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Effaith - Open Call for Disabled Artists: Disability Arts Cymru National Exhibition (2025–26)
Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) invites submissions from disabled, d/Deaf and neurodivergent artists from across Wales for our upcoming national touring exhibition: Effaith
Jul 28, 2025


Call for Commission Proposals: £10,000 Opportunity for a Disabled Artist based in Wales
Disability Arts Cymru and Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales are offering a £10,000 commission to a disabled, d/Deaf or neurodivergent artist to create a new artwork.
Jul 28, 2025


Corsydd Calon Môn Disabled Artist Commission
CCM is working in partnership with Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) to support a disabled, d/Deaf or neurodivergent artist commission exploring the corsydd sites.
Jul 28, 2025


CHINCHILLA: Rightkeysonly's next single is out on Friday!
Content warning: Domestic abuse
Taking inspiration from Sofia Isella, Keys combines clashing piano melodies with graphic lyricism and chilling vocals to drag us deep into the bellies of fear and entrapment.
Jul 24, 2025


New Welsh-language song by DAC member Frances Abigail Bolley released on Tŷ Cerdd’s ‘Sionci’ Label
Marking the continuation of AffriCerdd – Tŷ Cerdd’s partnership with the National Eisteddfod, supporting artists of colour to work in Welsh
Jul 9, 2025


My Life My Voice Creative Consultation
A chance to feed into Welsh Government Disabled People's Rights Plan. Join Us and Share your Lived Experience Creatively!
Jul 9, 2025


Cwrdd Event: Meet the Staff and Open Mic
Who are we? The DAC6 - we are all just regular people, and some of us might prefer to stay in hiding, but for one night only, we are going to put ourselves in the spotlight for your entertainment and to show a little bit of who we are and what we get up to behind the scenes.
Jul 7, 2025


Poetry as Protest Exhibition at Nartberth Museum including DAC member Jane Campbell
Congratulations to DAC member Jane Campbell who is taking part in Narberth Museum's Poetry as Protest exhibition, an exhibition from Narberth Poets & Friends that brings together poetry and visual art to show ‘Resistance is Fertile’.
Jul 7, 2025


Artist of the Month: Amy Grandvoinet
Our Artist of the Month for July is Amy Grandvoinet! Amy currently abides in Aberystwyth and is trying for a proper existence. She’s undergoing PhD research in so-called literary psychogeographies and will teach autoethnographic writing in Lerpŵl from September.
Jul 2, 2025


Cwrdd Event: Meet the Commissioned Artists
Meet the eight artists who were awarded a DAC Commission in 2024. Hybrid Event: Online & at Shed Space, Wrexham University School of Art
Jun 24, 2025


Urgent Concerns Regarding the UK Government’s “Pathways to Work” Green Paper and Its Impact on Disabled Artists in Wales
We are writing on behalf of Creu Cymru and Disability Arts Cymru and we wish to express our deep concern regarding the UK Government’s recent Green Paper, “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working.”
Jun 18, 2025


Future Wales Fellows offer creative insights into connection with nature in new publication
Eight Wales-based artists (including DAC member Cheryl Beer) who have spent 16 months participating in the Future Wales Fellowship 2023-25 have shared the fruits of their research in a new publication.
Jun 17, 2025


DAC Member Krystal S. Lowe and Kizzy Crawford Bridge the Gap Between Bermuda and Wales
Thanks to Arts Council Wales’s International Opportunities Fund and Bermuda Arts Council’s Onion Bulb Grant, choreographer and writer Krystal S. Lowe and singer/songwriter and producer Kizzy Crawford will build and deepen connections between the Welsh and Bermudian arts sectors.
Jun 17, 2025


Meet the Photographer Rolf Kraehenbuehl relaxed event at Oriel Colwyn
Oriel Colwyn in Colwyn Bay is currently showing Rolf Kraehenbuehl’s analogue photography project “Corpus | Delicti”. Paul Sampson, the curator at Oriel Colwyn, and Rolf invite members and staff of Disability Arts Cymru and TAPE for a guided private visit to the exhibition.
Jun 10, 2025


Creative Editorial Opportunity with DAC Artist
Opportunity to work with DAC Artist Big Brother to edit and design an art book.
Jun 4, 2025


DAC Pop Up Space at Oriel Davies Gallery
Oriel Davies Gallery welcomes DAC members to the first Pop Up Space event on Friday 13 June, 1 - 3:30 pm.
Jun 3, 2025


Membership Renewal
Thank you to everyone who has renewed their DAC membership! If you have already renewed you don’t have to do anything else. If you haven’t renewed please see the information in the post.
May 28, 2025


Artist of the Month: Evrah Rose
Poet, author and rapper, Evrah Rose gained national popularity for her hard hitting delivery & fearless energy. Read the feature below to learn more about Evrah's work, what influences her, some of her incredible achievements and some exciting news, including the release of her new album 'Link In Bio' which is out now!
May 27, 2025


Cwrdd June: Our Visual World
Located in the heart of South Wales, Our Visual World (OVW) is dedicated to extending our support and resources to Deaf artists throughout Wales.
May 27, 2025


Emerging: An Artistic Practice Saved My Life by DAC Member Candice Black
Candice Black is a Welsh artist & writer. Her memoir is a testament to the power of creativity to carry a person through the brutal experiences of mental ill health, trauma, abuse, and addiction.
May 26, 2025
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