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The Curiosity Paradox.
Grant Robert Miller, CEO
Jonathan Paradox Lee, Creative Director
What We Do.
Access Art. Creative direction driven by Disability culture. Facilitating and modeling access-centered spaces. Access check-ins for mutually-beneficial collaboration. Debrief processes for continuous improvement. Budgeting for better outcomes. Collective aftercare. Live hybrid culture production with asynchronous options. Best practices for online learning platforms.
How We Do It.
We center multiply-marginalized Disabled people as collaborators to create vibrant, beautiful, and livable worlds.
What Our People Say About Us.
“Access Art represents the future.” Claudia Alick, Calling Up Justice.
“The Curiosity Paradox embodies Access Art in its truest sense. It is a living, breathing social practice that permeates every aspect of their work and lives.” Carmen Papalia, Non-Visual Learner and Access Artist.
“TCP has consistently demonstrated not only fiscal responsibility in their proposed work but also an unwavering commitment to promoting a Queer Disabled perspective.” Carlee Smith, City of Portland.
“They go above and beyond to ensure accessible, welcoming experiences.” Cheryl Green, POD Access Producer and Access Artist.
What Participants In Our Programs Say.
“I'm not one to jump in and speak in a group of strangers but it felt natural in this co-created space.”
“There was really love in this room in asking and answering questions.”
“[This program] really challenged my notion of access. I really had to rethink everything. Which, to me, was such an amazing endeavor.”
Some Of What We’ve Done.
Dis/Rep Project (June 2020 – Present)
Lead producers, project managers, fundraisers, and learning platform specialists. Co-facilitated with Claudia Alick (Calling Up Justice), Luticha André Doucette (Catalyst Consulting Associates). Anti-ableist, antiracist virtual learning platform that models accessibility and teaches Disability art and justice-related topics. Funded by individual sponsors, The City of Portland, and Collins Foundation through 2025. Dis/Rep Project.
CripCreate (February 2020 – Present)
Co-organizer with Claudia Alick (Calling Up Justice), Luticha André Doucette (Catalyst Consulting Associates), and Catherine St. John. A disability justice centered, twice-weekly co-working space. Self-organized and funded. CripCreate.
National Disability Theatre (NDT) Handbook (2023)
Access Dramaturgs. Disability culture and access consultation, joy navigators, multi-format production, cognitive accessibility. Handbook on access-centered aesthetic for theaters who work with – or want to work with – Disabled artists. NDT funded by Ford Foundation. NDT Handbook.
Provisional Structures at Vancouver Art Gallery (2022 – 2023)
Co-conspirators. Carmen Papalia’s Provisional Structures show at Vancouver Art Gallery. Multimodal, multi-formatted installation of “Question Access” manifesto on Access Art with a creek trickling in the background. Provisional Structures.
Desire Path Project (February 2022 – Present)
Producers. Ongoing transmedia research project into Access Art. Funded by City of Portland, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Emily Georges Gottfried Fund of OAJC, and individual donors. Desire Path Project.