Disability-led, we work to remove barriers to creative excellence. Our vision: an inspiring and inclusive arts sector.
London, England
Joined January 2009
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Are you a lower-income writer interested in how to lead a more ethical and creatively fulfilling writing life?
We have x50 half-price tickets available which give full access to our #ConsciousWritingMonth series - no application required! Just book literaryconsultancy.co.uk/ev…
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◆《Rights Cuts Action: The Creativity of Disabled Resistance》
Start: 6th October, 2025
End: 5th November, 2025
Venue: Engine Shed (High Wycombe)
*Annual Exhibition: Shape Open 2025* @ShapeArts
shapearts.org.uk/Event/right…
Looking to be reenergised by your creative practice? Join coach & author Julia Forster for @TLCUK's Amplify programme for a 12 week programme of writers support this Autumn.
Deadline: 1st September, 9am BST
▶ bit.ly/TLC-Amplify-25
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Ahead of Wednesday's IL newsletter: Latest winner of the Adam Reynolds Award - David Johnson, changing the way blindness and vision are understood @ShapeArts #AdamReynoldsAward @HMILeeds #BeyondTheVisual
Read it here - independentliving.co.uk/indu…
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This funding went to 2,683 organisations across the country received investment including @TheRSC, @NorfolkMuseums, @BookTrust, Culture in Common, and @ShapeArts, to name a few 🎸🎭
ALT Two women looking up at an art installation at the National Festival of Making, with text overlayed that says "2,683 creative and cultural organisations funded"
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New #ArtOpps now live on ArtRabbit for you to browse, share, and apply!
👩🎨 Job at @MeadowArts @GajahGallery
💰 Grant at @ArtOutreachSG
📊Professional Development at The Place, @aspexportsmouth
🏛️ Residency at Artown NOW, @ShapeArts
💼 Commission by @adurandworthing @UniRdg_Art @CityWestminster
🥇 Competition at @esmoaorg
🖼️ Exhibition Opportunities with New Art Exchange, schwules museum, @Manifesto_Press @HyphaStudios
More #OpenCalls this way 👇
artrabbit.com/artist-opportu…
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✨FULL LINE UP ANNOUNCED✨
#LibertyLDN, @MayorofLondon's flagship festival celebrating D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists, lands in Wandsworth this autumn💫
🗓️ 24-29 Sept
🎟️All tickets are FREE!
welcometowandsworth.com/libe…
#WelcomeToWandsworth
ALT Midgitte Bardot, a person with dwarfism, performs on stage. They wear bold white makeup with blue eyeshadow covered mostly by thin white sunglasses, a glamorous blonde wig, red fish net tights and silky white shorts. They hold a cymbal in front of their chest which reflects golden light, with rays of more golden light flooding from the top left. Photo by Holly Revell. Text over image says 'Liberty Festival'.
📣 Apply now for our hybrid residency programme delivered in partnership with @balticgateshead 📣
Back for its fourth year, #Emergent offers a £5k bursary and 3 month hybrid residency opportunity to a disabled artist in the first 5 years of their career
Full info and apply: shapearts.org.uk/Blog/emerge…
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Liberty Festival 2025 lands this autumn with an unmissable week of disabled-led art, music, theatre & joy ✨
🗓️ 24-29 Sept
📍 Battersea Arts Centre, Clapham Grand, Tara Theatre, The Bedford, World Heartbeat, Wandsworth Civic Suite, Battersea Park
🎟️ All events FREE!
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Deadline extended : the deadline for third year of the support hub with @artshealthhub has been extended until Sunday 13 July at 5pm for applications.
👉🏻 4 opportunities available for artists working around health and wellbeing
👉🏻 more info here: artsandhealthhub.org/opportu…
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Visual Art: Seen-Unseen
Seen-Unseen is an art project led by artist Clare McLaughlin for and with people who have a visual impairment on Friday 18 July at 3.30pm. buff.ly/7gO7AVJ
ALT A pair of hands holds a large square ice block.
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New #ArtOpps now live on ArtRabbit for you to browse, share, and apply!
🏆 Award by Art Labs
👩🎨 Job at Art Not Shame
🏛️ Residency at Throwing Shapes
💼 Commission by NOW Art, @Neon_Dance
📊Professional Development with The Crit Collective, I LIKE NETWORKING
🖼️ Exhibition Opportunities with Swanfall Art, @Art1NewMuseum @ShapeArts
More #OpenCalls this way 👇
artrabbit.com/artist-opportu…
Great interview with Shape's Chair @marblesculptor 👇
In the latest of Revell Dixon’s interview series, Journeys into Arts, he speaks to sculptor and disability right campaigner Tony Heaton.
disabilityarts.online/magazi…
ALT Tony HEaton, a white man in blue overalls stands cross armed in front of a marble sculpture
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📢 Midlands-based artist @jasonwilshermil will be working with @NCMME on a project inspired by the museum’s historic collection of coal mining union banners.
Read more about it here
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#ACEsupported thanks to @Lottogoodcauses
@ace_thenorth
The Shape Open is back! 🚨 And we want YOUR artwork 🫵
Everything you need to know about the #ArtistOpenCall can be found via the link in our bio 🔗 Available in text, audio, BSL and Easy Read.
🗓️ The deadline for applications is midnight, Sunday 27 July 2025. You can apply via text, audio, or video by using our Google Form or emailing your applications directly to us.
You must be over 18 and UK-based to apply.
shapearts.org.uk/Blog/apply-…
ALT a crop of a black and white film photograph showing disabled people protesting in front of a red London bus, superimposed with yellow and white text reading 'Call for artwork. Shape Open 2025'. The bottom of the image is overlaid with logos from Shape, NDMAC, Arts Council England, and Heritage Lottery Fund.
🚨 New episode alert! 🚨
To mark the launch of our newly updated resource - How to put on an accessible exhibition - Shape's Creative Producer Elinor Hayesand Assistant Producer Emily Roderick sat down to chat through the ways you might plan a show with accessibility in mind.
Listen now: shapearts.org.uk/Blog/episod…
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There's a really useful resource list for disabled writers on @ShapeArts website, including their top pick of resources from @TLCUK
shapearts.org.uk/news/disabl…
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We want to use our platform as disabled people in public eye to promote the tireless work already happening.
So we've created a list of ALL protests against benefits cuts taking place across the country and online #TakingThePIP
takingthepip.co.uk/protests-…
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Are you involved in creating or presenting creative work? We want to hear from you 📣
Tell us what you think about the challenges and opportunities for innovation and R&D in the creative and cultural sector by 25 June 📅👇
bit.ly/4kXe0HR
@audienceagents
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✊Statement from DaDa Regarding Access to Work
We stand with those within our community who are concerned about the impact of these changes on their work and practice.
Read our full statement over on our blog:
dadafest.co.uk/article/state…
ALT Disabled people will start to fade from the sector unless something changes