Gallery Talk & Poetry Reading: Adam Wolfond & Dr. Estée Klar

Estée Klar and Adam Wolfond are mother and son, artists and founders of dis assembly in Toronto, which is a collective for neurodiverse, relational-artistic creation and collaboration.

Klar earned a Ph.D. in Critical Disability Studies, specifically in neurodiversity, relation and research creation from York University. Additionally, she holds an M.A. in Critical Disability Studies from York and a Fine Arts Degree from the University of Toronto. She has published multiple articles in academic journals and is an art curator.

Wolfond is a non-speaking, self-ascribed “man of autism” who uses an iPad with a text-to-speech application combined with movement to communicate. He is also a published poet with two collections and two chapbooks, with poems featured in The New York Times Magazine, and he presented at the Poetry Project in New York. Wolfond is the first non-speaking autistic person to complete an M.A. in Canada, and is a sought-after lecturer about autism.

Both will share perspectives about What if My Body Was a Beacon for the World?, and a selection of Wolfond’s poetry will be read. Questions from the audience are welcome.