SparkNight: Disability Awareness

Join us for SparkNight on Thursday, October 10 to celebrate Disability Awareness Month! Experience an inclusive evening featuring a performance, an interactive workshop, inspiring speakers, pop-up tours, and a food truck. This event is free and open to the public and aims to highlight and honor the diverse experiences and talents within the disability community, as well as artists featured in the Zimmerli Art Museum's major special exhibition "Smoke and Mirrors."  

Pre-register for free vistor parking, which allows you to park in Lots 11, 16, 26, 30, and College Avenue Deck. Until this process is completed, your vehicle is not registered, and you may receive a citation. Special event parking and special event permits are only for visitors to the university and do not include free metered parking. Faculty, staff, and students must park only in lots where they are authorized to park. Please note, this is a unique link for this event and not valid for any other dates or events.

Thank you to all our campus and community partners in presenting this event! Rutgers Office of Disability Services (@rutgersods) | Planning Committee for Disability Awareness Month at Rutgers | RU Voting (@rutgerscypp) | Scarlet Arts Rx (@mgsarutgers) 

Smoke & Mirrors is made possible by the leadership support of the Ford Foundation. Additional grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. 

Generous support for bilingual text was provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program. 

Jerron Herman was commissioned by the Stephen Petronio Company for the 2023 Bloodlines(future) Program, made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.