Crafting a Professional Career in the Arts: Against All Odds.
In this documentary series professional invisibly disabled Edmonton based artists in a variety of mediums are interviewed. Each artist shares their story, advice and inspirational thoughts for those who are just getting started in their artistic career. The episodes also garner advice for artists at any level from a variety of community supports available to Edmontonians. Interviewees included are artists, gallery owners, craft organizations, show promoters, store owners, City representatives and not-for-profit businesses.
“for people who are interested in becoming a professional artist, I often love to talk about connecting to local arts organizations because that has been one of the ways that I've really been able to make this work”
-Allison Tunis 2022
Episode 1: Featured Artist - Allison Tunis
Allison (she/they) uses her education in visual arts and art therapy, combined with her personal experiences as a community organizer and self-advocate to explore themes of personal and community healing through the art creation process.
In this episode Allison talks about the lack of accessibility in the arts and the changes that need to be made to include everyone.
To see Allison’s work please see her/there website : www. allisontunis. com/
Behind the scenes of Allison’s feature episode.