The Creative Case for Diversity
The Creative Case is a re-imagining of the Arts Council’s approach to diversity and equality, setting out how these areas can and should enrich the arts for artists, audiences and our wider society.
DAO has built the Creative Case website for the conference in Manchester which launches the decibel performing arts showcase.
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From the blogs
The B Man, more properly Bee Man, not Beaman, is Marc Cowan. He is the Bee Man because he likes...
I've had a disagreement with a woman in an art gallery. We were discussing; I was talking about the...
Marian Cleary, sub-editor at DAO, asks how we can become more accessible when it comes to...
Discovering the imposing bronze statue behind Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa reminded me that I really...
I am currently assisting an artist in scribing a Grant for the Arts application, through the Arts...
Despite the fact that this movie was very well received, including winning the Best Picture...
Tokyu Hands (pronounced Tokyo Hanz) was reviewed by the New York Times as 'the' department store...
We all have our own take on the Olympics, especially the Paralympics where super crips compete to...
My life in Tokyo is not exactly domestic, there are few meals to cook or chores to attend to. The...
The sun is out, I have a new garden to play with (huh, for now) and my mood is a tad better....
The journey to Hakone involves platform-lifts, chair-lifts, elevators, trains, metro,...
I have made a journey back to Asakusa, it involves changing trains and previously the station staff...
Today I revisited 21_21, the design exhibition space of the Issey Miyake Foundation. Tema Hima -...
Lying in bed without my wheels, it occurs to me that I am semicyber, but being without them does...
The Eyes The eyes, the eyes have it That light, That guiltless blaze That melts the...
Yokohama's Greenroom Festival of music, art and film (www.greenroom.jp/ ) was this year held...
Today I'm trying out a Japanese wheelchair to take home; not exactly the one I'd planned for or...
I have no idea what the word misanthrope means - not what it actually means. It sounds like a...
Ok. I've been here 6 days, this is blog number 5, they all sat frustrated, unposted, on my iPad...
I subscribe to the theory that Utopia always appears to be getting closer. And with the perfect...
Is normality the real thing? Is it full of artificial sweeteners, sentimental but not...
Today I spent roaming in the sunshine, getting my bearings. I rolled alongside Sumida and headed...
Features
Gallery: Vince Laws - HM The Queen Never... plaques
Vince Laws has been busy with a series of blue plaques commemorating things HM The Queen Never Did... He posts a selection on DAO
Unlimited Review: Fittings - The Ugly Spirit at Square Chapel, Halifax
Jo Verrent reviews The Ugly Spirit, an Unlimited commission, performed by Fittings, and she is left not at all sure of anything anymore
News: Adam Reymolds memorial Bursary 2012 Shortlist Announced
Shape Arts yesterday (29 May) announced the shortlist for the Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary 2012
Preview: One Morning In May - Noëmi Lakmaier
If you are in the City of London today (28 May), you will get a chance to see Disability Art in action as Noëmi Lakmaier makes her way from Toynbee Studios heading towards the City of London and one of London's most iconic buildings, The Gherkin... on her hands and knees.
Review: imove - LeanerFasterStronger
imove - Yorkshire's cultural programme for London 2012 commissioned Kaite O’Reilly’s new play 'LeanerFasterStronger' focusing on diversity and the interplay between sport and art. Jo Verrent reviews a performance at the Sheffield Crucible
Review: Mousetrap Theatre Projects present Shrek The Musical
Sophie Partridge reviews a one-off performance of Shrek The Musical at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane staged by Mousetrap Theatre Projects designed specifically to cater for families with disabled children
Review: Don't You Forget About Me - InMind at the RA
The Royal Academy extends its innovative InMind programme into 2012 and proves, in Marian Cleary's opinion, that audience engagement and community participation can go hand in hand
Review: Love's Labour's Lost Performed in BSL by Deafinitely Theatre
Charlie Swinbourne reviews this BSL performance, part of The Globe Theatre's Globe to Globe season
Review: The International Symposium and Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and Medicine
The International Symposium and Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and Medicine took place at Wellcome Collection, London on 12 May. Nicole Fordham Hodges was there to experience a mind-twisting variety of perspectives on the subject
Review: Abnormally Funny People
Abnormally Funny People have a run of gigs at the Soho Theatre Downstairs. Richard Downes went along on 24 April to find himself waking up to what comedy by disabled people is all about
Review: Tales From The Other Side by Christopher Ejsmond
Dave Russell reviews Tales From The Other Side, by Christopher Ejsmond - a collection of ninety poems focussing on the author’s experience of mental distress and his journey of self-awareness and recovery.
Review: Unlimited - DaSH's M21 Live Art Festival
DaSH's (Disability Arts Shropshire) M21 Live Art Festival was commissioned by the Unlimited programme, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Lynn Cox gives a Visually Impaired Person’s perspective on the event which took over the mediavel town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire from 5-6 May.
Review: Unlimited - David Toole's 'The Impending Storm'
Acclaimed dancer David Toole has collaborated with Lucy Hind and Remix Dance Company from South Africa to create an Unlimited commission: 'The Impending Storm'. Jo Verrent caught this compelling visual feast at DanceXchange in Birmingham on 2 May.
Review: My Song: a film about inclusion and exclusion
My Song follows Ellen, a young deaf girl stuck in the middle of the deaf and hearing worlds. Scripted by Charlie Swinbourne and directed by William Mager, DAO writer Richard Downes examines the themes of inclusion and exclusion and finds parallels from his own experience.
