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Sean Lee is an artist and curator exploring the notion of disability art and accessibility as the last avant-garde. His methodology reframes embodied difference as a means to resist traditional aesthetic idealities. Orienting toward a “crip horizon,” Sean’s practice gestures towards the transformative possibilities of a world that desires the way disability can disrupt. Sean holds a BA in Arts Management and Studio from the University of Toronto, Scarborough, and is currently the Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability. In addition to his position at Tangled, Sean is an independent curator, lecturer, and advisor, adding his insights and perspectives to conversations surrounding Disability Arts across Canada and the United States. Sean currently sits on the board of CARFAC Ontario, Creative Users Projects, and is a member of the Ontario Art Council’s Deaf and Disability Advisory Committee, and Toronto Art Council's Visual and Media Arts Committee.

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Carmen Papalia is a social practice artist who uses organizing strategies and improvisation to address his access to public space, the art institution, and visual culture. His work, which takes forms ranging from collaborative performance to public intervention, is a response to the barriers and biases of the medical model of disability. As a convener, he establishes welcoming spaces where those from historically marginalized groups realize their desires for participation through processes rooted in activism, performance, and institutional critique. Papalia’s work has been featured at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Tate Liverpool, Grand Central Art Center, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and Gallery Gachet, among others.

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