ABLE Voices Ep 47: Marie Conner

We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and  guest hosts on ABLE Voices. Today's guest host is Alexis Neumann.  Alexis Neumann is an installation and research artist and disabilities  advocate. Alexis’ work focuses on the drawing attention to the  complexities of the human experience while engaging disabilities  studies, theology, cultural studies, and intersectionality. She lives  with multiple invisible disabilities including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome  and mental illness. Today, Alexis will be interviewing Marie Conner.Marie Conner is a Portland based sculptor and mixed media artist, arts  leader, and non-fiction writer. She has exhibited and published  throughout Oregon, and gained immeasurable experience as the Director of  Littman and White student run professional contemporary art galleries  at Portland State University. Marie loves listening to and retelling  stories through my art practices as a way of creating a stronger  cultural and global community.  The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAAE Operations  Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was  written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian  Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs  at the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education.For more information about our programs visit us at:  https://college.berklee.edu/BIAAEFollow us for more weekly updates at:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berkleeiaae/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerkleeIAAE