Two UW MFA students, Anne E Stoner and Car Reigger, were featured in the exhibition Sound Mind/Sound Body at Common Wealth Gallery in Madison. The show focused on the intersection between disability and mental health, featuring 21 artists from across Dane County working in a diverse range of media. Sound Mind/Sound Body provides an artistic response to this world, exploring how physical, cognitive, and sensory disabilities along with stigmatization and marginalization can affect mental health. Conversely, it also addresses the processes by which mental illness becomes physically disabling.
In conjunction with the show, Pinney Library hosted a panel featuring a selection of participating artists on February 9, 2024. The panel at Pinney Library featured Anne E Stoner, Briana Richardson, Lyra Dark, Malakai Schulz, Nadine Bearson, Rose Menyon Heflin, and moderator Ty S.
Clowning Around by Mabel Thaden
The project was funded in part by a grant from the Madison Arts Commission, with additional funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board. The project is supported by Dane County Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation; The Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times; the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation; and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.