The Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) at the University of Delaware shares video of its third biennial conference, “The Disability Gaze: Material and Visual Approaches.” The symposium was a a hybrid event held virtually and in-person at UD’s STAR campus.

Panel One, "Cripping Art," took place on April 30, 2022. The panel was moderated by Kristen Nassif. Speakers and their talks are listed in order of appearance:

Elizabeth Guffey (virtual): Renoir’s Wheelchair and Other Impressionist Legends: Cripping Late Nineteenth-Century Art*

Julia DeLancey (virtual): Who’s Looking Now? The Confraternity of the Blind, Art, and Disability in Early Modern Venice*

Natalie Wright: Sarah Biffin’s Self-Portraits 

John J. Garcia: Graphic Madness: Viewing Neurodivergence, Institutionalization, and Sexuality from Inside the Nineteenth-Century Asylum

This video also contains welcome remarks from the conference co-organizers, Professors Jennifer VanHorn, Jaipreet Virdi, and Sarah Wasserman.

Closed captioning is available via the CC button on your screen.