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 […]

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

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 […]

I stumbled across your site by accident, whilst researching the “Live Arts” scene across the UK. I would like to commend all involved with this wonderful project. But as I strolled through your site I realised that the questions raised may be more than just discussing and questioning the quality of learning disabled artists’ work‎. You really […]

Gus Garside reflects on the Creative Minds Conference that was held in Brighton on the 10th March 2014. Fantastic that the Creative Minds conference in Brighton sold out. Shows how much interest there is in the work of learning disabled artists and performers. But we have to work further with mainstream arts organisations, programmers, audiences […]

Article re-printed with kind permission from Disability Arts Online: http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/creative-minds-further-questions  By Kristina Veasey The Creative Minds event held in Brighton on Monday 10th March was full to capacity with a good mix of delegates from different roles and organisations. The work was impressive presenting visual art, performance and films that were full of life. Creative […]

From Creative Minds Conference: University Arts Departments need to open their eyes to learning disability led arts activity. They provide opportunities for Universities to understand how to apply the skills of learning disabled people. It is up to us to tell Universities what we are doing.

These are comments from the Oska Bright discussion at Creative Minds on the 10th March 2014 Why isn’t diversity a specific department in places like the BFI? It might help strengthen the genre and promote the work so more people can see if. Do they see it as quality work? If not, how can we […]

Comment from the Creative Minds Conference at Brighton Dome on Monday 10th March 2014: “I wouldn’t programme any of the work I saw today in my venue. It’s not of a high quality. Art produced by learning disabled people isn’t of a high quality, generally. They can make their own art, performance and film, but […]