Rachel Carney is a poet, visual artist, academic and creative writing tutor. Her poetry collection Octopus Mind explores the intricacies of neurodiversity, perception and the human mind, and was selected as one of The Guardian’s Best Poetry Books of 2023.

DAC member Alice Banfield is launching her book Hysterical Garden at ArtHole on the 28th of November 6-9pm. There will be an art talk and a zine workshop.

The second collaboration between DAC member EDM artist Rightkeysonly and Welsh language artist Dei, Ghost is a playful mix of scary and sensual.

This course will offer a safe and supportive space in which to explore your own neurodivergent experience through poetry.

Oriel Davies Gallery welcomes DAC members to the Pop Up Space event on Friday 14 November, 1 - 3:30 pm.

Photographs can be a way of keeping memories alive, but accessing photographs relies on the ability to see and process visual information. I can turn a 2d image into a 3d tactile photo relief, enabling someone to 'see' a photograph through touch.

Cwm Here Now is a disruption and gathering of fragmented histories, both material and imagined. Rhys invites you to familiar terrains, to question familial bonds and to reframe, and readdress the histories and hypocrisies laid in The Valleys.

Using a line from a 1970s folk rock song as a starting point and theme, this illustrated lecture performance takes a discursive and digressive look at divergent experiences of time.

A creative celebration marking 30 years of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). This workshop, led by disabled artists and researchers, honours the activism that led to the DDA and reflects on its legacy and the progress of disability rights since 1995.

Mark Jones is a volunteer and Transport Ambassador with Gig Buddies Cymru, a project run by Learning Disability Wales that connects people with learning disabilities and autism with volunteers who share their interests.

DAC Member Rachel Carney was commissioned by SHAPE Arts to create a poetry-film last year. Rachel is now hosting a launch event for the film, an in-person event in Cardiff at g39 on Thursday 30 October.

Our Artist of the Month for October is Visual Artist Lyn Lording-Jones, a painting, drawing and sketchbook artist in Penmaenmawr, North Wales.

Share your thoughts on our survey by 31/10/25.

DAC Member Cheryl Beer has written a blog about her Commission with Cultura Inglesa, Brazil & Unlimited which is due to launch at their festival in Brazil, during October.

DAC Artist TanOren has created 'Quirky Chirky' as part of Navigating through Time. TanOren has also written an article about her Painting and Collage of the Ladies of Llangollen 'The Power of Two' for Cynfas.

Learn all about free support and mentoring available from Social Firms Wales to help successfully build your creative business as a self-employed artist.

Our Artist of the Month is Tobias Weatherburn, a multi award nominated bilingual Welsh Actor & Voice actor with experience across Stage, Screen, Video Games, Audio Dramas and Commercials.

To be twisted, strung along, tied together… the language we use around thread is so interestingly intertwined with the language of being human.

Come along to our next Cwrdd your Enthusiasm and find out more about our upcoming National Touring Exhibition, and the commission opportunities alongside this in partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru and Corsydd Calon Môn. 

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.