Blog - Black & Minority Ethnic
Miss Havisham’s Wedding Dress
September 17, 2019 - by Michelle BaharierI am a multi-disciplinary artist and in 2012 I made work that celebrated the London Olympics and the Paralympics but also Charles Dickens' bi-centenary, depicting Miss Havisham's Wedding Dress. It's now being brought out of storage for a new show, Impatient! Stories of service user advocacy at Bethlem Museum of ...
PRIDE?
July 3, 2019 - by Gary ThomasJune was Pride month and last weekend was Pride weekend in New York. I did a thread on twitter about my own experiences of being gay, as playwright Matthew Michael Lopez posted a comment on instagram which left me a little cold. I thought I'd elaborate here. Lopez posted a pic ...
Ten Years of Disabled- and Skint-Led Queer & Trans Art in Scotland: An alternative LGBTQI+ History
February 22, 2019 - by Sandra AllandTen years ago today, on 22nd February, 2009, I was part of the first ever Cachín Cachán Cachunga! As long-time curator of CCC's cabarets, art exhibitions and community events, I want to share a brief-ish history of the many milestones this anniversary celebrates. I'll also explain why ...
PERSPECTIVES | Final Exhibition at Manchester One
January 28, 2019 - by Venture ArtsLearning disabled artists present their final exhibition in the Perspectives series in the heart of Manchester city centre- supported by Bruntwood - 29 January – 6 February 2019 City centre Bruntwood space - Manchester One, will host the final exhibition to complete the PERSPECTIVES series – a variety of exhibitions, happenings and creative exchanges ...
Berlin: Cold City, Warm Welcome
December 6, 2018 - by Kuli KohliA few years ago, I would never have dreamt of performing my work in public let alone flying out to Berlin to lecture German students about what it’s like being a British-Asian disabled woman writer. Last year I received an email from Dr. Katrin Röder, a professor at the Humboldt-Universität zu ...
Finding My Space
September 28, 2018 - by Kuli KohliIt’s been a long while since I have blogged. After the very busy and hot English summer we have experienced this year, I knew I had plenty of material to write about. However, finding the time and space for concentrated writing was another matter. My time was taken up with ...
The Pathologised Self
October 28, 2017 - by Dolly SenRecently I was at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Berlin to talk about my involvement in a film about a psychiatrist with bipolar called 'The Wounded Healer' I give Dr Ahmed Hankir a hard time in the film, and I gave the psychiatrists at the congress a hard ...
Summer of 2017
September 11, 2017 - by Kuli KohliWhat a busy few months I have had. This summer I have been invited to take part in all kinds of events. It’s been exciting and overwhelming, considering I work full time, live in an extended family of three generations, help run a writing group and work on my ...
Take Responsibility for Being Tortured!
September 7, 2017 - by Dolly SenI was recently in Boston attending the World Hearing Voices Congress, thanks to a scholarship. I was there the same time as the Alt-Right rally at Boston Common. I met some cool people and laughed at the weedy Alt Right congregation vastly outnumbered by counter protesters. The fascists kept whining ...
LauraDDances’ #FMyStrengthSolo at National Paralympic Day/Liberty Festival
July 28, 2017 - by Laura DajaoLet's start at the beginning shall we? So, I have been developing a solo piece for some time now, all based around a song I wrote with a friend called Finding My Strength. And let's go further back to where the song came from. In May 2004 I met Chuckie. Chuckie ...