I am frequently in front of a microphone, either as a keynote speaker, lecturer, or a panelist. Which is a good thing because I have a lot to say that could otherwise go unsaid. – Alice Sheppard

Speaking Topics

  • Designing for Pleasure
  • Aesthetics of Disability Art
  • Intersectional Disability

Recent Engagements

  • HUBweek
  • Hacking Arts / MIT
  • New America
  • Emory University
  • Hobart William and Smith College
  • The University of Alberta
  • The New School
  • Temple University
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Gardiner Museum
  • Queens Museum
  • The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
  • Dance USA
  • Dance/NYC

Speaker Video Highlights

Technology Conference:

‘Does Disability Need Fixing?’ at HUBweek

Academic Lecture:

‘Embodied Virtuosity: Dances from Disability Culture’ at Emory University

Panel Discussion:

‘What will be different for artist-activists in a Changing America?’ at The Queens Museum curated by Brian Tate

Access Accountability

If you are interested in booking Alice Sheppard as a speaker, please download and review the list of questions to help you prepare for access accountability of your event. [COMING SOON]

Booking Request

Submit Inquiry
Edisa Weeks and Jerron Herman give snaps as Alice laughs. Photo by Julie Lemberger.

Edisa Weeks and Jerron Herman give snaps as Alice laughs. Photo by Julie Lemberger.

Alice Sheppard on a conference stage with Charles Baldwin. Text read: Technology is only democratizing if it is accessible and usable by all.
Alice in the Queens Museum atrium holding a microphone and joined by panelist Shahana Hanif and moderator Lisa Cortez. Photo courtesy of Brian Tate.

Alice in the Queens Museum atrium holding a microphone and joined by panelist Shahana Hanif and moderator Lisa Cortez. Photo courtesy of Brian Tate.