Wheelchair Sports Camp & Gaelynn Lea
Part of the Michigan Arts Festival, the U-M Arts Initiative and partners present a free concert and discussion with artists Wheelchair Sports Camp and Gaelynn Lea in Ann Arbor. After the concert, Gaelynn Lea's 2026 memoir will be available for purchase and signing at Booksweet.
As part of the second annual Michigan Arts Festival, the U-M Arts Initiative, together with The Ark, Booksweet, and the Disability Network Washtenaw Monroe Livingston, hosted a concert and discussion featuring Wheelchair Sports Camp and Gaelynn Lea.
Wheelchair Sports Camp, from Denver, CO, is led by Kalyn Rose Heffernan, a wheelchair-using, queer rapper with a distinctive style blending rap, performance art, and political activism. Their work spans music, theater, film, and more.
Gaelynn Lea, winner of the 2016 NPR Tiny Desk Contest, is recognized for her haunting fiddle music and genre-crossing collaborations. She is also an advocate for disability culture and accessibility in the arts. In 2026, Algonquin Books published her memoir "IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE PERFECT." Supporters of this program include Neil and Annmarie Hawkins and U-M Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services.
Wheelchair Sports Camp, from Denver, CO, is led by Kalyn Rose Heffernan, a wheelchair-using, queer rapper with a distinctive style blending rap, performance art, and political activism. Their work spans music, theater, film, and more.
Gaelynn Lea, winner of the 2016 NPR Tiny Desk Contest, is recognized for her haunting fiddle music and genre-crossing collaborations. She is also an advocate for disability culture and accessibility in the arts. In 2026, Algonquin Books published her memoir "IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE PERFECT." Supporters of this program include Neil and Annmarie Hawkins and U-M Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services.
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