Events
Everyone is welcome at Stills, and with a wide range of events year round, there is something for everyone – no matter the subject or skill level. Events include exhibition previews, artist talks, symposiums, reading groups, lectures, film screenings, seminars and workshops. Our partners and collaborators also regularly offer us the opportunity to host complementary activities such as book launches and music events.
Join us at Stills and online for an event bringing together photographers with the lived experience of disability sharing their practices and experience navigating education.
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2-4pm
Free via Eventbrite
Event: Where Are The Disabled Photographers (Education Edition)
Join us at Stills and online for an event hosted by Disabled artist and Stills Creative Learning Co-Ordinator Louise McLachlan, bringing together photographers with the lived experience of disability working with photography. The theme of this event is centred around practices and navigating education.
This could be:
- Photographic projects representing disabled, chronically ill, spoonie etc perspectives created through education programmes.
- Insight into alternative education programmes.
- Experience around self-taught practices .
- Strategies for creating accessibility in mainstream education .
- Projects made during / around education.
*This event is referencing Disability via the social model of disability. You can read more about the social model of disability definition here: https://www.scope.org.uk/about-us/social-model-of-disability/
This will be an event in Stills. On the day, we will be joined by artists presenting a short 5 minute presentation about themselves or their work, followed by an open discussion around photography and disability. All are welcome!
We hope to bring together photographers and artists working in this area to share resources and ideas, allowing connections and networks to be made that will allow us to support each other in expanding community, access and representation with Disabled artists working with photography.
If you would like to speak about yourself or your work at the event, please email [email protected] in advance with a short title or summary of your presentation and any access requirements. There will be a screen available to present work on, or you are welcome to bring along some prints. We welcome participants to pre-record a presentation f they unable to attend in person. The event will be live streamed via zoom with automated English captions. A zoom link will be sent out to online ticket holders ahead of the event. Deadline for work is Monday 10th February 10am
Photograph by Jack Moyse
