Shabbat with Artist and Disability Activist Wendy Elliott-Vandivier

Wendy Elliott-Vandivier is an artist whose paintings explore issues of family, memory and experiences as a disabled woman. Her autobiographical cartoons focus on attitudinal barriers and stereotypes regarding disabilities, and some of the micro-aggressions that disabled people experience while living normal, un-inspirational lives. She is often inspired by close-up images that people often do not notice in daily life – tree bark, dead leaves, flower anatomy, and water.