About Dada-South - Who We Are

Stevie Rice

Stevie Rice

Director

Stevie Rice graduated in 1995 with a first class honours degree having studied Theatre, History of Art and Deaf Studies.

She started her career managing Kent County Council's Artwise Factory - a Youth Arts Centre in Ramsgate, then left after three years to study for an MA in Theatre, Film & Television at the University of Wales. Then came periods in the late '90s as Project Officer for a Kent deaf organisation co-ordinating sign language classes, and a stint as Education Officer for Stratford Circus, the new performing arts centre in East London. For three and a half years she worked as the Head of Education & Training for Shape, the disability arts development agency for London. Her work there saw her leading on a number of innovative and high profile professional development programmes with Deaf/disabled people and with major venues such as Tate Modern and the British Museum. These initiatives ensured that Shape developed an enviable reputation for arts professional development and training opportunities for Deaf/disabled people.

Stevie is currently Chair of dao (disability arts online) - a dynamic online resource for Disability Arts, and has recently joined the Board of Trustees for Engage - the national organisation for gallery education.

Stevie is the first Director of Dada-South, the disability arts development agency set up in the South East with core funding from Arts Council England, South East. Dada-South commissions and profiles disability arts and offers professional and creative development opportunities for disabled artists in the region.