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CALL FOR ART: Now Open! #PleaseShare Our document

CALL FOR ART: Now Open! #PleaseShare

Our documentary is a social justice film that challenges the notions of beauty and centers on the lived experiences of adults with disabilities.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR ART!
We are looking for art created by adults with disabilities focused on the theme of what beautiful means to you. In a social media driven culture humankind faces superficial concepts of beauty daily. We are flooded with unrealistic ideals of how one should look and act. In addition to the educational components of our film, the underlying theme dismantles the concept of beauty and highlights strengths and innate qualities that humans encompass raising awareness.

If your art makes it on screen, your name will be in the credits for the film. Each artist will have to sign a Film Release to be included.

Submission Guidelines:
1. An artist may submit 1-3 pieces.

2. Submissions will be accepted via email in jpeg format via email to zian@wearethemostbeautifulpeople.com . These images will be considered for marketing media for the documentary film. Please send quality images.

3. Please include contact information (name, address, email, phone).

4. All submissions should include a short (one paragraph) written bio. Please include how your disability has impacted your life and details about how your piece reflects the theme in the artist call.

5. Sizes from 8”x10” up to 24”x30”

6. All submissions should include for each piece of art: Title of piece, date created, media, dimensions. Submissions that are NOT complete with the above requirements will not be selected.

7. We will not accept forwards to websites for show submissions.

8. Deadline: August 15, 2023

9. Replies to submissions will occur within one weeks turn around.

10. Submissions limited to adults (18 years or older) with disabilities only.

If you have any other questions, email us at zian@wearethemostbeautifulpeople.com
* If you’re an artist from @phamepdx or @northpolepdx you don’t need to sign film release.
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Producer: @zianchavez
Director: @bethannshort
Cinematographer: @rdlafady
#CallForArt #ArtCall #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #QRCode

I love your art @daviswohlford.art at @northpolepd

Another great video by my friend @maejune18 at the

Another great video by my friend @maejune18 at the 2023 @mssociety WALK MS. Thanks for walking with me. Producer of “We are the Most Beautiful People, Adults with Disabilities” I was diagnosed with MS 30 years ago.
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#MultipleSclerosis #MS #NeuroDivergent #CognitiveDisorder #ChronicHeadaches #Migraines #MuscleSpasticity #GotOffDMTs2009 #PlantBased #LifestyleMedicine #Mindfulness #Meditation #PositiveAffirmations #Gratitude #WalkWithACane #Portland #Oregon #PDX #PNW

ID: Video of Zian at MS Walk Portland! Director: @

ID: Video of Zian at MS Walk Portland! Director: @bethannshort and Cinematographer, @rdlafady! Hi, it’s Zian. Thank you so much, BA and Robert for sending me off!! Sorry BA, that your Podiatrist said no walking, but great to see you both! They rode their awesome @radpowerbikes to the @moda_center! Robert is a @radpowerbikes ambassador at @radownerspnw. Thank you @mssociety for a great event!! Saturday was a beautiful day for a walk. Thanks Maggie for walking with me. I’ve lived 30 years with MS. I’m grateful to still be walking. I’m extremely grateful that @mssociety has been with me every step of the way. The have been a solid resource for my MS experience over the years. Now at 50, I’m producing a documentary called, “We are the Most Beautiful People: Adults with Disabilities”. I wanted to see how the world is treating us. “Our documentary is a social justice film that challenges the notions of beauty and centers on the lived experiences of adults with disabilities.” This will be the first film to unite a minority group that spans the globe. @mssociety and @radpowerbikes we are looking for sponsors, check out @wearethemostbeautifulpeople and link in bio.
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Director: BA Short
Cinematographer: Robert Lafady
Producer: Zian Chavez
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#AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023 #Ghana #India #Taiwan #Chile #Canada #UK #SanFrancisco #Oakland #LA #SantaFe #Houston #WashingtonDC #Pittsburgh #Detroit #Portland #Oregon #MultipleSclerosis #ADHD #NeuroDivergent #HardOfHearing #TwoArtTherapistsMakingAMovie #Inclusion #Accessibility #DisabilityJustice #AllDisabilities #PleaseFollow

I love your tshirt Dan Tran! Art Changes Lives!!!

I love your tshirt Dan Tran! Art Changes Lives!!! Indeed!! Check them out at northpolestudio.org.
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Dan Tran looks so stylish in our Art Changes Lives spring tee! A limited edition collaboration, this shirt features lettering by Davis Wohlford (front) and Dan's Cherry Blossoms (back). Shop the look at our Spring Open House this Sunday or online starting 6/9!
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And be sure you're signed up for our newsletter! Subscribers enjoy early access to our spring collection AND a free instant digital download pack of spring art prints, including these dreamy blossoms from Dan.

Sign up before June 1st to get in on the benefits! Link in bio.

#ArtChangesLives #PDXArtist #NorthPoleStudio #ProgressiveArtStudio #MadeInPortland #PDXMaker #PDXArt #ArtInclusion #ArtistsWithDisabilities
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@dantran_does_art @daviswohlford.art
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Congratulations #AaronHobson @phamepdx for singing

Congratulations #AaronHobson @phamepdx for singing at the #StateHouse in #Salem #Oregon!!! Thank you @phamepdx for sharing.
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“PHAME is a school of the arts and performance. Our classes range from musical theatre to song writing, from digital photography to poetry. Our performance program puts students in front of audiences in Portland and beyond. We're also a community—a place where people with and without disabilities come to connect, make friends, learn, and grow.
PHAME. Creating art. Expanding possibility.” - phamepdx.org
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PHAME was honored to perform at the opening ceremonies for the State House in Salem this morning. PHAME student Aaron Hobson and his dad Randy Hobson performed a gorgeous rendition of “What a Wonderful World” and got a standing ovation from the legislators. Shout out to Representative Rob Nosse (@nosserob) for the invitation and all the support.
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#OregonStateHouse #SalemOregon #ArtIsForEveryone #WhatAWonderfulWorld #WhatABeautifulWorld #PhamePDX #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023
#Disabilities #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityAwareness

Thank you Keith Jones @dasoultoucha for this beaut

Thank you Keith Jones @dasoultoucha for this beautiful interview for #SammysPlace. Thank you #JulieChick and #JulieJeanHrywnak at Sammy’s Place for permission to share this video. Please check them out at sammysplace.info
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About Sammy’s Place: “We strive to support all individuals within our Oregon coastal communities so everyone has choices to realize their unique dreams. Our community work includes the pursuit of affordable housing and independent living; advocacy for universal access; inclusive education resources; peer support and networking; community employment exploration; and unified events that elicit an intentional appreciation of where we choose to live amongst some of the most beautiful and diverse natural settings, the Oregon Coast. In this diversity of nature, we see thriving systems that rely upon each other, a model of interconnection we acknowledge and appreciate for our own successes. We strive to support all individuals within our Oregon coastal communities so evervone has choices to realize their unique dreams. Our community work includes the pursuit of affordable housing and independent living; advocacy for universal access; inclusive education resources; peer support and networking; community employment exploration; and unified events that elicit an intentional appreciation of where we choose to live amongst some of the most beautiful and diverse natural settings,settings, the Oregon Coast. In this diversity of nature, we see thriving systems that rely upon each other, a model of interconnection we acknowledge and appreciate for our own successes.” - sammysplace. info
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#KeithJones #SammysPlaceOregon #OregonCoast
#Oregon #Nature #Beach #Coast #AffordableHousing #IndependantLiving
#UniversalAccess #InclusiveEducation #PeerSupport
#Disability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityInclusion #ThankYouKeithJones #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople
#AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary
#December2023

We workin’ getting better like fine wine.. #rep

We workin’ getting better like fine wine..
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Thank you Toni for creating a song for the film! You are awesome! She is collaborating with @mattmaconline and I can’t wait to share it!
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Born in New York, raised in New Orleans, she attended 15 or more schools before dropping out in the 11th grade. Though she lived mainly in New Orleans, she also lived in Atlanta and Houston at different times of her life, and went back to Harlem, New York off and on. At 9 years old, Toni started writing poetry and philosophy about life, and her experience of aches and pains while growing up with a single mother in poverty. Yet, she was also able to experience the financial safety that her mother's better jobs created for their household. Toni was signed to a well-known rap label in the south and was featured on gold and platinum albums before she eventually had her 2nd brain aneurysm, and first stroke, & was told she may never speak or walk again. Even though Toni thought her music career was over as a singing rap artist after discovering she was partially paralyzed, it was only the beginning of her learning to love herself and pivoting into living her life's purpose. Since then, Toni has become an ordained/unorthodox minister/spiritual counselor, a wholistic health practitioner and a certified holistic health practitioner & consultant, , a more spirit driven philosopher and speaker, an Emmy award winner with Krip Hop Nation, and a friend of discipline and self mastery. tonihickman.com
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#ToniHickmon #TheRealToniHickman #Singer #SongWriter #Rapper #Poet #NewYork #NewOrleans #Houston #StrokeSurvivor #TwoBrainAneurysms #Paralyzed #HolisticHealthPractitioner #Speaker #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023

Blind music producer and recording artist Mattmac

Blind music producer and recording artist Mattmac @mattmaconline, has harnessed his melodic pop-trap beats and inspiring story, quickly establishing himself as ‘one to watch’ on the national scene with more than 10 million+ streams across platforms, and critical acclaim across @cbc, @ctv, @virgin Radio, and more. Following “20/20”, his chart-topping and award-winning debut album, Mattmac released his second, full length album, Blurred Visions— available now! Originally from Garden Hill First Nation, born blind, and growing up surrounded by music, Mattmac quickly found it to be an effective coping mechanism and took to singing in his community’s gospel choir. From there, he started making beats and writing songs, teaching himself how to play piano and guitar along the way. In 2020, his debut music project, “20/20” catapulted Mattmac’s music and story into the national limelight, landing him on CTV National News and all major media outlets. His debut single, “Paradise”, reached #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown and top 50 on the mediabase charts. In 2021, he won the Broadcast Dialogue Emerging Artist Radio Award and took home the Rap/Electronic Album Of The Year at the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards. Mattmac hopes to continue to use his platform to inspire others to know that they can accomplish anything they set their mind to. Please visit: mattmacmusic.com
We are so grateful that @mattmaconline is collaborating with @therealtonihickman on a song for our documentary!
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#MattMacOnline #MatthewMonias #Blind #Producer #RecordingArtist #Singer #Rapper #MusicMaker #BlurredVision #GardenHillFirstNation #Manitoba #Canada #Music #CBC #CTV #VirginRadio #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023

@zianchavez, the producer of @wearethemostbeautifu

@zianchavez, the producer of @wearethemostbeautifulpeople
#AdultsWithDisabilities, and Keith Jones @dasoultoucha in #Portland #Oregon. 🎥 by @bethannshort, Director. It was so cool hanging out with you! Thank you so much for the great conversations! “We our the Most Beautiful People, Adults with Disabilities”, is a social justice film that challenges the notions of beauty and centers on the lived experiences of adults with disabilities.
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#Documentary #December2023 #FollowUs #SocialChange
#CerebralPalsy #MultipleSclerosis
#Wheelchair #Neurodivergent
#NonBinaryProducer
#WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople

Thank you for sharing Ryan Hudson-Peralta! You’r

Thank you for sharing Ryan Hudson-Peralta! You’re awesome! Thank you for being a part of our documentary!
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This past weekend I got to spend time with some incredible kids! I taught them a few things and they taught me a few things. It was my first time getting to a @lucky_fin_project event but definitely won't be the last. Can't wait to see you all again soon!

#RyanHudsonPeralta #LookMomNoHands #LookWorldNoHands #DontBeYourOwnSpeedBump #Inspiration #Inspirational #Motivational #Motivate #Believe
#LimbDifferent #LimbDifference #amputee #LimbLoss #AmputeeLife #LimbDifferenceAwareness #prosthetics #AdaptiveAthlete #ProstheticArm #TenFingersAreOverrated #IAmAdaptive #AmputeeStrong #adaptive #disability #motivation

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Hello beautiful people. Walk #MS Portland, Oregon

Hello beautiful people. Walk #MS Portland, Oregon is May 20. If you're in #PDX please join us for the walk. I'll be there with the amazing film crew from @wearethemostbeautifulpeople #Director, BA Short @bethannshort and #Cinematographer, Robert Lafady @rdlafady. 9:45AM - the Walk MS program will begin. 10:00AM. Routes open to participants - Walk MS has 1- and 3-mile accessible routes available with volunteer support and Hydration Station(s) along the way! If you want to make a donation please support our film at https://gofund.me 8aefcd47.
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#MultipleSclerosis #MSWarrior
#ComeCelebrateWithMe30YearsWithMS
#Portland #Oregon #PleaseShare #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023 #Producer @zianchavez
Donate to @mssociety at https://mssociety.donordrive.com/participant/255739

Please use #CamelCase #HashTags. Lowercase hashtag

Please use #CamelCase #HashTags. Lowercase hashtags are an issue for screen readers. The content is inaccessible to people who use screen readers. With inaccessible hashtags, you're alienating:
#BlindPeople #PartialSighted #VisionImpairment #PersonsWithDyslexia. Thank you.
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#MultipleSclerosis #adhd #stroke #disability #DisabilityAwareness #disabled #wheelchair #autism #amputee #HardOfHearing #blind #deaf #accessibility #CerebralPalsy #MentalHealth #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityInclusion #SpinalCordInjury #DownSyndrome #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023 @instagram #Instagram

Awesome!! Thank you @northpolepdx for being part o

Awesome!! Thank you @northpolepdx for being part of our documentary! North Pole Studio, Portland, Oregon, supports careers in the arts, and exists to increase opportunities for artists with autism and intellectual / developmental disabilities to thrive as active members of the arts community. We foster self-determination and facilitate meaningful connections through total engagement in the arts.
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Ceramics Workshop with the wonderful @shannongarciashinn ! We are excited to expand our program offerings for transition-aged youth (ages 16-25) this year by offering monthly workshops. Our workshops cover a wide variety of art-making tools and techniques and fees are sliding scale!

Interested in getting involved as a student or instructor? Get in touch. We’d love to make art with you!
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#NorthPoleStudio #Portland #Oregon #IntellectualAndDevelopmentalDisabilities #Disabilities #DisabilityIsNotABadWord #DisabilityArt #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023

Yes! Yes! Yes, you ALL are so beautiful!! Thank yo

Yes! Yes! Yes, you ALL are so beautiful!! Thank you for sharing @cafearpan @yashcharitabletrust @ashaita!! I can’t wait to meet you in person. It would be awesome to go to a Film Festival in Mumbai. Expected release date. December 2023. Thank you for being a part of our documentary family. @britishvogue meet the beautiful people @cafearpan in #Mumbai. 💜
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#Repost @cafearpan with @use.repost. Music: Scars to Your Beautiful by @alessiasmusic
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Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month is a reminder to celebrate neurodiversity and inclusivity, not just in April, but all year round! We must celebrate our strengths, cherish our individuality because we are All Beautiful, just the way we are!”🫰

At Café Arpan, we recognize and embrace the unique abilities of our team members with autism (and other developmental disabilities), and we hope to inspire others to do the same! 🌈

Join us in creating a world where everyone feels valued, empowered and included! 🤗

#AutismAwareness #Neurodiversity #InclusionForAll #CafeArpan #WorldAutismAwarenessMonth #InclusionMatters #inclusion #DiversityAndInclusion #InclusiveWorkPlace #AbilityNotDisabilityThatMatters #CafeaOfIndia #CafeInMumbai #HumansOfArpan #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #NewDisabilityDocumentary #OurTimeToShine #December2023 #Disability #DisabilityAwareness

I love your song @lachimusic! Great to see you wit

I love your song @lachimusic! Great to see you with the amazing @blackkrip Leroy Moore Jr.! It is our honor to have him a part of our documentary!
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I’m not going through #BlackHistoryMonth without giving flowers to Krip Hop legend Leroy Moore! Toss an awesome #BlackDisabled creator or artist, in the comments.

An unwavering activist for #BlackDisabled justice, and staunch advocate amplifying disability in Hip Hop and poetry, Leroy was one of the first human beings to support my music career when I first got signed over a decade ago. Little did I know then, Leroy would inspire me in part for the disability inclusion in music work I do today.

Representation has certainly improved in many aspects for Disability Culture and visibility in entertainment and media. Celebrities are coming out about their neurodiversities or chronic illnesses in a non-trauma-porn way. Honest discussions are being had about mental health.
However, it’s important we recognize the much slower progress for the black deaf and disability communities, the biases, the silent cancellations, and the greater lack in opportunity.

As we celebrate 50 years in Hip Hop, the visibility for black Country musicians, and the renaissance of female-lead R&B, I wonder if pushing for more inclusive practices doesn’t start within our own communities, dropping the shame, embracing our differences, and walking the path of collective liberation.
I know it’s a steep ask, and resonate with the, “I’m already black, I’m not trying to add disability to my plight”-sentiment - the plight of having one’s humanity measured by production-value burdened on us by majority society. But if we want change, especially as the pioneers of Culture—because that’s what we black folks are, the pioneers of Culture—I believe it will start with us.

Thank you Leroy Moore for your continued work, moves and elevation, but mostly for coming out to my first show in the Bay Area back in 2013 and being an amazing supporter ever since.
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#blind #disability #blm #BlackLivesMatter #BlackDisabledLivesMatter #KripHop #lachi #Leroy #WhiteCane #BlindWoman #cp #LosAngeles #DisabilityAwareness

Image Description: “INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THRE

Image Description: “INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.” - Martin Luther King Jr. Day 15. 46 YEARS AGO, 150 DISABILITY JUSTICE ACTIVISTS OCCUPIDIED A U.S. FEDERAL BUIDLING FOR NEARLY 30 DAYS. Disability Advocates and activists occupying a federal building. Thank you for sharing @detroitdisabilitypower! This history should be in school books. In our documentary we talk about ‘Disability History’ being added in U.S history books. We hope it will include the history of the Disability Rights Movement, the making of the ADA (American with Disabilities Act) and current day Disability Justice Movement. This curriculum could include a section on kindness and compassion. Curriculum would be suggested in the 4th grade and 11th grade respectively.
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Our series in honor of the 504 Sit-Ins continue! Today, on the 15th day of occupying a federal building we honor the cross-disability and intersectional organizing of these successful series of protests. Civil rights, and the liberation beyond that, is a group project, y’all. We are stronger together! Learn what you can do to become a DJ advocate today at DetroitDisabilityPower.org/members

ID: 4 image carousel honoring the 504 Sit-Ins. Today is the anniversary of day 15 of the protest. ASL was creatively used to sign across great distances and through windows, allowing protestors to communicate with supporters outside. Also, we uplift Brad Lomax and Judy Heumann, leaders of this movement. Brad was a Black Panther and Judy continued her activism for decades. She passed this past March and is now a great activist ancestor.
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#DetroitDisabilityPower #Detroit #Michigan #DisabilityPower #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityJustice #WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023 #FollowUs

Thank you and hi @wheelchairpapi!! 💜 #PleaseSha

Thank you and hi @wheelchairpapi!! 💜 #PleaseShare
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THIS HAPPENS WAY 2 MUCH! PLEASE WATCH, SHARE & SPREAD AWARENESS! Thank you! #SpinalCordInjury #Wheelchair #SpreadAwareness #Share

Thank you Keith Jones @dasoultoucha!! I love this!

Thank you Keith Jones @dasoultoucha!! I love this! Move with intentional positive purpose! Yes!
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[image of a Black man masked seated outside in his wheelchair looking into the camera]
Move with INTENTIONAL POSITIVE PURPOSE..

#dasoultouchaz #IntentionalPositivePurpose
#WeAreTheMostBeautifulPeople #AdultsWithDisabilities #Documentary #December2023 #CerebralPalsy #Wheelchair

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