Today, Creative Minds asked Gavin Stride, the Director of Farnham Maltings: You have said that you are interested in: ‘the special and ordinary place of the arts in all our lives and in exploring all of the ways in which people express who they are’. Do you think that the best art is about expressing […]

Gavin Stride is the Director of Farnham Maltings, HOUSE, and caravan. He is a well respected theatre maker with 25 years of experience. Today, Creative Minds asked Gavin: At the Creative Minds conference in March, people asked why many arts venues don’t seem to programme learning disabled art. What do you think the challenges might be for […]

Gav Week! All this week, Gavin Stride will be answering our questions on why learning disabled artists and companies struggle for ‘airtime’. Whilst physically disabled actors and dancers have enjoyed a greater profile in recent years, art created by and with learning disabled artists still struggle for recognition. We thought it would be interesting to […]

Here’s an interesting review of an Art exhibition made by learning disabled artists and Wicked Fish. The Museum of Liverpool’s latest exhibition, From There To Here: The Hidden History Of People With Learning Difficulties In Merseyside, aims to explore and celebrate the social and cultural history of people with learning difficulties over the past 100 years, […]

Oska Bright was invited to be part of the Arts Connect event in Eastbourne, we saw music, dance, films and acting. The quality was good, the films were brilliant.  David one of the filmmakers said: ‘Our film is important because it’s about our real life’ ‘you know it’s good because of the audience reaction’ Another […]

Carousel film maker Sarah Watson, asks us: “When you see my work, what do you expect me to be?”

Bethan Kendrick, dancer with Corali Dance Company, asks us: “What Style of performance do you want to see?” http://youtu.be/txQg0ZvdH7A

Ellen Goodey, learning disabled producer, director, actress and singer asks us: “What shows do you want to see on stage? Do you know my work and what I do?”

Visual Artist Thompson Hall, from Action Space asks: “How do galleries choose what to show? Who chooses what to show?”

What a great website this is! I am an artist who has worked with many learning disabled artists over a number of years, including work for both the London based arts organisation ‘Action Space’ and the deafblind charity ‘Sense’.  I am passionate about supporting artists to create high quality work that is no longer marginalised […]