Crip Talks

A Series Of Discussion Events For Disabled And Deaf Artists In Wales

Listening To And Empowering Young Disabled Artists

An online event exploring the social model of disability in youth arts practice. Young disabled artists help to celebrate what is being done well and inspire us to work more inclusively.

Host: Miranda Ballin

Guests: Ruth Fabby MBE DL, Jane Latham, Hannah Matthews, Steve Swindon, Emlyn Wright, Steph Back, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Safayan Iqbal, Dan from RecRock

The Importance Of The Welsh Language To Disability Empowerment

A fascinating Crip Talk that discusses how language impacts on our lives and the challenges and benefits of being a Welsh speaker and Deaf or Disabled.

Hosts: Natasha Hirst and Sara Beer.

Guests: Professor Elin Jones, Sarah Lawrence, Nia Skyrme, Mared Jarman.

The Curator’s Stare

What happens when artists feel they have not made the cut and once again are left asking the same old questions about their work and approaches. How can we cope when our best intentions of hope and confidence face rejection? How can we win the ‘Curators Stare’?

Host: Alan Whitfield

Guests: Cheryl Martin, Richard Butchins, Gail Martin

International Women’s Day 2021 – Choose To Challenge

Disability Arts Cymru in partnership with #WeShallNotBeRemoved celebrate Disabled and Deaf women from across the UK for International Women’s Day.

Host: Julie Macnamara

Guests: Natasha Hirst – DAC Chair, Jenny Sealy, Francesca Martinez, Rachel Starritt, Hilary McCollum, Wendy Jones, Deepa Shastri, Miss Jacqui, Claire Cunningham, Dr Vole, Mared Jarman, Edel Murphy, Kaite O’Reilly

Autism – The Next Generation – In Conversation With Temple Grandin

A conversation about how to develop and nurture the minds of autistic people, giving them all necessary adjustments and helping them develop their skills so the next generation of autistic people can find their way in the world.

Host: Rachel Stelmach

Guests: Temple Grandin, Gaia Redgrave, Rhi Lloyd-Williams, Grace Quantock

International Disability Day - Arts & Activism

We have brought together some extraordinary campaigners who’ve worked in to make changes for inclusion and rights happen.

Host: Ruth Fabby MBE DL

Guests: Barbara Lisicki, Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, Jane Hutt, Rhian Davies, Jon Luxton

Young Disabled/Deaf People Arts Activity

DAC invited Arts & Cultural organisations across Wales to learn more about working with young disabled and Deaf young people between ages 16 to 30. This discussion is about identifying a future way of working with disabled and Deaf young people as leaders in the arts sector.

Host: Miro Griffiths

Guests: Jane Latham, Miranda Ballin, Menai Rowlands, Jake Sawyer, Danielle Marsden

Disability And The Music Industry Part 2: Identification Of Solutions & Best Practice

This event discusses the questions, why do we not see a fair representation of disabled people throughout the music industry? Why are talented disabled musicians or producers left out or in fear to let their access needs be known?

Host: Lloyd Coleman

Guests: Troi Lee, Ben Lunn, Sarah Lianne Lewis

Disability And The Music Industry Part 1: Identification Of Issues: Cultural, Structural, Physical

Host: Lloyd Coleman

Guests: Gareth Churchill, Mark Pavey, Jo Thomas

Autism – Are We A Cultural Minority?

We sometimes feel like aliens on a planet where we are a minority. Keeping up with the neurotypical majority can be a frustrating and exhausting task. Only 16% of autistic adults are in full-time work despite the fact that many of us have extraordinarily high IQs and very specific, highly developed skills and talents. We look at how it feels to be in this world.

Host: Rachel Stelmach

Guests: Amy Richards, Selena Caemawr, Rhi Lloyd-Williams

Dwarfism And The Ethics Of Humour

Why is it that people who are shorter than the ‘average’ person, people born with a variety of conditions under the medical banner of ‘dwarfism’ are so often seen as the butt of the joke, an easy target to make fun of. These issues are discussed by a panel consisting of people from Academia through to Cabaret to Podcasting and Disability Equality Consultancy.

Host: Sara Beer

Guests: Dr Erin Pritchard, Tammy Reynolds, Simon Minty

Discrimination2

Racism exists even within the Deaf community, there is a cultural divide that still lingers and separates Deaf people by the colour of their skin. The older generation know this only too well. Now, there exists an opportunity to educate younger Deaf people in being more culturally curious and willing to mix, because it’s already a small community and there’s no reason to separate it any further.

Host: Jonny Cotsen

Guests: Rinkoo Barpaga, Maral Mamaghanizedeth

Crip Talks A Series Of Discussion Events For Disabled And Deaf Artists In Wales

Listening To And Empowering Young Disabled Artists​

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