WEBVTT 00:02.866 --> 00:13.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% DECADE. 00:05.433 --> 00:14.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >>> AN AWARD CELEBRATING 00:13.266 --> 00:15.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ACCESSIBILITY IN THE ARTS, 00:14.066 --> 00:15.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% RECENTLY GIVEN OUT TO THE 2023 00:15.166 --> 00:17.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% RECIPIENT. AN ANNUAL AWARD 00:15.933 --> 00:21.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PRESENTED BY ARTS MIDWEST FOR 00:17.266 --> 00:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% MIDWESTERN ARTIST 'S WITH 00:21.533 --> 00:22.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% DISABILITIES. HOW 00:22.066 --> 00:23.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CORRESPONDENCE INTRODUCES US TO 00:22.866 --> 00:24.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% US THIS YEAR'S ONLY CHICAGO 00:23.866 --> 00:26.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% RECIPIENT. 00:24.300 --> 00:28.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> VISUAL ARTIST MATT CLARK 00:26.433 --> 00:30.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% GIVES HIM A VOICE. 00:28.700 --> 00:41.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> THAT SORT OF POWER GIVEN 00:30.833 --> 00:41.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:30% BACK TO ME, 00:43.033 --> 00:45.266 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:50% I THINK WITH THIS 00:44.500 --> 00:46.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% MOMENT OF TRANSITION FOR ME. 00:45.266 --> 00:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> THE POWER HE REFERS TO COMES 00:46.266 --> 00:48.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AS A RESULT OF HARD WORK AFTER 00:47.766 --> 00:49.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BEING DIAGNOSED WITH WHAT'S 00:48.500 --> 00:49.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% DESCRIBED AS AN INVISIBLE 00:49.200 --> 00:50.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% DISABILITY. 00:49.666 --> 00:51.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> WHEN WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS 00:50.400 --> 00:51.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ABOUT DISABILITY IT'S VERY 00:51.300 --> 00:53.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% OFTEN THESE VISIBLE 00:51.866 --> 00:54.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DISABILITIES AS THEY GET A LOT 00:53.000 --> 00:55.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% OF ATTENTION SO THEN WHAT 00:54.100 --> 00:57.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% HAPPENS IS THE INVISIBLE 00:55.433 --> 01:00.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DISABILITY , IT'S HARDER TO 00:57.333 --> 01:02.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BELIEVE. SOMETIMES THERE'S THE 01:00.600 --> 01:04.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STIGMAS THAT EXIST BEHIND 01:02.400 --> 01:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE PEOPLE 01:04.200 --> 01:10.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SAY THINGS LIKE PULL YOURSELF 01:06.000 --> 01:10.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS OR WORK 01:10.000 --> 01:11.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THROUGH THE SADNESS. MAN UP. 01:10.900 --> 01:13.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THERE'S NOTIONS THAT WE SHOULD 01:11.833 --> 01:20.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BE ABLE TO MOVE BEYOND THIS 01:13.333 --> 01:21.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE IT. I WAS 01:20.266 --> 01:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOAFFECTIVE 01:21.000 --> 01:22.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% DISORDER. IT'S TWO PARTS, 01:21.700 --> 01:25.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WINNING THE LOTTERY OF MENTAL 01:22.433 --> 01:26.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HEALTH. YOU GET THE MIXTURE OF 01:25.300 --> 01:33.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SCHIZOPHRENIA AND A MOOD 01:26.933 --> 01:34.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% DISORDER SO I GET SEVERE 01:33.966 --> 01:36.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DEPRESSION. I WAS DIAGNOSED 01:34.800 --> 01:37.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AFTER A SERIES OF MISDIAGNOSIS 01:36.033 --> 01:41.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TRYING TO WORK THROUGH WHAT WAS 01:37.500 --> 01:42.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GOING ON AND IT WAS PROBABLY 01:41.833 --> 01:43.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% 18 YEARS AGO NOW. 01:42.533 --> 01:44.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> THAT SAID, THE COMMUNITY OF 01:43.766 --> 01:47.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% OTHER DISABLED ARTISTS HELPED 01:44.566 --> 01:48.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% HIM TO FIND A SPACE . 01:47.100 --> 01:52.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> I WAS WORKING WITH THE 01:48.833 --> 01:54.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% COUNSELOR . THEY DID ENCOURAGE 01:52.766 --> 01:57.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ME SINCE I WAS MAKING ART 01:54.300 --> 02:00.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BEFORE , THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO 01:57.533 --> 02:01.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% USE IT AND TALK ABOUT THIS 02:00.100 --> 02:04.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS 02:01.566 --> 02:09.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT IS MOST DIFFICULT FOR ME 02:04.733 --> 02:10.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHEN I'M IN MY WORST STATE. 02:09.433 --> 02:12.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHEN I CAN NO LONGER VERBALIZE 02:10.766 --> 02:15.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WHAT I'M SAYING. FROM THERE 02:12.933 --> 02:20.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THEY WANT TO ME TO USE HEALING 02:15.200 --> 02:21.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ART TO TALK SO TO SHARE MY 02:20.300 --> 02:26.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% EXPERIENCES BUT IN A VISUAL 02:21.333 --> 02:27.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% FORM. 02:26.300 --> 02:27.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> THE EXPERIENCE WAS GROWING 02:27.366 --> 02:29.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% UP IN THE CHURCH. 02:27.933 --> 02:30.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> I GREW UP IN A RELIGIOUS 02:29.233 --> 02:32.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ENVIRONMENT AS WELL. WHEN I 02:30.433 --> 02:33.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WAS REALLY YOUNG AND FIRST 02:32.566 --> 02:36.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DIAGNOSED THERE WERE DOCTORS 02:33.600 --> 02:41.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT WERE SAYING I NEEDED TO 02:36.933 --> 02:43.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% REPENT OF MY SINS , I NEEDED TO 02:41.466 --> 02:45.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DO THE RELIGIOUS THING WHICH 02:43.133 --> 02:48.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% HAD NO ROLE IN WHAT I WAS 02:45.900 --> 02:48.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% EXPERIENCING. THAT CAME 02:48.000 --> 02:51.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% PROBLEMATIC AS WELL. 02:48.700 --> 02:52.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> WITH THE HELP OF OIL PAINT, 02:51.466 --> 02:54.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HE BROUGHT HIS EXPERIENCES TO 02:52.866 --> 02:57.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% LIFE AND CELEBRATING 02:54.900 --> 02:58.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DISABILITIES BOTH VISIBLE AND 02:57.733 --> 03:02.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% THE INVISIBLE. 02:58.633 --> 03:04.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> RELIGION PLAYS A PART IN 03:02.133 --> 03:05.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE WORK THAT I SEE IT MORE 03:04.466 --> 03:10.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CRITICALLY. THE FIGURES I USED 03:05.366 --> 03:12.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TO WORK ARE OFTEN THE NET 03:10.033 --> 03:13.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OBSTINATE. RELIGIOUS FIGURES 03:12.800 --> 03:17.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% UNDER DIFFERENT THINGS. I COULD 03:13.900 --> 03:20.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PULL UP THESE SORT OF STORIES 03:17.133 --> 03:22.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FROM HISTORY THAT HAVE BEEN 03:20.700 --> 03:23.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HANDED DOWN TO US AND EVOLVED 03:22.100 --> 03:26.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THROUGH VISUAL ART AND I COULD 03:23.300 --> 03:30.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% POSE THE QUESTION AGAIN . THIS 03:26.033 --> 03:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PERSON HEARD VOICES. THEY 03:30.200 --> 03:32.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DANCED IN THE STREET. THEY DID 03:31.200 --> 03:34.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD 03:32.666 --> 03:38.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GET THEM INSTITUTIONALIZED 03:34.633 --> 03:43.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TODAY WHY DO WE VENERATE THEM 03:38.633 --> 03:46.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AS THE SAME TIME WE TREAT THE 03:43.200 --> 03:47.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PEOPLE IN OUR HOME NOW? THEY 03:46.700 --> 03:50.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR 03:47.866 --> 03:51.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THINGS. WHY CAN'T WE TREAT 03:50.200 --> 03:53.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THEM WITH HUMANITY? EVERYONE 03:51.600 --> 03:56.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% EXPERIENCES MADNESS 03:53.700 --> 04:00.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DIFFERENTLY. CERTAINLY FOR 03:56.833 --> 04:01.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SOME PEOPLE THIS IS HELPFUL. 04:00.700 --> 04:07.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% MEDICATIONS CAN BE HELPFUL. 04:01.500 --> 04:07.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THEY MAY NEED IT. SO TO 04:07.133 --> 04:09.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CATEGORICALLY DISMISS THE POWER 04:07.900 --> 04:14.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OF ART WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC. 04:09.800 --> 04:16.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT . 04:14.866 --> 04:18.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> EACH AWARD HE RECEIVED $3000