Reframed: Disability Aesthetics and Institutional Change in the Visual Arts

Conference

Join the British Council and Disability Arts Online for an online panel discussion about disability in the visual arts featuring artists, curators and arts professionals from across the world. They will explore several key questions including: What are the key challenges and opportunities at this moment? What are the similarities and differences

Symposium: Disability and Transforming the Cultural Ecosystem

Livestreamed from Brussels, Europe's largest arts and disability programme Europe Beyond Access presents its final symposium on 26 May 2023, 10:00-13:00 CEST (Brussels/Berlin). What is the current cultural landscape for European artists, arts professionals and audiences with disabilities in 2023? What recent advances have been made on a national and European basis? How

Time to Act: Two Years On

On 24 May, 9:30-11:30 BST, British Council and On The Move will publish more in-depth Europe-wide research on the barriers that disabled artists and audiences experience, with responses from artists and policymakers. This online event is the official report launch, presenting the opportunity to hear from the researchers and learn about

Panel: Dis_rupting the museum

How are Deaf and disabled performing artists challenging the ways we think about art and its spaces? Chiara Bersani, Seeking Unicorns: photo Alice Brazzit Our experience of galleries and museums are dominated by normative bodies. But which bodies are not present and what are disabled artists doing to change this? Inspired by Italian

Anda, Diana

No more apologies for the non-normative body – this body is revolution! I want to speak of what we conceal. I did not exist almost my entire life because of the belief of having to exist in a body that was not my own. I will no longer apologize to the

Generation After 6. Showcase: Pitching Sessions for Deaf and Disabled artists

This year, Generation After Showcase is collaborating with the British Council, within the context of the Europe Beyond Access project – which seeks to support and celebrate the works of the current unique generation of European performing artists who identify as Deaf or disabled. After an Open Call, six projects have been selected to be presented to

Non-Normative Case by Katarzyna Żeglicka at Nowy Teatr

On 2 September, disabled artist Katarzyna Zeglicka will present a new lecture-performance, 'Non-Normative Case', as part of Generation After Showcase at Nowy Teatr, Warsaw. The programme is an intense presentation to international delegates, arts managers and curators of new trends in Polish theatre. As part of the performative lecture, Katarzyna will

Three Candoco's dancers on stage. One leaning on the floor, one standing and the third one performing an acrobatics on his crutches.

Candoco Dance Company at the ZAMEK Culture Centre (Poznań)

Europe Beyond Access partner British Council Poland supports the premiere of two Candoco Dance Company shows at the ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań (Poland). This performing arts event is part of ZAMEK’s Obecność / Presence programme, which will run in co-operation with Norway’s CODA Oslo International Dance Festival and Warsaw’s

4 dancers are on an all-black stage. They wear loose-fitting sheer grey clothes. The 2 female dancers in front are side-on and crouched down, bending at the knee and upper bodies tilted forward. The front-most dancer holds 2 crutches behind her and rests her cheek on the dancer directly behind her, who holds her front arm at a right angle, as if ready to run. Behind them is another female dancer who is facing away so her back is visible. She holds her right arm straight out to her side, whilst her left arm is held out to the side and bent at the elbow. She is looking at her elbow. A male dancer faces her, and is about to hold onto her right wrist. He is looking at her face.

Workshop with Candoco Dance Company in Warsaw (Poland)

Europe Beyond Access partner British Council Poland is collaborating with Teatr21 to run this two-part workshop delivered by performers from Candoco, one of the world’s best known inclusive dance companies and an icon of contemporary British dance theatre. The workshop, which is taking place at the Theatre Institute venues in Warsaw,

Two female dancers balance against each others backs, one is a wheelchair user.

Time to Act: Final Report Launch

Join the British Council, On the Move, and the partners of Europe Beyond Access as we launch this ground-breaking major new study, spanning 42 countries, into the barriers that disabled people experience when accessing the arts. 3 December 2021 9:30-11:30 GMT (UK, PT ...)10:30-12:30 CET (DE, FR, NL ...)11:30-13:30 EET (RO,FIN,GR ...) A