Access
The Festival of Live Digital Art believes in access to content for everyone, and we are committed to providing a variety of access options during the festival.
All in person events are wheelchair accessible. ASL interpretation, captioning, description, visual guide services and relaxed environments are offered for different events the festival, both in person and online. Personal support workers and service animals are welcome at all events and performances.
Booking Accessible Tickets
To book tickets for any of the Accessible events, talk to someone about access or to plan your participation contact Clayton or Zoe access@spiderwebshow.ca / 1-877-MY-FOLDA (1-877-693-6532).
For Venue Accessibility Information – click here!
Accessibility Services
Click on the accessibility service you are looking for to see supported events!
Blind and Low Vision Friendly Events
Schedule Overview
| Sighted Guides | ASL Interpretation | Captions | Relaxed Environments | |
| Livestream Production Techniques Workshop | ✓ | |||
| Artist Talk with the Selfie Team | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Artist Talk VR | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Overcoming Writers’ Block | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Write Your Artist Statement | ✓ | |||
| You Should Have Stayed Home | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Selfie | ✓ | |||
| Ways of Being | ✓ | |||
| The Maydee Box | ✓ | ✓ Only available on Friday, June 10 | ||
| Through My Lens | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Halluci Nation | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Festival Hang Out | ✓ |
Blind and Low Vision Friendly Events
Sighted Guides:
Volunteer festival guides can be available to you for the in person activities listed below. They will assist with traversing around the venues and performances if you require some sighted support. Please Phone us at 1-877-MY-FOLDA (1-877-693-6532) to reserve a guide.
Friday, June 3, 2022
Artist Talk with the Selfie Team
8:00pm ET – ONLINE ARTIST TALK
Venue: Twitter Spaces (https://twitter.com/SpiderWebShow)
A conversation on Twitter Spaces with the artists from the presentation of Selfie (Captioned Performance – June 9 at 8pm). Follow @spiderwebshow on Twitter to gain access to this captioned audio live broadcast. More Info Here.
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Artist Talk VR
8:00pm ET – ONLINE ARTIST TALK
Venue: Twitter Spaces (https://twitter.com/SpiderWebShow)
For early adopters and the XR-curious, a conversation for anyone interested in live digital, the process of developing a VR experience, or VR as a tool for storytelling. Follow @spiderwebshow on Twitter to gain access to this captioned audio live broadcast. More Info Here
Monday, June 6, 2022
Overcoming Writers’ Block with Marcel Stewart
2:00pm ET – ONLINE WORKSHOP
Venue: Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
In this workshop participants will be asked to bring to the table a piece of writing (monologue, play, song, poem, etc) that was started but never completed. More info Here.
Friday, June 10, 2022
The Maydee Box
1:00pm, 2:00pm, 6:00pm ET – IN PERSON SHOW
Venue: Art & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Solo or duo experiences, assigned in 15 minute increments.
The Maydee Box is an augmented reality (AR) installation for one viewer at a time. Individual audience members enter a space to find a cardboard box labelled “Métis Stuff”. Objects are pulled out of the box in a tactile experience with audio and descriptions of animations taking place on a smartphone. More Info Here
Through My Lens
8:00pm ET – IN PERSON & ONLINE – 7:30pm ET WATCH/LISTEN PARTY
Venue: Screening Room, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Venue: Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
An interactive performance that combines hospitality, image analysis and spoken text by Amy Amantea, an artist and photographer with a lived experience of blindness, opening up a new realm of perception: a reciprocal collision of the visual and non-visual experience. More Info Here.
Ottawa-based Blind artist Kim Kilpatrick will host an online Watch/Listen Party for the Blind and Low Vision community beginning at 7:30pm ET, and followed by a Q & A with the artists. Prizes to be won – register for this by emailing access@spiderwebshow.ca of calling 1-877-My-FoldA (1-877-693-6532).
Saturday June 11, 2022
The Maydee Box
1:00pm, 2:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm ET – IN PERSON SHOW
Venue: Art & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Solo or duo experiences, assigned in 15 minute increments.
The Maydee Box is an augmented reality (AR) installation for one viewer at a time. Individual audience members enter a space to find a cardboard box labelled “Métis Stuff”. Objects are pulled out of the box in a tactile experience with audio and descriptions of animations taking place on a smartphone. More Info Here
The Halluci Nation
8:00pm ET – IN PERSON + ONLINE CONCERT
Venue:Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Folda.ca
The Halluci Nation made a stop in Kingston during their One More Saturday Night tour. Dance beats, epic visuals, this won’t be just another Saturday night in Kingston. More Info Here.
ASL Interpreted Events
Monday, June 6, 2022
Overcoming Writers’ Block with Marcel Stewart
2:00pm ET – ONLINE WORKSHOP
Venue: Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
In this workshop participants will be asked to bring to the table a piece of writing (monologue, play, song, poem, etc) that was started but never completed. More info Here.
Friday, June 10, 2022
Festival Hang Out
6:30pm ET – IN PERSON HANG OUT
Venue: Isabel Bader Lobby (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Join our team of interpreters, FOLDA Staff and fellow FOLDA-Festers in the Lobby of the Isabel. The Bar will be open. Outdoor hangouts encouraged – weather permitting. Join the VR show watch-party You Should Have Stayed Home (7pm -7:45pm – captioned).
You Should Have Stayed Home
7:00pm ET – IN PERSON + ONLINE SHOW
Venue: Film & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Folda.ca
An auto-biographical re-telling of the frightening events that took place on the streets of Toronto during the 2010 G20 summit protests. Originally a stage play that toured Canada in 2012, You Should Have Stayed Home now occurs in virtual reality. On Friday June 10, a livestream will combine in-person and VR footage to be experienced remotely on-screen. More Info Here.
Through My Lens
8:00pm ET – IN PERSON & ONLINE WATCH PARTY
Venue: Screening Room, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Venue: Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
An interactive performance that combines hospitality, image analysis and spoken text by Amy Amantea, an artist and photographer with a lived experience of blindness, opening up a new realm of perception: a reciprocal collision of the visual and non-visual experience. More Info Here.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
The Halluci Nation
8:00pm ET – IN PERSON + ONLINE CONCERT
Venue: Concert Hall, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
The Halluci Nation made a stop in Kingston during their One More Saturday Night tour. Dance beats, epic visuals, this won’t be just another Saturday night in Kingston. More Info Here.
There are a limited number of vibration devices available for Deaf attendees- please contact access@spiderwebshow.ca to reserve.
Captioned Events
Friday, June 3, 2022
Artist Talk with the Selfie Team
8:00pm ET- ONLINE ARTIST TALK
Venue: Twitter Spaces (https://twitter.com/SpiderWebShow)
A conversation on Twitter Spaces with the artists from the presentation of Selfie (Captioned Performance – June 9 at 8pm). Follow @spiderwebshow on Twitter to gain access to this captioned audio live broadcast. More Info Here.
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Artist Talk VR
8:00pm ET – ONLINE ARTIST TALK
Venue: Twitter Spaces (https://twitter.com/SpiderWebShow)
For early adopters and the XR-curious, a conversation for anyone interested in live digital, the process of developing a VR experience, or VR as a tool for storytelling. Follow @spiderwebshow on Twitter to gain access to this captioned audio live broadcast. More Info Here
Livestream Production Techniques for Social-engaged Performing Artists and Cultural Producers
5:30pm ET – ONLINE WORKSHOP
Venue: Jitsi Meet (https://meet.jit.si/)
This is a workshop on how to produce livestream events and performances specifically through a disability and climate justice approach to production. More info Here.
Monday, June 6, 2022
Overcoming Writers’ Block with Marcel Stewart
2:00pm ET – ONLINE WORKSHOP
Venue: Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
In this workshop participants will be asked to bring to the table a piece of writing (monologue, play, song, poem, etc) that was started but never completed. More info Here.
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Selfie
8:00pm ET – IN PERSON + ONLINE SHOW
Venue: Screening Room, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Folda.ca
Selfie is a hybrid of cinematic and theatrical storytelling. A voyeuristic window into teenage lives through their computers and smartphones, where their conversations and anxieties play out. Mature Subject Matter. More Info Here.
Friday, June 10, 2022
You Should Have Stayed Home
7:00pm ET – IN PERSON + ONLINE SHOW
Venue: Film & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Folda.ca
An auto-biographical re-telling of the frightening events that took place on the streets of Toronto during the 2010 G20 summit protests. Originally a stage play that toured Canada in 2012, You Should Have Stayed Home now occurs in virtual reality. On Friday June 10, a livestream will combine in-person and VR footage to be experienced remotely on-screen. More Info Here.
Through My Lens
8:00pm ET – IN PERSON & ONLINE WATCH PARTY
Venue: Screening Room, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Venue: Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
An interactive performance that combines hospitality, image analysis and spoken text by Amy Amantea, an artist and photographer with a lived experience of blindness, opening up a new realm of perception: a reciprocal collision of the visual and non-visual experience. More Info Here.
Relaxed Environments
The following events are designated a Relaxed Environments specifically, where its ok to make noises, move around a little more, use devices that help you participate, bring a drink or snack, and just be a human in the space with other humans. You will be able to see everything around you, and have lots of space to yourself. We will also have a comfy space nearby the performance where you can relax if you need a break, or just some time away from the show. Our staff will be on hand and are there to help, the venues are wheelchair accessible, with accessible washrooms.
Just let us know what you need – we’re relaxed about it! Come on down to the Isabel Bader Centre and check out the spaces beforehand if you’d like. Just email Zoe at access@spiderwebshow.ca or call 1-877-MYFOLDA (877-693-6532) to book a time on June 7 or 8.
Friday, June 10, 2022
The Maydee Box
1:00pm, 2:00pm, 6:00pm ET – IN PERSON SHOW
Venue: Art & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Solo or duo experiences, assigned in 15 minute increments.
The Maydee Box is an augmented reality (AR) installation for one viewer at a time. Individual audience members enter a space to find a cardboard box labelled “Métis Stuff”. Objects are pulled out of the box in a tactile experience with audio and descriptions of animations taking place on a smartphone. More Info Here
Ways of Being
3:00pm ET – IN PERSON SHOW
Venue: Studio Theatre, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
An interactive performance for two different groups of audience, in two different cities, simultaneously – Clayton is in Kingston and Michael is in Krakow, Poland. This show uses the Internet and theatrical magic to create a shared space where the two artists can perform together. More Info Here.
Through My Lens
8:00pm ET – IN PERSON SHOW
Venue: Screening Room, Isabel Bader Centre (390 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4)
Online Venue: Venue: Zoom (https://zoom.us/)
An interactive performance that combines hospitality, image analysis and spoken text by Amy Amantea, an artist and photographer with a lived experience of blindness, opening up a new realm of perception: a reciprocal collision of the visual and non-visual experience. More Info Here.
Venue Accessibility
Familiarization Visits:
We invite you to come see the venues prior to attending events if you like. Specific times can be made available on June 6 and 7. Contact us at access@spiderwebshow.ca / or by calling 1-877-MY-FOLDA (1-877-693-6532) to book a visit.
Contact Us! We’re here to help.
To talk to someone about access or a plan for you, contact Clayton or Zoe at access@spiderwebshow.ca / or by calling 1-877-MY-FOLDA (1-877-693-6532).
Isabel Bader Centre:
390 Kingston Street W, Kingston, Ontario K7L 2X4
Bus Transportation:
The Isabel is located close to the “Bader/Tett Centres” City of Kingston transit stop (on the accessible Express bus route) and is near a crossing intersection on King Street West. If you need help finding the venue from the bus stop – get in touch and we can meet you at the stop.
Drop Off Access:
A parking drop-off area is located at the front entry.
Accessible Parking
Off King Street West, there are 5 accessible visitor parking spaces in the small upper lot across from the entrance. Two additional spaces are located in the west parking lot at the bottom of the drive in front of the stage door. Please contact our Box Office for advice on accessible parking at 613-533-2424.
Exterior Building Access:
An accessible concrete ramp provides a gentle sidewalk slope that provides access from King Street West and reaches an accessible sidewalk crossing to the main entrance.
The main entry is accessible on grade, with door operator buttons at the entry and vestibule doors.
Studio Theatre, Isabel Bader Centre:
This venue is wheelchair accessible. There are up to 6 positions designated for wheelchair users. We recommend reserving wheelchair positions in advance by emailing foldA directly as we can make more space if all positions are taken prior to the show.
Screening Room, Isabel Bader Centre:
This venue is wheelchair accessible. There are 2 positions designated for wheelchair users. We recommend reserving wheelchair positions in advance by emailing foldA directly as we can make more space if all positions are taken prior to the show.
Concert Hall, Isabel Bader Centre:
This venue is wheelchair accessible. There are 14 positions designated for wheelchair users. There are also bariatric chairs (wider chairs) available.
Art & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre:
This venue is wheelchair accessible. The art and media lab is an open gallery space, easily navigable with a wheelchair.
Film & Media Lab, Isabel Bader Centre:
This venue is wheelchair accessible. There are 2 positions designated for wheelchair users. We recommend reserving wheelchair positions in advance by emailing foldA directly as we can make more space if all positions are taken prior to the show.
Patio, The Isabel Bader Centre:
This venue is wheelchair accessible. The outdoor patio is accessible through both an outdoor sloped sidewalk, and through the lower lobby of the Isabel Bader Centre. The doors to access it form the lower lobby are not equipped with wheelchair access buttons.
Rm 342/329, The Isabel Bader Centre:
This venue is wheelchair accessible. There are 2 positions designated for wheelchair users. We recommend reserving wheelchair positions in advance by emailing foldA directly as we can make more space if all positions are taken prior to the show.
Accessible FOLDA is brought to you by Spiderwebshow Performance in partnership with Electric Company Theatre.
