Two events for D/deaf and hard of hearing and disabled artists, practitioners and audiences.

Saturday 10 May 12 — 4pm
Galleries Tour for D/deaf and hard of hearing artists and audiences
East London contemporary art galleries, led by Jason E. Bowman. Tour starts with lunch and viewing of 40 Stations exhibition at SPACE and ends with a convivial glass of of wne at a local hostelry.
Lunch provided at SPACE
BSL interpreted.
Free, but places are limited and booking is required.

Saturday 24 May 11am — 4pm
Seminar: Discussing Art for D/deaf, hard of hearing and hearing artists and audiences
Leading D/deaf and hearing artists and practitioners discuss identity, communication, language and cultural linguistics in conjunction with 40 Stations exhibition at SPACE. Key speakers are Jason E. Bowman, Howard Hardiman, Omeima Mudawi, Damien Robinson and John Walker.
Lunch provided.
BSL interpreted, palantypist.
Free, but places are limited and booking is required.

SPACE
129 - 131 Mare Street
Hackney, London E8 3RH
020 8525 4330

Book your place: events@spacestudios.org.uk

For more information please visit: www.spacestudios.org.uk

SPACE supporting art at it source

Established in 1968 by the artists Bridget Riley, Peter Sedgley and Peter Townsend - SPACE produces dynamic environments where individuals and communities can engage in creative processes. SPACE supports artistic production, widens participation in visual arts & media and fosters the creative potential of individuals and communities.

Our mission is to provide ‘space to create’: supporting the creation of art through the provision of creative environments; ‘space to engage’: widening engagement in artistic practices; and ‘space to develop’- supporting the development of creative individuals and communities.

SPACE fulfils its mission through providing affordable studio space and innovative artistic, educational, media & training programmes that benefit both the individual and community.


EXPLORE
SPACE is one of eight selected galleries in the UK working with Shape, the UK's leading disability arts organisation, and engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, on the national initiative Explore. The Explore Programme aims to increase deaf and disabled people’s access to, and enjoyment of, visual arts galleries and involves galleries in London, Wales and the West Midlands. It provides eight galleries the chance to focus on disabled and deaf people as audiences, participants and artists, and aims to develop more inclusive approaches facilitating galleries becoming more welcoming to disabled and deaf people.

The programme is intended to be an open, experimental space in which all those involved can explore how to make the work and the assets of galleries more accessible to deaf and disabled people.



Funded by The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, through The Ann Rylands Special Project