Rachel da Silveira Gorman, PASS. Balancing Acts Disability Arts Festival (Stage Left Productions), Big Secret Theatre; Calgary (2009)

WELCOME TO DDMAAC
THE DEAF, DISABILITY & MAD ARTS ALLIANCE OF CANADA:
​A STAGE LEFT NETWORK, OF ARTISTS EXPERIENCING DISABLEMENT

Canada's disability arts & culture movement has
continually been threatened by arts institutions and charitable organizations that seek to promote disability arts ​​and culture ​while dismissing its political base.
​(FUSE Magazine)

 Dr. Rachel da Silveira Gorman
Artistic Director, Revolutionary Forms

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VISION: DDMAAC cultivates conduits of cultural affinity, artistic autonomy and disability justice in Canada's Deaf/ Disability/ Mad Arts domain,
and promotes the collective interests of artists whose lived experience of disablement advances artistic and aesthetic non-normativity.

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DDMAAC's PURPOSE

1. Serve as a collective agent of solidarity, influence and
equity for disability justice in the professional arts ecology.

2. Provide a centralized hub of Deaf, Disability & Mad Arts advisors/ consultants, knowledge, resources and services. 

3. Advocate for increased investment in, sector resources for and consideration of disability equity in the dis arts domain.  

4. Claim spaces of artistic autonomy and cultural authority
for artists and works that advance disability justice and non-normativity in the broader ecology. 

5. Increase the use of accommodating production and presenting models in market access and artistic touring. 

DDMAAC'S PRIORITIES

1. Promote Deaf Culture, disability cultures and Mad Pride as a source of socio-political commentary and aesthetic innovation.

2. Affirm Deaf/ Disabled/ Mad artists as fully qualified cultural contributors to the professional arts sector. 

3. Advance disability justice (decolonization, anti-racism, anti-oppression and non-normalization) within the domain and the broader arts ecology.

3. Uphold the interests of disability justice in DDMAAC's services, programs and advocacy. 

4. Engage in cross-cultural solidarity with, and get behind the collective advocacy of, other equity-seeking artistic networks. 

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Acknowledgements:
DDMAAC acknowledges the Original Peoples in Canada as the sovereign stewards of the traditional territories we now occupy. We also acknowledge our Treaty obligations, so we work daily to maintain good relations and to support the 94 Calls to Action from the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. 

We apologize for not yet being able to secure the funding needed to bridge the digital divide; meaning that we can't afford to provide full and proper access to our website and literature (which is ironic, considering that we are Canada's only arts support organization specifically attending to the collective interests of professional artists who live with some form of impairment!). 

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