artists working across music, theatre, comedy, poetry, and visual art. Shaped by experiences of intersecting marginalization, they share how, despite barriers, their creative pursuits continue to draw them in, helping them find community, express identity, and imagine more inclusive and accessible cultural spaces. This panel invited audiences to see culture not as immovable, but as something continually reshaped by those who have long existed at its margins.
Link to a transcript of the panel discussion
Chanel Briggs, Nico Romero, Jay Gallant and Rachel Matheson
Panel: Neurodivergence in the Arts
Moderated by Chloe Toombs of ResourceAbilities, the panel featured Eryn Foster on Artists in Mind, Stephanie Torr on ADAPT, and Chantal Lavoie on ADHD PEI, who together reframed neurodivergence not as something someone ‘has,’ but as a way of participating in—and experiencing—the world.
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Chloe Toombs, Chatal Lavoie, Stephanie Torr, and Eryn Foster
Panel: Art From The Margins
Art from the Margins brings together Rachel Matheson, Chanel Briggs, Jay Gallant, and Nico Romero, artists working across music, theatre, comedy, poetry, and visual art. Shaped by experiences of intersecting marginalization, they share how, despite barriers, their creative pursuits continue to draw them in, helping them find community, express identity, and imagine more inclusive and accessible cultural spaces. This panel invited audiences to see culture not as immovable, but as something continually reshaped by those who have long existed at its margins.
Link to a transcript of the panel discussion
Link to the panelist’s bios
Chanel Briggs, Nico Romero, Jay Gallant and Rachel Matheson