[Commlist] Doing Things Differently symposium

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

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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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