An interview with fine art photographer Laurie Tümer about her illuminating body of work.
Chemically Sensitive Artist Reveals Pesticide Trail
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MCS art
Call for submissions: Scarsongs
Submit your writing and art for an anthology articulating the terrain of trauma and resilience – a collaboration of the Icarus Project, the Bay Area Radical Mental Health Collective, and Activist Trauma Support.
One Thing I’d Change About My Chemical Sensitivity
What’s one thing you’d change about your chemical sensitivity? We posed this question to our members and the video responses are beginning to come in.
Shameless: The ART of Disability
Bonnie Sherr Klein’s film presents a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals with diverse disabilities. Watch the film and then join our live chat to discuss disability, art, and creativity.
Chicago Tribune features chemically sensitive artist
The Chicago Tribune presents an inspiring account of one woman’s struggle to overcome severely isolating and disabling chemical sensitivity.
Artists: Win a 3 Bedroom House in Maine!
One lucky artist may be the new owner of this 3 bedroom house located in Sanford, Maine — if they can write the winning essay for the Artist’s House Essay Contest.
Interview with performance artist Julie Laffin
Moving Beyond MCS, a blog about recovering from environmental illness, has published an interview with performance artist Julie Laffin that explores how her work has evolved due to her illness.
(dis)abling conditions: curated by Julie Laffin
Julie Laffin will be “Skyped” in to this year’s disability-themed Site Unseen show in Chicago to help spread awareness on environmental illness. The show is presented by The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
MCS Art
A selection of museum-quality works reflecting the experience of life with environmental illness.
She Speaks in Metaphors (I Understand)
My doctor (one of them) says my entire left side is jammed. It’s like shrink-wrapped plastic wrap, tight and brittle but it should be like one large, flowing, unified teardrop. It should have coherence and flexibility and it should breathe.
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