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[Commlist] Doing Things Differently symposium

Mon Mar 21 16:11:15 GMT 2022






Doing Things Differently

How do we embrace difference and engender an inclusivity in the cultural and creative sectors?

AD: Vantage was a pilot online leadership programme for d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists, producers, cultural and heritage employees, and freelancers, who have experienced significant barriers to access both in advancing their creative careers and practice, and in gaining advantage with their peers. The programme used an inclusive definition of disability based on the Social Model. https://www.leadwithadvantage.com/ <https://www.leadwithadvantage.com/>

Together with Dr. Vishalakshi Roy, Assistant Professor at School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures (SCAPVC), University of Warwick and Andrea Pulford Director of Planning and Operations at Warwick Arts Centre, Helga Henry and Lara Ratnaraja the Co-Producers of AD:Vantage wanted to further explore inclusion and how, by investing in people with different vantage points and perspectives we can drive fresh/ new thinking and innovation in the cultural and heritage sector.

This symposium explores the frameworks, learnings and conditions that are needed to disrupt the ableist infrastructure that inhibits the participation of d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent cultural leaders, artists and audiences Credits

The event is supported by The Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, University of Warwick and Warwick Arts Centre With thanks to The Warwick Institute of Engagement Coproduction and Collaboration Fund

Curated by Lara Ratnaraja, Helga Henry, Dr Vishalakshi Roy and Andrea Pulford

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doing-things-differently-inclusive-leadership-symposium-tickets-274092236257 <http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doing-things-differently-inclusive-leadership-symposium-tickets-274092236257>

April 7 11-15:30 Helen Martin Studio Breakout Space (Quiet Space) National Grid Room Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick Coventry, CV4 7AL https://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/visit-us/getting-here/

This event is BSL interpreted by Rachel Tipping and Clare Edwards

Doing Things Differently How do we embrace difference and engender an inclusive culture?

11:00 Welcome and coffee- Andrea Pulford Director of Planning and Operations, Warwick Arts Centre and Kulbir Shergill Director of Social Inclusion, University of Warwick

11:15 Keynote Sonia Boué in conversation with Helga Henry inc Q&A

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Diversity and Inclusion: Provocations and Discussion Lara Ratnaraja and Helga Henry How do we create a model of reflective 21st Century leadership that works in the reality of the lives of disabled, neurodiverse or D/deaf people?

13:15 Diversity in Leadership Panel: Chair: Dr. Vishalakshi Roy Assistant Professor, The Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, University of Warwick Panel: Ayesha Jones, Artist, Rinkoo Barparga Multidisciplinary Artist, Richard Hayhow Company Director Open Theatre

Leadership is either as a leading exponent of an artform, a leading thinker in practice, a leading activist in a cause – leading life with purpose and vision and having the skills to make that happen at a scale and scope and impact that’s right for the individual. When that notion is informed through a lens of disability, it takes it back to the purpose and vision and creating work that is authentically of that individual. The lens of disability also brings into focus the need to adapt, be flexible, be patient and to accept that the way may be harder, more repetitive, and slower than the timetable of people without disabilities or challenges of any type. However, those skills, plus the innovation, inventiveness, and tenacity that many artists with disabilities show, are precisely the skills needed in this sector at this time at a leadership level.

14:00-14:30 Coffee break

14:30-15:15 Creating & Presenting Content Accessibly Panel: Chair Jennifer Gilbert Jennifer Lauren Gallery and Freelance Curator and Producer Panel: Andrea Pulford Director of Planning and Operations, Warwick Arts Centre, Laura Elliot CEO /Corey Campbell Artistic Director The Belgrade and , Navkiran Kaur Mann, Creative Arts Producer

What does collaboration look like in real life and not in theory? How can we model collaboration in the development of 21st Century leaders both as a source of equity support for disabled practitioners and as a means of them to have agency in their creative leadership?

15:15-15:30 Wrap and close Helga Henry and Dr Vishalakshi Roy

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