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David Proud announces the participants for Talent Boost 2010
27 August 2010
Body Map by Nondisumo from Longlife: Positive HIV Stories
Support Rachel Gadsden in Great Britons competition
25 August 2010
British Airways is the official airline partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. They are supporting Great Britons to help talented people by giving away hundreds of flights and more in the run up to the 2012 Games.
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Young Filmmakers ask for Public Support
2 August 2010
The Beacon Hill Film Project, which enables young people with learning disabilities and autism to make their own films, is asking for public support after reaching the finals of the National Lottery Awards in the ‘Best Arts Project’ category.
Aaron Williamson 's Study Room Guide: Disability And New Artistic Models now available as a free download
15 July 2010
Aaron Williamson 's Study Room Guide The Guide reflects the ways in which the practices of artists who work with Live Art have engaged with, represented, and problematicised issues of disability in innovative and radical ways.
Mind Awards 2010
9 July 2010
Every year, Mind recognises the contributions made by individuals to deepen understanding of mental health issues through four awards: Mind Champion, Book of the Year, Journalist of the Year and Student Journalist of the Year.
Shape Tickets volunteers recognised by The Queen with prestigious Award
25 June 2010
Shape has been announced as one of the UK volunteering groups to win The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for volunteer groups.
Da-Bait - Opening a Can of Worms on Disability and Deaf Arts
18 June 2010
Da-bait is a month long set of provocative, private discussions and exchanges between 8 disabled and deaf artists about the state of Disability and Deaf Arts today as part of the Creative Campus Initiative.
Architecture Inside Out need you!
17 June 2010
AIO need your objective views of the new lift installation on the top of the Nash Ramblas for the London Festival of Architecture. Where: Top section of steps – accessible from Waterloo Place, London SW1Y on Friday 18 June at 1pm
Lung Ha's Theatre Company have won a CAT Award for Best Ensemble
15 June 2010
Lung Ha's Theatre Company are delighted announce that their latest co-production with Grid Iron Theatre Company, Huxley's Lab, has been nominated for Best Ensemble at the CATS Awards - Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
Bristol-based Roaring Girl Productions (RGP) screens five productions on three continents
6 June 2010
Festivals in Europe, Asia and North America will screen work directed by Liz Crow throughout June 2010
Disability Projects Need Your Vote
6 June 2010
Six UK-based projects that benefit disabled users have been named as semi-finalists in The National Lottery Awards 2010.
New ‘Resistance’ campaign urges MPs to sign up to charter as disabled people fear relaxation of assisted dying laws
4 June 2010
Disabled people from across the UK came together in Westminster on 3 June 2010 for the launch of a new campaign to ensure legislation prohibiting assisted suicide and euthanasia remains in place.
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Deaf and Disabled artists chosen to Go Public
2 June 2010
Three disabled artists have been awarded £55,000 by art agencies Dada-South and Artpoint to take their work into the public realm.
Arts Council England responds to a £19 million reduction in funding from DCMS
25 May 2010
Dame Liz Forgan, Chair of Arts Council England releases a statement in response to the latest announcement of spending cuts in the arts
An Open letter to Tate Gallery from the artists group Making A Living
17 May 2010
Making A Living are a discussion group of Arts professionals currently active across the UK
Extant research new technologies for an innovative theatre project
4 May 2010
With partners The Open University and Battersea Art Centre, Extant explore 'The Question? - a new immersive theatre project involving the use of a haptic device.
In Memory of David Morris
27 April 2010
David Morris, senior policy adviser to the Mayor of London on disability issues, sadly died over the weekend of April 17th-18th, aged 51.
Improved accommodation and access at Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre
27 April 2010
Recent improvements to Moniack Mhor Writer’s Centre have been made, to enable more disabled writers to access writing courses at the centre.
Jonathan Shaw MP, Jon Adams and Stevie Rice at the Cultural Champions awards nominations, ceremony. Photo © Dada-South
Dada-South celebrates a 'Cultural Champion'
12 April 2010
As part of an Arts & Business initiative to celebrate individuals who have given dedicated support to their local arts scene, Dada-South nominated Jon Adams as a 'Cultural Champion' for the organisation.
Winner announced for first FutureEverything Award
1 April 2010
The EyeWriter - a pair of low-cost eye-tracking glasses that allow artists and graffiti writers with paralysis to draw using only their eyes - has been chosen as the winner of the first FutureEverything Award
New Ground with Your News
1 April 2010
ITN and Media Trust Productions have joined forces with Mencap, the UK learning disability charity, to produce a news programme, Your News (working title) premiering on Community Channel on Friday 28 March 2010, for viewers with a learning disability or d
Manchester Deaf Centre opens its doors for Arts Festival
17 March 2010
One of Manchester’s oldest charities - the Manchester Deaf Centre on Oxford Road - will throw its doors open for an Arts Festival on Saturday 10 April 2010
Living Books
16 March 2010
Sandi Toksvig talks to Vicky Wright, star of C4's Cast Offs, about being a Living Book - available on BBC iPlayer until 22 March
Photo of singer Lizzie Emeh © Heart n Soul
Heart n' Soul's Lizzie Emeh performs tracks from 'Loud and Proud', at the Blue Camel Club
13 February 2010
Following the launch of her debut album at The Royal Festival Hall last October, Lizzie Emeh performs tracks on 8 March 2010 at the Blue Camel Club, Old Market Arts Centre, Brighton
Photo of Antony Gormley © Lars Gundersen
Antony Gormley gives his patronage to the Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary
12 February 2010
Antony Gormley, one of Britain’s best known and internationally significant artists, is to become patron of the Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary administered by the disability-led arts organisation, Shape.