A curator from the Rhode Island School of Design will discuss how disability is represented in the arts during a presentation at 6 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St.
Conor Moynihan, an assistant curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the RISD museum and a doctoral candidate of visual studies at the University at Buffalo, will present “Centering Disability: Art, Representation and Disability Gain.” He will introduce concepts formulated by disability activists, such as the Social Model of Disability.

Artist Bob Dilworth will moderate the Q-and-A portion of the talk. Admission is $10; tickets can be purchased at the arts center’s website.