Please join us for Disability Art Chats, a community space for folks who identify as disabled, crip, MAD, and/or C/S/X, and those allied with the principles of disability justice. During this free, 90-minute online program, we use a crip perspective to unearth fresh interpretations of MoMA’s collection and foster friendship through creative discussion. No specialized understanding of art, art history, or crip theory is required. Join us in January to explore how projected identities influence our sense of self and understanding of our bodies. Exploring Vital Signs: Artists and the Body, Chella Man will be drawing parallels between the body and spirit using works in the exhibition and his own projects. Chella Man is a multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into themes of joy, perspective, grief, and self-reclamation, often drawing from his personal experiences as a Deaf, transgender person of color. His performance piece Autonomy explores self-determination and the reclamation of one’s body through tattooing and reflections on medical scars, symbolizing the erosion of societal constructs to reveal authentic identity. In 2024, Man’s work was featured at Frieze, where he presented The Device That Turned Me into a Cyborg Was Born the Same Year I Was, a film that examines his complex relationship with cochlear implants and the navigation of identity between Deaf and hearing worlds. This program is offered free of charge. Advance registration is required. Registration is now open. Accessibility Images and descriptions of works to be discussed will be sent to registered participants prior to the programs. Sessions will include verbal description, live captioning, ASL interpretation, and a virtual quiet room. You can request any additional accommodations and let us know how we can best support your full participation in this program in the registration form. For more information or to register, please email AccessPrograms@moma.org or call Access Programs at (212) 408-6447.