A Series Of Discussion Events For Disabled And Deaf Artists In Wales
Listening to and empowering young disabled artists
An online event exploring the social model of disability in youth arts practice. Young disabled artists help to celebrate what is being done well and inspire us to work more inclusively.
Host: Miranda Ballin
Guests: Ruth Fabby MBE DL, Jane Latham, Hannah Matthews, Steve Swindon, Emlyn Wright, Steph Back, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Safayan Iqbal, Dan from RecRock
The Importance of the Welsh Language to Disability Empowerment
A fascinating Crip Talk that discusses how language impacts on our lives and the challenges and benefits of being a Welsh speaker and Deaf or Disabled.
Hosts: Natasha Hirst and Sara Beer.
Guests: Professor Elin Jones, Sarah Lawrence, Nia Skyrme, Mared Jarman.
The Curator’s Stare
What happens when artists feel they have not made the cut and once again are left asking the same old questions about their work and approaches. How can we cope when our best intentions of hope and confidence face rejection? How can we win the ‘Curators Stare’?
Host: Alan Whitfield
Guests: Cheryl Martin, Richard Butchins, Gail Martin
International Women’s Day 2021 – Choose to Challenge
Disability Arts Cymru in partnership with #WeShallNotBeRemoved celebrate Disabled and Deaf women from across the UK for International Women’s Day.
Host: Julie Macnamara
Guests: Natasha Hirst – DAC Chair, Jenny Sealy, Francesca Martinez, Rachel Starritt, Hilary McCollum, Wendy Jones, Deepa Shastri, Miss Jacqui, Claire Cunningham, Dr Vole, Mared Jarman, Edel Murphy, Kaite O’Reilly
Autism – the Next Generation – in Conversation with Temple Grandin
A conversation about how to develop and nurture the minds of autistic people, giving them all necessary adjustments and helping them develop their skills so the next generation of autistic people can find their way in the world.
Host: Rachel Stelmach
Guests: Temple Grandin, Gaia Redgrave, Rhi Lloyd-Williams, Grace Quantock
International Disability Day - arts & activism
We have brought together some extraordinary campaigners who’ve worked in to make changes for inclusion and rights happen.
Host: Ruth Fabby MBE DL
Guests: Barbara Lisicki, Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, Jane Hutt, Rhian Davies, Jon Luxton
Young Disabled/Deaf People Arts Activity
DAC invited Arts & Cultural organisations across Wales to learn more about working with young disabled and Deaf young people between ages 16 to 30. This discussion is about identifying a future way of working with disabled and Deaf young people as leaders in the arts sector.
Host: Miro Griffiths
Guests: Jane Latham, Miranda Ballin, Menai Rowlands, Jake Sawyer, Danielle Marsden
Disability and the Music Industry Part 2: Identification of solutions & best practice
This event discusses the questions, why do we not see a fair representation of disabled people throughout the music industry? Why are talented disabled musicians or producers left out or in fear to let their access needs be known?
Host: Lloyd Coleman
Guests: Troi Lee, Ben Lunn, Sarah Lianne Lewis
Disability and the Music Industry Part 1: Identification of issues: cultural, structural, physical
This event discusses the questions, why do we not see a fair representation of disabled people throughout the music industry? Why are talented disabled musicians or producers left out or in fear to let their access needs be known?
Host: Lloyd Coleman
Guests: Gareth Churchill, Mark Pavey, Jo Thomas
Autism – are we a cultural minority?
We sometimes feel like aliens on a planet where we are a minority. Keeping up with the neurotypical majority can be a frustrating and exhausting task. Only 16% of autistic adults are in full-time work despite the fact that many of us have extraordinarily high IQs and very specific, highly developed skills and talents. We look at how it feels to be in this world.
Host: Rachel Stelmach
Guests: Amy Richards, Selena Caemawr, Rhi Lloyd-Williams
Dwarfism and the ethics of Humour
Why is it that people who are shorter than the ‘average’ person, people born with a variety of conditions under the medical banner of ‘dwarfism’ are so often seen as the butt of the joke, an easy target to make fun of. These issues are discussed by a panel consisting of people from Academia through to Cabaret to Podcasting and Disability Equality Consultancy.
Host: Sara Beer
Guests: Dr Erin Pritchard, Tammy Reynolds, Simon Minty
Discrimination2
Racism exists even within the Deaf community, there is a cultural divide that still lingers and separates Deaf people by the colour of their skin. The older generation know this only too well. Now, there exists an opportunity to educate younger Deaf people in being more culturally curious and willing to mix, because it’s already a small community and there’s no reason to separate it any further.
Host: Jonny Cotsen
Guests: Rinkoo Barpaga, Maral Mamaghanizedeth