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REST & RESIST: Call for d/Deaf and disabled 2SQTBIPOC artists

AANM in collaboration with Matter Queer Space Manitoba is inviting all d/deaf and disabled 2SQTBIPOC artists to submit their work for REST & RESIST, a juried group exhibition opening in February 2027.

This is a promotional graphic for REST & RESIST, a juried group exhibition. A black irregular geometric shape contains the title REST & RESIST in lavender and orange, and the words Juried Group Exhibition - 02.27 written beneath. An orange irregular geometric shape contains the words Open Call d/Deaf and disabled 2SQTBIPOC artists. Beneath this is a lavender irregular geometric shape containing the words Deadline: September 30, 2026, 11:59pm. Hands holding berries is on the top left hand side for visual interest. Logos of La Maison, The Winnipeg Foundation, Matter, and AANM are on the footer.

This Call to Artists is open to individuals who identify within all three identity groups: disability, race, and queerness.

Submission deadline: September 30, 2026 at 11:59pm

Theme Description:

“I believe in saying to the systems [of] white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, ableism, all the systems that really degrade our humanity and degrade our divinity, and don’t see us as human beings [that] we can push back and disrupt against them, even in small ways, by simply saying, ‘No, you can’t have me. I don’t belong to you. I don’t belong to the systems. My body is my own, my time is my own. The legacy I come from is my own rich history’.”  

– Tricia Hersey

What does it mean for multiply-marginalized individuals to resist the systems that oppress them? What does rest mean for bodies that are constantly trying to survive the threats of ableism, queer-/trans-/homophobia, racism, white supremacy, capitalism, and the patriarchy?

REST & RESIST centres the lived experiences of d/Deaf and disabled 2SQTBIPOC artists who are challenging narratives, stigma, and oppression, through acts of rest and resistance. Visions of the self in spaces—now and in the future—are explored through real and/or imagined mechanisms of survival. REST & RESIST reveals ancestral and inner wisdom, projected in the desire for regeneration and liberation.

(The title REST & RESIST is inspired by Tricia Hersey’s manifesto Rest is Resistance. Tricia Hersey is the creator of The Nap Ministry.)

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