Kayte Rose

Kayte Rose is an autistic, disabled, queer artist and coordinator. Kayte has been involved in disability advocacy and justice spaces for over 30 years, and has substantial experience in community service facilitation, administrative and operational management, event coordination, research, and system navigation. They spent their formative years in rural eastern Pennsylvania, pushing against rampant racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism. Kayte loves cutting through unnecessary bureaucracy, solving problems, and facilitating others' work - they often call this "getting the boring stuff out of the way so experts can do what matters." They have passion for holding people in positions of authority to account, physically building or making things, and connecting people with resources. Kayte has held leadership positions in several different local community service organizations across Pennsylvania and have served as the press contact for PCDJ since 2021. Additionally, Kayte is a self-taught artist and craftsperson. Formally trained in journalism, print layout, and communications, they have expanded on their art education through workshops, classes, and independent research into the heritage crafts they get inspiration from. For close to 30 years, Kayte has used paper as a medium to practice origami, focusing on corrugations and abstract ideas, which are then translated into paintings.