This event was delivered by the British Council in partnership with Disability Arts Online and curated by disabled curator Aidan Moesby on 26 June 2024.
*This video has English subtitles.*
Listen to our panellists of artists, curators and arts professionals from across the world discuss key questions including:
• What are the key challenges and opportunities at this moment?
• What are the similarities and differences across Europe and beyond?
• What does best practice look like?
• What are the key initiatives? How do we move forward?
*Panel 1 - How do you make institutional change? [00.00 – 01:12:45]*
A panel exploring how organisations can become more accessible and improve the representation of disabled artists. What small initial things can be done which are important first steps before the more seismic systemic changes can be implemented? How can culture change be implemented and sustained in a meaningful authentic process? How do we overcome resistance to change?
• Tony Heaton OBE, Sculptor, UK (panel chair)
• Elinor Morgan, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK
• Kate Brehme, Curator, Germany
• Sean Lee, Tangled Arts, Canada
• Yvonne Billimore, Artist-Curator, Finland/Scotland
*Panel 2 - Curation and Art - Disability Aesthetics [01:13:40 – 02:00:17]*
What are the creative possibilities of disability in an aesthetic sense? How do you define disability aesthetics and how can we increase recognition and appreciation for this within the visual arts, considering the relevance and representation of disabled artists and curators. What are the specific considerations for curators when working with disabled artists or with disability and neurodivergence as curatorial themes?
• Aidan Moesby, Artist/Curator, UK/Norway (panel chair)
• Heather Peak, Artist and CEO/AD of DASH, UK
• Ana Garcia Jacome, Artist, Mexico
• Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen, Artist, Finland
• Iarlaith Ni Fheorais, Curator, Ireland
