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Film Project Teaches Life Skills
Action Duchenne inspired film workshop Nov 2010.
The making of a short film has brought together young East Enders and young adults living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
The film, the result of a project co-funded by Media Box and Vinspired, has been accepted for screening on the BBC Big Screens across London in celebration of the London 2012 Olympics.
The two groups of youngsters, supported by practicing industry professionals, worked together to write, produce and direct the film and will now work together to secure screenings at football grounds, political lobbies and community events across the UK. (more…)
Europe Calls for Museums to Remove Barriers for Visually Impaired People.
Governments have been called to take the cultural rights of disabled people seriously by a ground-breaking resolution at a conference organised by the European Commission and European Disability Forum.
The ‘In Touch with Art 2010’ Resolution, launched on the 2010 European Day of People with Disability, asks that governments develop ‘comprehensive access policies and action programmes designed to bring about significant and lasting improvements for all people with disabilities’.
The Resolution also calls for urgent action to remove the many access barriers that blind and partially sighted people face to museum, gallery and heritage collections. (more…)
STAGETEXT Captioning: 10 Years On
Gwion Wyn Jones in Oliver! With kind permission of Cameron Mackintosh Limited. Photo: Simon Annand
This November marks the 10th anniversary of STAGETEXT, which pioneered theatre captioning in the UK back in 2000. The charity’s Lynn Jackson explains how they’ve helped make theatre more accessible.
“Computers, iPods, BlackBerrys – STAGETEXT captioning is right up there with all the modern miracles of invention!”
So says a 69 year old retired school secretary who was deafened 10 years ago after a major operation. “I lost my job, friends drifted away, social life was difficult and although reading and teletext were pleasurable, they did not offer social interaction,” she explains.
“Who doesn’t enjoy a trip to the theatre, enjoying a good performance, and meeting friends? Captioning has made all this possible for me,” she adds. (more…)
Prestigious Art Prize Winner Announced
Dirty Words for Disabled People, by Caroline Cardus.
Artist Caroline Cardus has been announced as the winner of the annual Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, set up in memory of sculptor Adam Reynolds, which supports a disabled artist working in the visual arts.
Caroline will receive £5,000 and enjoy a three-month residency at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead from March to June 2011. She is “delighted” about the prospect of exhibiting at the world-renowned arts hub.
“The Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary at BALTIC will give me valuable time to explore and develop ongoing themes in my work, and to further investigate where my work sits with regard to disability art and mainstream art practice,” she said. (more…)
Un-rap the Wrinkly Rappers for Christmas!
The Wrinkly Rappers, of Britain’s Got Talent fame, are encouraging everyone to buy their ‘well cool’ Christmas CD, Wrinkly Rappers Unrapped, to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Research Trust.
Brenda Brooks (dangerously close to 60) and Belinda Marks (knocking on 50), both from Somerset, aim to make people laugh and prove older people have fun too! By day Brenda is an accounts and personnel manager while Belinda a therapist and carer, but after hours they get decked out in their street gear – hoodies, baggy jeans, baseball caps and loads of bling – and dazzle audiences as the Wrinkly Rappers with their ‘wicked’ moves and tongue-in-cheek lyrics. (more…)
Oska Bright Film Festival Calls for Entries
Kids Today by The Cedar Centre, Brighton
The 5th international festival of short films made by people with learning difficulties is inviting submissions for the 2011 festival.
The Oska Bright film festival is looking for films under 10 minutes long. They can be in any genre, from live action or animation to documentary or dance-film. Films can be made by groups or individuals in the UK or abroad; they must have people with learning difficulties in control.
The deadline for entries is Tuesday 30 April 2011 and the Festival takes place over 3 days in November 2011, in Brighton.
More: For information on how to enter, call 01273 234 734, email oskabright@carousel.org.uk or visit www.oskabright.co.uk.
