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
Tracey Lazard on UN CRPD Committee calling UK Government’s Treatment of Disabled People a Catastrophe
IL in Geneva We gave evidence to the UN in August alongside our sister DDPOs Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations were hailed as “world leaders” by the UN for their efforts in bringing to light the injustices and human…
Disability in Medieval Art
A selection of medieval depictions of disability from Marvellous to Behold: Miracles in Medieval Manuscripts, Deirdre Jackson, 2007
Stephen Wiltshire, 1974–
STEPHEN WILTSHIRE Disability: Autistic Wiltshire was born in 1974 in London to West Indian parents. He is an autistic savant and world famous architectural artist. He learned to speak at the age of nine, and at the age of ten…