Mae Howard is an artist, facilitator, and organizer whose work calls upon lineages of disabled labor economies. Their practice emphasizes endurance as a transmutation and manifestation of long-form debilitation. Howard's work is research-based, participatory, and collaborative, rooted in a shared form of witnessing through collective exchange and relational dependency. Their practice probes the aesthetic, material, and felt conditions of BDSM practices and leather histories as a foil to the medical-carceral industrial complex.

Howard has received residencies and fellowships from Bemis Center, Pioneer Works, Queer Art, A.I.R. Gallery, ACRE, BricLab, Pocoapoco, and Picture Berlin. Their work has been screened and exhibited at School of Visual Arts, GHOSTMACHINE, Westbeth Gallery, WORTHLESSSTUDIOS, Dia Chelsea, Vox Populi, Atelier Gallery, Automat Gallery, gr__und, and tête among others. Howard has given lectures and participated on panels at Dia Art Foundation, the Migros Museum, Max Planck Institute, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Pratt University, Smith College, Brown University. They have taught multiple years of coursework at the University of Pennsylvania and co-facilitated a workshop for Toolbox Collective. They currently teach Disabled Erotics at The School of Making Thinking.

Mae Howard received their M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and their B.A. in Feminist and Gender Studies from Colorado College. They were a 2023-2024 Studio Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program.

See CV here

Contact
maehoward@proton.me
IG: @swamp_witch__

Access Work

Mae Howard is also an access consultant for residencies, cultural institutions, and individuals, serving as the current Accessibility Director for Honcho Campout. They are able to create plans to fit expansion projects, coordinate a team of access workers for a multi-day event, and create multi-year packages and plans for accessibility expansion.