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“Story Tapestries has given [my daughter] a voice that we never even knew that she had.”1

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“Story Tapestries has given [my daughter] a voice that we never even knew that she had.”2

Karla Gorham

Jessica Wallach

Bio 

Jessica’s goal is to reimagine space as a love letter to the body through her art and as an accessibility consultant. As a photographer and educator with cerebral palsy, her work is deeply rooted in the body, accessibility, and disability. “I have been a professional photographer since 1998 and have run a mobile studio since 2006. I have deep roots in the disability community and in work to increase accessibility in housing.” Jessica has been an arts educator for 15 years. She has worked with people of all ages, from 2 to 88, in schools, community centers, camps, and homeless shelters. Now her life centers around art, disability and education, primarily creating art for and about people with disabilities. Jessica’s current work uses Bubbles Stencils.

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“Looking for a certain something, something that catches your eye, can’t explain it, you don’t know what you’re looking for but will know it when you see it.”
LAYC student who made this discovery in my class about contrast

“Students had more confidence after the class; they could recall random events/ details after taking the class. We did contrast and brought it back to the class and reading in GED class; they are usually in shared memory, but they could recall the contrast class; confidence is one thing, and that we trusted them, which creates excitement; excitement leads to memories, memories, building confidence.”
LAYC GED Instructor

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