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Hey,
I'm Hannah

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I am an artist and cultural accessibility and inclusion specialist/collaborator.

Raised in a family of makers, for me art is like breathing, and making art is life-long.

While I came to access work as an adult, accessibility shares space with art-making in my head and heart.
Please explore whatever parts of the website resonate with you, and reach out if you would like to be in touch.

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"Quite simply, I love making things."

For me, creativity and art and are part of being alive, how I think, how I view the world around me. It has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. It feels like a natural way to express ideas and thoughts.

Quite simply, I love making things. On this site I plan to share both the body of work I am currently immersed in, and some of the on-going threads of work that reflect other materials, approaches and/or ideas that stretch over time. Currently, this site is in progress, with just art from and related to a recent exhibition I had, "Somehow, sometime”. I hope to add more soon.

An ink drawing on mulberry paper titled "Shelter Here"

Everyone should have access
to arts and culture if they want it.

What is Accessibility?

I work in arts and cultural access.

In this context Accessibility refers to people with disabilities (all types) gaining access to the spaces, content, programs, communications and all other experiences within an organization in an equitable manner.

Everyone should have access to arts and culture if they want it.

Expertise & Experience

I’ve worked at the intersection of art and accessibility for about 30 years.
My first experiences were arts education related, in a variety of settings, and then I started working at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

While at the MFA I had the opportunity to work, cross departments, on all aspects of Accessibility. I also partnered with others working in cultural access to start Cultural Access New England, where I am still active.

Having expertise in multi-sensory engagement, inclusive programming and lots of experience with staff and volunteer training, I have had opportunities to work with other organizations locally, nationally and internationally.
Disability and community centered collaboration and connection has been at the heart of my work, which continues today.

Since leaving the MFA at the end of 2020, I have been fortunate to have some wonderful opportunities with a variety of organizations. I look forward to more.