Upcoming
December 17: Blindness as Method: Contemporary Art and Creative Practice. Dark Room Ballet. Seminar. Online.
November 12: Outta Sight, Never Outta Vision: Poetry, Creative Practice + Lived Experience—Jeanetta “Outta Sight” Price in Conversation with Bill Porter. Lesley University. Online.
November 5: Accessible and Inclusive Design: Guest Lecture and Portfolio Review. Graphic Design and UX/UI Senior Capstone Courses, Communication Design Department, Lesley University College of Art and Design. Cambridge, MA.
October 29: Artist Talk: What We Learn to Believe. Hammond Gallery, Fitchburg State University. Fitchburg, MA.
2026
“Tell You No Lie, Episode 9: Bill Porter.” Nothing About Us Without Us. Disability Community for Democracy. Substack Live Stream. Podcast.
“Disability × Wellness.” Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Disability Advocacy and Education Group (DAEG). Panel.
“Challenging Ocularcentrism: Access and Agency in Studio Art Education.” 2026 ABLE Assembly: Arts Better the Lives of Everyone Conference. Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
“Describing the Work: Visual Description in Practice with Bill Porter.” Leadership Network for Accessible Arts Education. Online.
“Seeing Is Optional: Rethinking Art Beyond Sight.” The Carroll Center for the Blind, Newton, MA. Seminar.
2025
“Ableism & Preferred Language.” The STRIVE Program. Low Vision Alliance of New Jersey.
“Rethinking Blindness.” Man in Motion: May 2025. Beyond Sight Magazine.
“Ableism & Preferred Language: How to Respond and Not React.” The Fellowship Program. Low Vision Alliance of New Jersey and New Jersey Commission for the Blind.
“Deconstructing Disability: Moving from Pity Toward Empathy.“ Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
“Dispelling Myths About the Blind and Low Vision Community: Story as a Means for Advocacy.” Health Equity Lecture Series. National Health Council.
2024
“Infusing Peer Review into the College Classroom in the Age of AI.” New England Education Assessment Network Fall Forum: “Navigating Change Through Effective, Transformative, and Innovating Assessment,” College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.
“Visible Voices: Vignettes of Being Seen and Heard.” Focus on Eye Health Summit.
2023
YouthWorks Career Chats: Animation and VFX. Commonwealth Connections, Boston, MA.
Deconstructing Disability: Life Experiences from the Minds of Neurodivergent People. Community of Scholars. Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
Integrating Feedback Literacy into Gen Ed Curriculum. Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Workshop series for CLAS faculty.
2022
Integrating Effective Peer Review/Critique Into the College Classroom. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Deconstructing Disability: Navigating Disability in Higher Ed. Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.
2021
“Building a Foundation of Trust for Effective Student-led Peer Review/Critique.” Twenty-eighth International Conference on Learning. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Vision Portraits Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Rodney Evans. Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA.
2020
“Building a Foundation of Trust for Online Student-led Peer Review/Critique.” Lilly Conference on Designing Effective Teaching. Bethesda, MD.
Access Ability with Dr. Dee Genetti. “Episode 6: Guest Bill Porter.” WCTV. Live in Studio
“Dangerous Visions Presents Bill Porter: Visually Impaired Artist,” Dangerous Vision with Randy Cohen, Podcast. MABVI. Audio.
2019
“Peer Assessment Requires Trust: Building a Foundation of Trust for Student-Led Peer Review.” New England Education Assessment Network Fall Forum, College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.
“Building a Foundation of Trust for Effective Peer Review.“ New England Faculty Development Consortium: Education in the Age of Anxiety. Landmark College, South Putney, VT.
“I Hate Peer Critique!’: Building a Foundation for Effective Peer Review/Critique.” Lesley University Community of Scholars Day: Connections and Intersections. Cambridge, MA.
2018
Artist Talk: Impart: Work by Bill Porter. Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA