Transformers 2022
Artist Steph Fuller
We are delighted to be supporting Vici Wreford-Sinnott's Arts Council funded Transformers project, also working in partnership with ARC Stockton. This is her personal grant to create projects she is passionate about and have been identified by disabled artists she has discussed what gaps we feel there are.
In these everchanging times we need transformation in the arts, and a group of transformers to drive that change forward. This project provides UK based disabled artists with a series of new opportunities from playwriting to comedy to space for some of the crucial conversations of our times. We're blogging and sharing the content of those conversations to get our voices in the public domain.
IN/visible is a brand new disabled women's group for disabled women over 50. It's a wonderful space where we chat about important themes, connect with each other to reduce our isolation and make something creative each week to share in our IN/visible gallery. More details are below on all the projects, with links on the images to take you to the project page.
In these everchanging times we need transformation in the arts, and a group of transformers to drive that change forward. This project provides UK based disabled artists with a series of new opportunities from playwriting to comedy to space for some of the crucial conversations of our times. We're blogging and sharing the content of those conversations to get our voices in the public domain.
IN/visible is a brand new disabled women's group for disabled women over 50. It's a wonderful space where we chat about important themes, connect with each other to reduce our isolation and make something creative each week to share in our IN/visible gallery. More details are below on all the projects, with links on the images to take you to the project page.
IN/visible
A series of 15 online workshops with disabled women over 50 Art, Conversation and Connection Funny Ha Ha 2
6 comedy online writing workshops for disabled women plus a rehearsal and sharing The Great British Stage Swindle
Playwriting Course for Disabled Writers Crucial Conversations with Disabled Artists
Creating Access Statements/Riders Cultural Shift
A Crucial Conversation with venues about disability equality |
Last year we ran a project called Half Way There which centred on disabled women over 50. Through our work and conversations, we realised that many of our voices were missing from public life, and although many of us are making massive contributions, we don't have many opportunities to meet with each other to share our experiences.
We thought about informal settings where women come together to chat while they are creating something whether its writing or crafting in some way. What a lovely thing to do - to be able to touch base and have a space just for us. You don't have to be remotely arty as we're going to try a few different things out, and if you are arty there will be lots to try too! Following on from last year's first Funny Ha Ha project which created a comedy writing course for disabled women and culminated in a live online sharing to an incredibly supportive audience, including a representative from Channel Four, a new project has been created - this time it's a collective writing room rather than a course. We'll be inspired by a comedy practitioner at the beginning and then write together, talk about writing, performing and comedy, and generally make each other laugh. We will be holding a sharing event at the end of the project and will promote booking for that closer to the time, so watch this space. The Great British Stage Swindle is for disabled people new to playwriting, or people looking for a refresher and will explore a range of entry points to creating disabled-led plays. Vici Wreford-Sinnott, theatre/screenwriter and director will be joined by guest facilitators to explore accessible practice, disabled-led approaches, character, narrative, structure, disabled voices and accessible aesthetics. A series of timely interactive conversations for disabled artists exploring the Creating Access Riders and their role in creating disability equality in art and culture. We talked about Just What is the New Normal?' What's happening for disabled artists and their careers with the return to largely 'in person' arts activity? What do we need decision makers, venues and organisations to consider to ensure disabled people are not yet again left behind as artists and audiences? We held another conversation Disabled Playwrights' Legacy in Print - Where Is It? with twenty disabled playwrights about the lack of a publishing legacy for our work and possible solutions to safeguard the work from the past and to increase both the profile and publishing opportunities for disabled playwrights. Information on how to Add Your Voice to these conversations is also on this page. Cultural Shift was a three year artistic, strategic, disabled-led project developed by Little Cog and ARC Stockton. Through this programme we developed a model of practice which we think is exciting and relevant to promoting disability equality in art and culture. We created this guide to explain what we did and what the impact has been since. We've also posed a series of questions which might help your venue to think about ways forward and actions you might take.
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