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An image taken from the side of a musician performing on stage. They hold a microphone to the mouth.
An image with a black background with a orange icon of an out of control car swerving. Text underneath says: It's about directing your anger towards disabled people instead of the inequalities that affect everyone
A collage image made up of 6 portrait photographs of female-presenting curators in various settings.
Leeds Playhouse logo featuring bold black “LEEDS PLAYHOUSE” text with a row of eight colourful tapered shapes above the word “PLAYHOUSE” on a light grey background.
NFTS logo showing bold pink 'NFTS' text alongside smaller grey writing reading 'National Film and Television School'
Leeds Playhouse logo featuring bold black “LEEDS PLAYHOUSE” text with a row of eight colourful tapered shapes above the word “PLAYHOUSE” on a light grey background.
The image contains the South Asian Heritage Month logo together with images of the four artists.
Photograph of a red mobility scooter
A blue background with an image in the middle of a stack of folders and other paperwork. The folders are labelled with Applications and Grants. Text above reads: Mastering Funding Applications webinar. Text below reads: 29 July, Online, Free
A teal background with a black and white photo of a group of disabled performers doing cabaret. Text above says "Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage, Get involved." Text below the image says "Share your memories. Find out more at disabilityarts.online/cripping-culture"
Colourful freehand abstract image, created in felt pen on paper 23cm x 41cm.
The image contains the South Asian Heritage Month logo together with images of the four artists.
An audience in a gallery space look towards a panel discussion taking place on a stage. A BSL interpreter stands to the side.
Take Art logo on a white background
Independent Arts Projects logo in black
I need to be more than a lesson you learned 25 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2027 in navy text on a yellow strip. Below on a green background is an artwork made from the back of a DWP brown envelope. Hand written text in block capitals in black marker pen reads, “Awoken by the loss of warmth, Mourning tenderness & touch, Exhausted by the cost, We are a body, grieving; Aching for enough, Dreaming of rest, Imagining a future that shines”.
A teal background with three polaroid style photos of the Disability Arts movement pinned to it. Image one is of a stage performance, Image two is a black and white photo of people dancing at a festival and image three is of people looking at an artwork on a table. Accompanying text says "Cripping Culture: A journey into Disability Arts Heritage Needs You"
An oil painting in a brown frame of a masculine body with blond hair wearing a red thong.
A yellow background with an image in the centre of a laptop sat on an office desk, with the word Funding displayed on screen. Text above reads: Mastering Funding Applications Webinar. Text below reads: 29July, Online, Free
A black-and-white artwork in which fragments of news headlines about Genocide, politics, and journalism form the silhouette of a photographer raising a camera.
Dancers on stage
Dolly stands in a garden holding a large cardboard cutout of the word shame.
A man and woman hold each other against a sky of reds, oranges and greys. The Man wears a white vest top and a silver chain necklace, the woman wears a floral halter top and red lipstick. They stare into the camera with intensity.
An illustration of a court jester on a burnt playing card juggling a light bulb, an apple and fire.
Purple Extant logo on a white background.
Leeds Playhouse logo featuring bold black “LEEDS PLAYHOUSE” text with a row of eight colourful tapered shapes above the word “PLAYHOUSE” on a light grey background.
VocalEyes logo, blue text on white background
The Old Vic in bold black capital text.
Photograph of an exhibition with bright blue walls, full of design object related to disability, with 5 disabled people looking at the objects
A visitor standing next to the entrance of a gallery space, looking at a large square quilt which the letters tenderness and rage.
A white older bald man with a white goatee and brown framed glasses. He is wearing a blue denim shirt and is stood in front of a brick wall.
A person sitting a table, working attentively with fabric and stitching materials. They have grey hair that is tied back and wearing a black top.
David Sedaris sitting at a typewriter smoking a pipe.
Hackney Empire logo in bold black lettering, featuring a stylised “HE” monogram above the words “Hackney Empire” in uppercase sans-serif text on a plain white background.
Logo: Trinity Laban in pale pink capital letters
Logo: Trinity Laban in pale pink capital letters
Hackney Empire logo in bold black lettering, featuring a stylised “HE” monogram above the words “Hackney Empire” in uppercase sans-serif text on a plain white background.
Logo: Trinity Laban in pale pink capital letters
A blue background with an image in the middle of a stack of folders and other paperwork. The folders are labelled with Applications and Grants. Text above reads: Mastering Funding Applications webinar. Text below reads: 29 July, Online, Free
The front and back cover of misery meals, a cookbook featuring an illustration of a soup bowl with pasta shapes spelling out the name
A still from a stop motion film with a blue painted background and a mobility scooter made from plasticine and a matchbox. Navy text on a yellow background above reads: I need to be more than a lesson you learned. A yellow circle overlaid on the image with navy text in reads: 25 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2027 at dis-place.art
Concentric circles of red and yellow ink in thick brushstrokes on white paper, with thinner black lines adding definition. Shadows from a window fall across the paper
Logo: ArtReach in Orange text on a white square
Wild Rumpus's logo. A black sun-like circle, with Wild Rumpus written in white inside.
A dark blue background with three polaroid style photos of the Disability Arts movement pinned to it. Image one is of a stage performance, Image two is a black and white photo of people dancing at a festival and image three is of people looking at an artwork on a table. Accompanying text says "Cripping Culture: A journey into Disability Arts Heritage Needs You"
Black and white film still of an older white man - 2 versions of him stand either side of the screen, ion the centre is a woodland
Space Jam Parody Poster
A woman in an all black preacher style outfit stands on an animated stage
A black female artist works constructing sculptures made by wrapping coloured material around into large objects
A rectangle with a horizontally split split pink and grey back ground. In the bottom right hand corner is blue text that reads: Drop in sessions. The logos for disability arts online and Cathy Waller Company are in the top right hand corner. On the left is a blue circle with a white rectangle placed in it with blue text that reads: Decode.
Bold, high-contrast logo featuring a large black “H” on the left and a tilted, stylised “E” on the right, with sharp angles and a black‑and‑white colour scheme. With Hackney Empire in black capital letters underneath
A large P next to Pallant House Gallery in black text on a white background.
Attitude Is Everything logo black background with the company name in yellow writing.
One hundred women gather on the steps of the Manchester Art Gallery.
A teal background with a black and white photo of a group of disabled performers in a chorus line. Text above reads: Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage, Get involved. Text below the image reads: Share your memories. Find out more at disabilityarts.online/cripping-culture