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Art, aesthetics, cultural

policy and disability:

the international creative

case for inclusion

Ben Evans Head of Arts & Disability

European Union Region

British Council

Artificial Things

Stopgap Dance Company

Architecture, Design, Fashion

Creative Economy

Literature

Theatre and Dance

Visual Arts

Our work in arts

Arts Digital Strategy

Backstage in Biscuit Land

Touretteshero

The Nightmare After Fuseli

detail from Tom Shakespeare

The Creative Case for Diversity

policy and disability

The Social Model of Disability

Two principles:

Models of Disability

Charity model

Disabled people are

unfortunate, should be pitied

and need financial support.

It is morally right to support

Disabled people need to be

cured, they are seen as

passive, dependent on

medical specialists.

People have different

impairments but they are

disabled by society (by

structural, cultural, economic

and attitudinal barriers). This

model emphasises the

independence of disabled

people, once the barriers are

addressed.

Social model Medical model

Social Model of Disability & the Arts

• Training

• Career development / Artistic

Development

• Showcasing

• Touring

• Networking

Artists & Cultural Leaders

• Access to the arts (physical)

• Access to the arts (financial)

• Cultural assumption

Audiences

- Young audience member

- Aspiration o ‘I’d like to do that’ o ‘That could be me’ - Family / community culture that supports ambition - Opportunities at school o Small focus at young age o Increasing seriousness as growing older - After school club. Lessons. Amateur performances / exhibitions - Entry into professional arts education (part-time / full-time) - Working with peer group

- First professional (often unpaid) opportunities - Joining existing ensemble or first own works - Professional development opportunities - Supported by arts incubation projects - Residencies - Workshops - Exchanges - Mentoring - Paid presentation of works - Tours. Commissions. - International opportunities.

Possible artist journey

The Creative Case for Diversity

Diversity and representation

in the arts: why?

Moral Case Legal Case Creative Case

Diversity and representation in the arts: why?

Moral Case

Legal Case

• Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Employers and service providers are under a duty to make

reasonable adjustments to their workplaces to overcome barriers

experienced by disabled people.

• Response of Arts Funders

Creative Case

• Arts Council England, 2011 The Creative Case for Diversity sets out how diversity and equality

can enrich the arts for artists, audiences and our wider society.

Creative Case

• Artists with unique experiences of and perspectives on the world

make new and unique art

• Explorations of difference or ‘the other’ help us all understand the

society in which we live

• Diversity is one of the creative opportunities of our time

• Idiosyncratic work made to disrupt

‘The last remaining avant-garde movement’ Yinka Shonibare visual artist

Arts & Disability in Europe

What are we doing to address the barriers preventing

disabled people achieving full equal access to the arts

as audiences and as artists?

What are we doing to ensure the arts benefit from the

aesthetic challenge to form offered by

disabled artists?

Reinventing Access for

audience and visitors

www.stagetext.org

www.attitudeiseverything.co.uk

Moving Beyond Inclusion

Candoco Dance Company (UK), SPINN (Sweden), Center for

movement Research (Croatia), Tanzfähig Berlin (Germany) and

BewegGrund (Switzerland) Oriente Occidente (Italy)

Beyond Access

British Council (UK), Onassis Cultural Centre (Greece), Center for

movement Research (Croatia), Vo’Arte (Portugal)

The Humane Body

Wiener Tanzwochen (Austria), Kaaitheater (Belgium), Centre

National de la Danse (France) ,and The Place (UK)

Un-Label

Sommertheater Pusteblume e.V (Germany), Candoco Dance Company (UK), Synergy of Music Theatre (Greece), Sosyal Kulturel Yasami Gelistirme Dernegi (Turkey), TH Köln (Germany)

iDance Support innovative practices in inclusive dance education

Onassis Cultural Centre (Greece), Skånes Dansteater (Sweden),

Holland Dance Festival (Netherlands), Stopgap Dance Company (UK)

- Young audience member

- Aspiration o ‘I’d like to do that’ o ‘That could be me’ - Family / community culture that supports ambition - Opportunities at school o Small focus at young age o Increasing seriousness as growing older - After school club. Lessons. Amateur performances / exhibitions - Entry into professional arts education (part-time / full-time) - Working with peer group

- First professional (often unpaid) opportunities - Joining existing ensemble or first own works - Professional development opportunities - Supported by arts incubation projects - Residencies - Workshops - Exchanges - Mentoring - Paid presentation of works - Tours. Commissions. - International opportunities.

Possible artist journey

Ben Evans Head of Arts & Disability, European Union Region British Council Ben.Evans@BritishCouncil.org www.DisabilityArtsInternational.org Twitter: @DisArtsInt

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