Seeing Frida Kahlo Through Disabled Peoples Perspectives
Seeing Frida Kahlo Through Disabled Peoples Perspectives By Corbett Joan OToole Presentation at the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA February 2020 LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT I want to acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral and unceded land of the Muwekma [Mah-wek-mah] Ohlone peoples. I ask you to join me in acknowledging these communities, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations. I say this to note that I am a settler on this land. I offer my gratitude to these elders who protected and preserved this land so that we may be here today. I want to thank the de Young Museum particularly Karen Berniker and the Docent Council for inviting me to speak about Frida Kahlo from a disability-positive perspective. DISABLED PEOPLE AND MUSEUMS MUSEUM WEBSITES ON ACCESS I will start where most disabled people start when consi...