The Mouthwater Festival started as a deeply personal dream for co-founders Saira Barbaric, and Vanessa Hernández Cruz, and fellow curators Mx. Pucks A’plenty and India Harville.

There will be three weeks of Disabled movement genius coming to Seattle. Disabled artists from all over the country will gather in town to share their work, develop their practice, foster cross-disability solidarity and grow their creativity. Mouthwater Festival is the beginning of an arts hub by and centering Black and Indigenous Disabled artists to present, collaborate and get uplifted for their crafts. The festival’s values are anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, pro-Black, Disability Justice-informed, Afrofuturist, sex-educated and practical. The creatives and workers behind Mouthwater dream of making more spaces for Disabled artistry to thrive. The Mouthwater Festival will begin with artist incubating spaces like workshops, socials and photoshoots in late September 2024 then offer sliding scale performance-centered events during the first two weeks of October 2024.

Funded by the Mellon Foundation, BEIM Foundation, and 4 Culture.

ACCESSIBILITY
Mouthwater Festival has over a dozen events in six different venues. All events will be ASL interpreted. All venues have step-free access to the bathrooms and performance spaces. There will be a variety of seating as well as ear plugs available in all venue spaces. Masks will be required for the audiences. Masks will be provided. All performers will be multiply tested for COVID and asked to be low-scent. 

Please reach out to cripdancedoula@gmail.com for more specifics on any venues or events.

Register Below (Sliding scale

https://velocitydancecenter.org/mouthwater-disabled-arts-festival/