DAC Member Tina Rogers commissioned by Axis Web

DAC member Tina Rogers was commissioned by Axis Web to respond to the topic of artist exploitation.

“Welcome to the club?” On Disability, Poverty and Exclusion in the Arts’ is available to both read and listen to on Axis Web’s website.

“I’m working class. My dad was a miner, and girls like me didn’t go to college, our aspirations amounted to factory work and marriage. University was an impossibility and an interest in art was met with suspicion and a ‘who do you think YOU are’? attitude (which continues even now. Art isn’t for the likes of us; it's only for posh people).”

Read or listen to the full piece here.