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http://www.rocketartists.co.uk/projects.html and http://www.creativemindsproject.org.uk/community/ Hello my name is Sarah Pickthall and i’ve been working with learning disabled creative people for over 20 years. The art of people with learning disabilities be that, dance, spoken word poetry, visual art, digital, film, drama, installation – (art in spaces) excites me and delights me. I’m with Gus Garside, that sometimes the […]
Hello, my name is Will. I’m from Beacon Hill Arts in Newcastle, which support filmmakers with learning disabilities to make and show their own work. We are one of the BFI Film Academies and our work is screened, competes (and often wins!) alongside films by people with and without learning disabilities all over the world. […]
Having a learning disability informs your art and helps you produce work of a high quality. I have found that my confidence has grown because I perform my work to audiences. Thinking about quality will help you develop your skills, especially as you work with your company and your director. I take my performance work […]
Great talk here from Dean – have a listen, share it and tell us what you think by posting a comment here.
I’ve seen some great and unique work by learning disabled artists and performers, but I’ve also seen some stuff that was definitely not great. I think sometimes there is a problem when people present work that is fun to share but isn’t ready for a paying public and that doesn’t help anyone. It can put […]
Earlier today I was researching learning disabled artists who have ‘made it’ into the mainstream and came across Sarah Gordy’s website. She is a learning disabled actress who has been in BBC dramas such as Upstairs Downstairs. She also spoke at a TEDx event about being free from labels. I thought it was inspiring. What […]
I have written a paper called “Whose work is it anyway?”. The paper was one I wrote for Conquering Public Spaces conference in Prague in November 2011. I wrote it because I am cross that the national press don’t seem interested in learning disability arts and performance. This link will let you download an Easy […]
Here is the Side By Side Manifesto from their South Bank Centre Conference in London. Have a look and tell us what you think.
Quality is about working and getting ideas and making visual Arts and also doing or making performance with other people who has a learning disability. And in my point of view I will say that my Disability has no effect on making my performance work or working with others. By Bethan Kendrick
“Who decides what quality is? Different people have different ideas. It’s good to hear different points of view. There can be different levels of quality. Sometimes it’s about taste – you can have different taste within an art form, like contemporary dance. It’s hard for any sort of artist to please everyone all of the […]