June 24, 6-9 PM
20 people max

In this 3-hour event, Megan will share her personal connection to protesting, healthcare justice, and art as activism. We will check out artwork, zines and photos on healthcare and disability activism. After our conversation, there will be open time to make art together.

There will be 3 art-making stations. A poster-making station, a community art project station, and an open art-making station. You can stay for as little or as long as you would like and make art in all the ways that are meaningful for you.

Access: There is one step into the entrance of Secret Riso Club. Inside, there are two large bathrooms without grab bars. This event will provide masks, verbal descriptions, plain language instructions, and Know Before You Go materials. There will be a large room with 2 tables for a work space. There will be a variety of art materials. There is a large room next to the event that can be visited for a quieter setting.

Please request ASL interpretation by June 10th

For any questions or further access requests, please email Megan at disabilityartandhealthcare@gmail.com

About Megan Bent:

Megan Bent (she/her) is a lens-based artist interested in ways image-making can happen beyond "traditional" media and methods. She is drawn to processes that reflect and embrace her disabled experience; especially interdependence, impermanence, care, and slowness. Her most recent work focuses on personal experiences of healthcare denials and critiques the use of AI in healthcare. She is interested in weaving together her health justice activism and art practice. Her work has been exhibited domestically and abroad at venues including The U.N. Headquarters, NY, NY; Root Division, San Francisco, CA; form & concept, Santa Fe, NM; F1963, Busan, South Korea; and Fotonostrum, Barcelona, Spain. She was a recent recipient of the 2023 Wynn Newhouse Awards. Her work has been featured in Lenscratch, Analog Forever Magazine, Fraction Magazine, Rfotofolio, and Float Photography Magazine.

About Culture Push + Show Don’t Tell:

Culture Push is an arts organization that supports artists and creative thinkers using imaginative, participatory methods to address social and civic challenges. Operating at the intersection of art, social justice, and public engagement, Culture Push fosters collaboration, experimentation, and new ways of thinking through hands-on, community-driven projects.

The Show Don’t Tell Symposium is Culture Push’s annual gathering of artists and creative changemakers who share works-in-progress developed through Fellowship-supported civic experiments. Through interactive installations, performances, and participatory workshops, the Symposium invites the public into imaginative acts of collective learning, care, and resistance—spotlighting practices that push the boundaries of how art can move in the world.