ProfessionART is a collaboration between Russian Studies Workshop at Indiana University (USA) and the Museum of Nonconformist Art in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Our goal is to improve professionalization opportunities for artists with disabilities in both the US and Russia through a multiformat educational program. Working closely with 10 artists drawn from both countries, we are conducting workshops and individual consultations for artists with disabilities focusing on skill-building, improving professional competencies, self-representation and self-promotion, grant-writing, international networking, and community-building.

Instagram posts on the participating artists: 

Joan Fabian: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChHz4YwMBMF/

Sergey Es: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgxeo6NLWH_/; interviewed by Anastasia Patsey: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjD0TSiMJZ9/, 9/28/22

Elena Sakharova: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSzWFGLcWI/

Olivia Ting: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiFdPsMMZF7/

Vitaliy Diventsov: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch9JhExrc7W/

Larissa Danielle: https://www.instagram.com/p/Chru5GPL08K/

Mike Cannata: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cio4xw1M0Cw/

Anna Lyubimova: https://www.instagram.com/p/CieigkKLKCY/; interviewed  by Alena Levina: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiiFI5Rs0L5/, 9/15/22

Elena Gontarenko: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cir8TrdLUrW/; interviewed by Helga Lyubartovich: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiuiCikrFhb/, 9/20/22

Moriah Faith: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwhHK3Nkhl/; interviewed by Masha Fokina: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiwhHK3Nkhl/, 10/4/22