Monday 29 July 2024 - An art exhibit exploring romantic love and disability through paintings of everyday moments between the artist and her husband. In her solo exhibit, Athena Cooper paints the interabled love story between herself and her able-bodied husband highlighting the everyday moments that make up their life together—from the mundane to the life-changing. Born with the rare genetic disorder Osteogenesis Imperfecta (aka “brittle bone disease”) and a wheelchair user since the age of six. Athena struggled with society’s ill-fitting narrative around disability that suggested finding a romantic partner would be an impossible task. Since meeting her husband ten years ago, she has learned that a loving relationship that includes disability might look different from the outside, but is remarkably and beautifully ordinary in all the ways that count. The exhibit will be open to the public from July 30th to August 24th (Monday to Saturday). The exhibit is made possible with the generous support of Canada Council for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development and the City of Calgary. -
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