> Celebrating the artistic history of people with disabilities Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell speaking at a DHM event in Portcullis House, Westminster Shakira Dyer reports on Disability History Month 2017 and its focus on the arts UK Disability History Month (DHM) has existed…
Launch Event 2017
Video footage, and accompanying materials used at the Launch of UKDHM 2017, at Portcullis House, Parliament. 22 November 2017.
Disability and Art – Secondary Assembly presentation
Given by Richard Rieser. All info in the presentation is elaborated on in the 2017 broadsheet.
Disabled photographer, Kev Howard’s exhibition d-FORMED
Saltburn-based Kev Howard’s social documentary and observational photography has reached global audiences for more than a decade. He’s photographed hundreds of bands, poets, artists and demonstrations in that time – with a photo of Benjamin Zephaniah appearing in The Independent,…
2017 Teaching materials overview
We have produced resources examining
a) the representation of disabled people across time and culture.
b) artists who were themselves disabled.
c) with National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) the history of the Disability Arts Movement, which has sought since 1970s to promote the work of disabled artists and to challenge the oppression disabled people continue to face.
a) the representation of disabled people across time and culture.
b) artists who were themselves disabled.
c) with National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) the history of the Disability Arts Movement, which has sought since 1970s to promote the work of disabled artists and to challenge the oppression disabled people continue to face.
2017 Broadsheet
12 page illustrated analysis providing essential background for teachers. This examines our three themes with a largely European perspective from ancient cultures to the present day.
2017 Day Conference
Videos and powerpoints for Art and Disability Day Conference,
21st October 2017
21st October 2017
2017 Timeline
A timeline showing the relationship between art and disability
Disabled Century BBC Produced and Directed by David Hevey
Can be viewed on line at www.davidhevey.com/viewing Episode 1 The Disabled CenturyEpisode 1 of 3 A look at the experiences of those disabled while fighting for their country in the two world wars, and the harsh, often brutal realities that confronted the vast…
Sierra Leone amputees turn to art
Casualties from Sierra Leone’s civil war find a new horizon through art.
By Tom McKinley, BBC, 2002
By Tom McKinley, BBC, 2002