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Disability Art in the 21st Century
Ann in Conference by Tanya Rabbe |
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PRESS RELEASE
Disability Arts and culture in the 21st Century
The DA21 report containing edited transcripts from
the DA21 conference on Disability Arts and Culture
in the 21st Century will be launched at the
‘Above and Beyond’ Conference in Cheltenham on
18th September 2003
In 1991 a Disability Arts and Culture seminar organized by SHAPE invited 30 Disabled arts practitioners to London to address questions about the defining characteristics of Disability culture and to set an agenda for future development. Since then there have been significant developments within the disability-related arts environment. The Disability Discrimination act ( DDA) 1995 and the Arts Capital (Lottery) programme have also had a significant impact on the disability related arts environment.
10 years on Holton Lee in Dorset hosted a national conference to pick up on the work done previously and take the agenda forward into the 21st Century.
The conference brought together prominent speakers and key players from the Disability Arts world to debate three important topics:
- Reasons to celebrate Disability Arts
- Barriers to the development of Disability Arts and how to overcome these.
- The priorities for future strategy.
The resulting report reflects the concerns and aspirations of disabled people in the arts and outlines key principles for supporting disabled artists. Containing key note speeches along with summaries of discussion groups covering a wide range of artform areas and issues it provides an informative text on future developments in Disability arts for arts and cultural development professionals, administrators, arts practitioners and lecturers.
Copies of the report can be obtained for £5 plus £1.50 p&p from Holton Lee, East Holton, Holton Heath, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6JN. Tel: 01202 625562. Email: holton@lds.co.uk
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