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Colin Hambrook established Disability Arts Online in 2004. Since then he has been editing the journal. In his blog he comments on aspects of the work happening within the disability arts sector as well as specific arts programmes DAO is engaged with.

Arts Council cuts

8 January 2008

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Digital image by Colin Hambrook

Well the New Year came in with some devastating news in terms of Arts Council funding. It appears that 194 arts organisations who are currently funded by Arts Council are being cut. Of the few disabled-led art organisations in existence, two are to be axed this coming April, both the National Disability Arts Forum (NDAF) and the London Disability Arts Forum (LDAF). The importance and relevance of disabled-led work cannot be under-estimated, both in terms of culture and equality of opportunity...

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