RADICAL THINKING AND DYNAMIC CREATIVE PRACTICE

Collaboration between cultural organisations and marginalised groups must reverse the entrenched power dynamic associated with inclusion. Equity of collaboration can provide genuine opportunities for people to represent themselves in cultural programming and audiences. By working together, we can model the adjustments that society must make, and create a replicable methodology that can be implemented within and beyond the cultural sector. We are all part of neurodiversity.

PROJECT PARTNERS

ActionSpace | Autograph | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art | Intoart | MK Gallery | Outside In | Photoworks | Project Art Works | Venture Arts

OUR PLEDGES

It is critical that this work is owned and led by people from neurominorities. We acknowledge that many essential contributors would need to have support to facilitate self-advocacy, so it is vital that we create space for their voices to be heard in the shaping of this project.

GOING FORWARD WE WILL

  • Create space for neurodivergent artists to represent themselves and their work in mainstream programming, without the label of ‘outsider’

  • Acknowledge neurodivergence as a starting point for engaging all audiences – if we reach the most marginalised people, we reach everyone – this means accessible buildings, exhibitions, information and attitudes

  • Promote neurodiverse leadership: representatives at institutional board level, champions, people who can advocate for others, and neurodivergent people in paid positions

  • Promote neurodivergent decision making in culture with the necessary support and information structures in place to enable equity of participation and influence

  • Build relationships between neurominorities, caregivers and institutions, to better understand the context of support in our local areas and invite them in to our spaces

  • Work with supported studios and arts groups to develop local networks of support and understanding

    IN 2022-23 WE WILL

  • Promote acquisition of 10 works by neurodivergent artists by permanent art collections

  • Support 18 individual neurodivergent artists with studio or gallery residencies

  • Develop 6 new co-commissions by or with neurodivergent artists for exhibition in 2023/24+

  • Create a national network of neurodivergent artists, supported studios, social care and cultural

    organisations

  • Deliver peer-peer learning events via national conferences and digital creative practice

  • Commission and publish 6 critical texts and artist monographs to address cultural invisibility and inequity

  • Promote digital platforms for neurodivergent artists