Explore the artists on the hub

Description of Art:
Front: This piece is painted and drawn on a rectangle canvas. It shows a bedroom with yellow walls, tan-colored flooring, a white open door, and typical bedroom furniture. The dresser drawers are open with clothes spilling out of them. The waste basket is overflowing, there is a book on the floor, and someone sitting in their bed on the right side of the room. The person has storm clouds with lightning above them and a thought bubble with the following words: Bills, Crime, Love, Food, Family, Success, School, and Job.


Kenadie’s Safe Place

January 22, 2025

By Artist: Kenadie Description of Art:Front: This piece is painted and drawn on a rectangle canvas. It shows a bedroom with yellow walls, tan-colored flooring, a white open door, and typical bedroom furniture. The dresser drawers are open with clothes… Continue Reading Kenadie’s Safe Place

Description of Art:
This piece is on a white rectangle canvas and was created using a variety of colorful markers. At the center of the piece is a side profile of a person in black ink. Inside the side profile where the brain would be is a plethora of colorful scribbles going in a circular motion. At the center of the scribes is a silver-colored semi colon. At the bottom right edge of the piece is the artist’s signature, black letters “MCC” with 3 dots under the letters.

The Semicolon

January 9, 2025

Artist: Mo Clark Description of Art:This piece is on a white rectangle canvas and was created using a variety of colorful markers. At the center of the piece is a side profile of a person in black ink. Inside the… Continue Reading The Semicolon

This piece was created on paper, in a vertical rectangle shape, using colorful markets in pink, blue, orange, green, and black. There is a poem centered along the piece and it reads: “When you hear me, I make a mistake, You raise your hand, And I don’t fear it, There is a weight on my head, It isn’t stress, It’s your hand, Patting me like a dog, Everyone loves dogs, And you love me, And you love me..”

Artistic Reflections on Disability and Acceptance

December 16, 2024

This piece was created on paper, in a vertical rectangle shape, using colorful markets in pink, blue, orange, green, and black. There is a poem centered along the piece and it reads: “When you hear me, I make a mistake, You raise your hand, And I don’t fear it, There is a weight on my head, It isn’t stress, It’s your hand, Patting me like a dog, Everyone loves dogs, And you love me, And you love me..” Continue Reading Artistic Reflections on Disability and Acceptance

Autism Perspective

December 12, 2024

He sits in his room just like the character drawn, with his hands clasped, often fidgeting together. “I wanted to very clearly represent an Autistic person.” The sharks floating around him are representative of one of his special interests. Continue Reading Autism Perspective

This piece is on a white rectangle canvas and the art was created with a black graphite pencil. The border of the canvas has a cloud shape, inside the shape are the following series of words and phrases: Irrational, Worry, Dont give up on me, exhausted, irritability, overwhelmed, sadness, intrusive thoughts, fear, brain moves slowww, numb, fear of failure, excessive sleep, introvert, worried, isolation, slow, intense, lazy, losing people, no down time, tired, lonely, not enough, routine, hopeless, drained, behind, guilt, panic, and the words inconvenience and burden are underlined. There is smudging from the graphite throughout the piece, giving it a darker appearance. At the center of the canvas is a door that is slightly open, revealing tile flooring and a peek into a blank room. There are 3 rows of tape outside of the door with the word “Caution” written on them.

Madd House

December 10, 2024

Description of Art:Front: This piece is on a white rectangle canvas and the art was created with a black graphite pencil. The border of the canvas has a cloud shape, inside the shape are the following series of words and… Continue Reading Madd House

Here is how you can contribute to the hub

IDJ would also like to uplift artwork by survivors with disabilities and people with disabilities broadly.  The artwork does not need to specifically be about people with disabilities or about violence prevention or survivorship.  Publication of artwork may serve 1 of 2 purposes:

  1. To bring creative awareness to disability justice, violence prevention, and/or survivorship.
  2. To uplift the creative work of people with disabilities broadly and survivors with disabilities specifically.

Artwork may be visual art, poetry, spoken word performances, music, theatre, or any other creative outlet! For more information about submitting artwork for us to share, check out the Submission Guidelines.

Visual Art

Spoken Performances & Poetry

Theatre

Film

Music