Quilt No. 6 | Shelby Seier

Shelby Seier is a disabled and chronically ill artist and creative accommodations provider rooted in the Great Plains. Her practice, All Kinds Accessibility Consulting, promotes and implements accessibility as an art form and as an opportunity to strengthen relationships. She is an improvisational quilter, holds a background in performing arts, and so far exclusively draws chairs and beds — two of her favorite accommodational aids. She is particularly interested in exploring the political potential of playscapes, anti-ableist dance practices, making accommodations for and by disabled people, and the power of play in the collective's day-to-day. Say howdy @shelbyseier on Instagram, or at www.shelbyseier.com! Tenants from the artist's background in improvisational comedy — such as the frenzied, yet methodical nature of building individual scenes to make a whole — are folded into the creation of this quilt. The colors chosen are a nod to a major wellspring of inspiration in Shelby's life: