It’s beyond time for the arts to stop viewing work by disabled artists as ‘radical’, says Jo Verrent.
Just days before Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival, celebrating extraordinary work by disabled artists, is Collective Encounter’s ‘Rediscover the Radical’ conference at LIPA, Liverpool. So why are disabled artists seen as radical?
Disabled artists aren’t new, we’ve always been here. First they tried to shut many of us away. Others, who could, hid in plain sight - reducing who they were, pretending, minimizing themselves. But there have always been disabled artists... Keep reading on The Huffington Post
Just days before Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival, celebrating extraordinary work by disabled artists, is Collective Encounter’s ‘Rediscover the Radical’ conference at LIPA, Liverpool. So why are disabled artists seen as radical?
Disabled artists aren’t new, we’ve always been here. First they tried to shut many of us away. Others, who could, hid in plain sight - reducing who they were, pretending, minimizing themselves. But there have always been disabled artists... Keep reading on The Huffington Post