Access at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Explore the New British Galleries online through an engaging conversation with Met educator, Joyce Hom. Presented in American Sign Language.

Verified As part of our Met Access program, every month we invite Disabled and Deaf artists to respond to works from our collection that spark their curiosity or inspire them. This month, Jerron Herman reflects on this 1650 portrait of Juan de Pareja: ... "I’m attracted to this piece for several reasonschiefly a brown face in classical portraiture, but it also interestingly references this alluring relationship between 'outsiders' and their gatekeepers: how a world embraces someone from a distant background but that person, Juan here, is/was/and will always be historically part of the canon. Juan was already prolific and demonstrated so later. As a Disabled dancer, this is my portraitI was invited into art and ensconced by others, yes, but I sustain due to my complex prowess and aesthetics. How much more so for other 'outsiders'?" #Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, 15991660). #JuanDePareja (16061670), 1650. @meteuropeanpaintings #BlackHistoryMonth [Image Description: An oil painting of a brown-skinned man who poses for a portrait against a dark background. He wears a dark mustache and beard, and he is dressed in a dark grey garment with a white lace collar. His left arm crosses his chest, and his left is at his side. Although his body is angled towards the right, he looks directly at us, the viewers.] https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwZ4CcrPSM/

On Wednesday, January 27th at 6:30 p.m. (EST), the Center for Hearing and Communication is hosting Resilience and Hope in 2021 in Beyond, an informative, comforting, and supportive discussion about what resilience is and how to tap into it. Facilitated by CHC psychotherapists, this free virtual session will cover positive coping strategies to make this unprecedented time easier for all of us. Presenters include CHC's Paul Aguirre, LCSW-R, and Jeff Wax, LCSW-R, Director of ...CHC's Baker Family Emotional Health and Wellness Center. You can register for the webinar here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_Ms8RV07jQGaSFyQEOUfsPQ

Explore the exhibition Making The Met, 18702020 online through an engaging conversation with Met educator, Joyce Hom. Presented in American Sign Language.

Eurydice Roman, a friend of the MET's Discoveries programs, conducted this interview at the museum in 2018 as a part of her documentary: The Autism Cycle: Parent-Provider-Organization. Her film was featured at the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival in November and will be highlighted at Mott Haven Film Festival on December 12th 2020 at 2:00 pm. Check out her work, and don't forget to join us for a virtual discoveries program, "Forms at Your Fingertips," on Sun...day, December 13th from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm! Director, Producer, and Editor: Eurydice Roman Director of Photography: Victor Diaz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z3vNcgdB28 https://www.metmuseum.org//disco/forms-at-your-fingertips

A virtual group exhibition curated by danilo machado featuring artists from Art Beyond Sight’s Art and Disability Residency (ADR). The artists in the exhibition include Lizzy De Vita, Michael DiFeo, Zoey Hart, Terry Huber, Alex Dolores Salerno, michelle miles, e.e. miller, and Sandra Wazaz. Check out their work: https://www.supportstructures.art/

#MetAccess celebrates #IDPWD International Day of People with Disabilities. Every month, #MetAccess and @metmuseum invite disabled and Deaf artists to respond to a work of art in the Met collection that inspired them. Today, the Artist Spotlight is on Laura Swanson.