- Venue
- MK Gallery
- Starts
- Wednesday, November 20, 2019
- Ends
- Thursday, November 21, 2019
- Address
- 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 3QA
- Location
- South East England
- Organiser
- Project Art Works
Join Project Art Works at MK Gallery for a two day event tomark the culmination of three years of EXPLORERS, putting neurodiverse artists and makers at the centre of the conversation.
Be part of a collaborative, inclusive and progressive event examining rights, institutional empathy and how to support and nurture more diverse practice in contemporary visual art.
Confirmed contributions include:
Day 1
– Artists from Intoart (London) and Project Art Works (Sussex)
– Dr Peter Baker – Senior Lecturer in Learning Disability, Tizard Centre
– CVAN South East – Dialogues – Towards Change Seminar
Day 2
– Artists from ActionSpace (London), Project Art Works (Sussex)
– Sir Peter Bazalgette – writer and broadcaster
– Moira Sinclair – Chief Executive, Paul Hamlyn Foundation
– Joanna Grace – The Sensory Projects
Partners and contributing organisations also include:
Arts Council England, Autograph, Challenging Behaviour Foundation, De La Warr Pavilion, Fabrica, MK Gallery, Outside In, Phoenix Art Space, Photoworks, Tate Liverpool Explorers art and social care consortium, UNSW Institute for Experimental Arts, Museum of Contemporary Arts Australia
In the final year of EXPLORERS, a three year project led by Project Art Works, we reflect on what has changed, what needs to be done to achieve greater equality in visual art.
This event is aimed at curators, arts commissioners and professionals, academics and artists working across socially engaged fields such as rights, education and health, and those working in the social care sector and neurodiverse communities – regardless of what stage you are at in your career or practice.
If you have any specific access requirements please contact Project Art Works by emailing [email protected]or call 01424 423555 before booking your place.
Book tickets at eventbrite.co.uk.
