Our core Staff consists of two Co-Directors, a General Manager, and an Access Director. Our Business Manager and Fund Developer who support the work of the core Staff. OAFAC is working towards a model of shared leadership between the Co-Directors, GM and Access Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Embodying the ethos of \u201cnothing about us without us\u201d, our Advisory Committee is made up of an intersectional group of artists and cultural workers who identify as Disabled, Sick, Mad, Fat, Hard of Hearing, Neurodivergent, Blind, Low Vision, and Nonvisual. These artists bring diverse perspectives to OAFAC\u2019s work based on the intersections of their identities, the focus of their creative practices and advocacy, and their various positionalities in regards to community, culture, and politics. Advisory Committee members are paid for their engagement with the organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
OAFAC is accountable to and uplifts representation of the Intersectional Disability Arts <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community. It is our commitment that the majority of our Staff, Advisory Committee, Board and Membership come from our communities. The DJ principles of interdependence and collective liberation shape how we support each other as a Staff Team, and the ways in which we work with our Board and Advisory Committee. This has allowed us to become an organism that moves at the pace of our collective, changing needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OAFAC is building a platform from which Intersectional Disability Artists can gain influence with the backing of an organization\u2019s support, and to broaden and deepen skills and practices that they feel will assist them in developing long-term sustainable practices. One of the ways we are embodying this is through mentorship programs. Mentors work closely alongside Staff and the Advisory Committee both on projects of the organization and their own artistic\/cultural\/curatorial practice.
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OAFAC\u2019s Board of Directors is a supportive, working board supporting us in developing the necessary conditions to establish a well-resourced and sustainable foundation for Deaf, Disability and Mad Arts are set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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