Revealing Culture: HeadOn

Artwork and research by Visual Artist Tanya Raabe exploring identity, and disabilityculture, in contemporary portraiture and the nude. 

You are invited to join artist Tanya Raabe and her sitters to engage in conversation with the her and her sitter and to 'have a go' at creating a portrait of the sitter and artist at work without being tutored. Materials and an easel will be provided.

Live portrait sittings Tate Modern, Studio C
4 May 2010 –Baroness Jane Campbell
Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
020 7887 8888
visiting.modern@tate.org.uk

You are also invited to join artist Tanya Raabe in the galleries of Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool to 'have your say' about identifying disability culture in chosen artworks researched by Tanya on display.

To keep up to date with "Revealing Culture:HeadOn" go to
www.disabilityartsonline.org.
http://revealingcultureheadon.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/tanyaraabe
www.facebook.com/tanya.raabe
www.flickr.com/photos/tanyaraabe/  

Outside In at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

Touring Exhibition in partnership with Pallant House Gallery

19 June 2010 - 12 September, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Johns Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings

Outside In is a groundbreaking project which invites debate on Outsider Art. It provides a platform for artists who are marginalised due to health, disability or other social circumstances.

This exhibition brings together the work and talent of a wide variety of artists who have had little or no contact w

ith the institutions of hte mainstream art world, and who have rarely received any formal recognition or training despite producing art of a high quality that is both highly personal and idiosyncratic.
Phone: 01424 451052
Fax: 01424 451165
museum@hastings.gov.uk

www.hmag.org.uk
www.outsidein.org.uk

Image above: Untitled painting by Adrian Mundy

Greg Garvey - Artist Talk & Presentation

Thursday 4 March, Lighthouse, 28 Kensington St, Brighton, 6.30pm
Entry: FREE

Lighthouse hosts an inspiring evening of discussion and presentation with Professor Greg Garvey, American artist a

nd esteemed academic whose interactive digital art installations have been exhibited acr

oss the US and Europe. During February and Ma

rch 2010, Garvey will be staying in Brighton where he will be pursuing research as artist in residence at the University of Sussex's Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics (CCNR).

Garvey's creative production ranges from digital prints, interactive installations, and published articles all of which explore the intersections between the real and the virtual.
www.lighthouse.org.uk/whatson/greggarvey.htm
Image: Touching the Sacred and the Profane by Greg Garvey

Studio Voltaire Members Show

Until 27 March, Studio Voltaire, 1a Nelsons Row, London SW4
Open Wednesday - Saturday, 12-6pm

Doreen McPherson is exhibiting in SV10: Members' Show selected by Jennifer Higgie and Rebecca Warren at Studio Voltaire.

Studio Voltaire has developed a reputation for supporting artists at a pivotal stage in their career through an ambitious public programme of exhibitions, commissions, live events and offsite projects at national and international level.

Intoart promotes equality of opportunity to people with learning disabilities by creating a space in which new audiences can celebrate the excellence of their artwork.
Phone: 020 76221294
www.studiovoltaire.org
http://www.intoart.org.uk

Combined Arts

‘Animate’ artists talks and workshops at Shape

Shape is holding a series of four artists' talks. They will form part of their 'Animate' project, which celebrates the history of Disability Arts. 

'Animate' takes inspiration from Allan Sutherland's Chronology of Disability Arts, using it as a springboard for celebrations, discussions, workshops and events.

4 March, Julie McNamara - poet, performer and playwright, 6.30- 8.30pm
16 March, Samuel Dore - film maker, 6.30pm - 8.30pm,
16 March, Crash Course in Film Making workshop 10am - 4pm

All events will be held at Shape, Deane House Studios, 27 Greenwood Place, London

'Animate' wants to inspire more disabled people to engage with culture. On one level it’s about making art for its own sake - for enjoyment and self expression; but it’s also about celebrating the history of the Disability Arts Movement.

'Animate' will explore key events and art pieces from this rich history through a programme of workshops and events.

The history will become a vehicle for participants to explore their own living history, as they begin to investigate wider issues around disability rights and human rights. 

As we work through the project, we want to encourage people to contribute their own views and experiences to the debate. So, a key part of the project is to develop an on-line resource for people to contribute to this living history via an interactive website.

This will also create a fantastic legacy for anyone who wants to learn more about Disability Arts. It's an open invitation and it's free. However, places are limited, so please book now to guarantee your place.

To find out more and RSVP please contact Shape
Phone: 0207 424 7349
Minicom: 020 7424 7368
Fax: 0845 521 3458
mhairi@shapearts.org.uk
www.shapearts.org.uk

Picture: Loop - Sweet meeting by Tony Heaton 2007

Planet X

Saturday 6 Feb, 6 March 2010, Paddington Arts, 32 Woodfield Rd, London, 12-4pm

Planet X is a unique walk-in sensory installation space with exciting areas to explore and interactive gadgets all themed upon space travel & strange planets. There are trained co-ordinators to encourage the participants around the space.

We also welcome parents and siblings of young (0-18yrs) disabled people to take part and enjoy the shared event. Please do come along any time between 11am & 4pm for a journey into outer-space.

£2 per person on the door. To book please contact:
Phone 020 8964 5060
shaun@turtlekeyarts.org.uk
www.paddingtonarts.org.uk

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