Kay Slater

Kay Slater is a multidisciplinary artist, accessibility consultant, and arts worker. As a consultant, they work directly with artists and organizations to build accessibility in at the planning stage, and to incorporate sustainable, grass roots strategies that support evolution in artistic presentation. They employ open source and community-engaged approaches to support ongoing knowledge transfer with creators at all stages of their careers and is passionate about sharing knowledge with the wider arts community. They work professionally with ArtStarts in Schools as their gallery coordinator, and as Exhibitions Manager with grunt gallery in so-called Vancouver. They are on the advisory committee of the Open Access Foundation for Arts & Culture, and are a proud volunteer and work as the social coordinator at Queer ASL. Kay is a queer, colonial settler, and is hard of hearing.