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Welcome to Arts Disability Network.
We are Myra Stuart - Programme Manager &
Nu McAdam - Project Outreach and Meg Fozzard - Community Comms

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We are very excited to announce our Artist of the Month for December, Milly Aburrow. Her work employs a bold, playful stylisation with vibrant colours and exaggerated forms, transforming familiar everyday objects into humorous yet thought-provoking sculptures and installations.
December 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We will be taking a break at the end of the year for Christmas between 22nd December and 5th January!

During this time our staff won’t be active on Basecamp or social media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Caroline Steven is an artist, born in Northumberland now living in the North Pennines. She expresses herself in an intuitive, experimental and abstract way which is deeply influenced by human emotions, myths, beliefs and psychology. More examples of her work can be found on Instagram page.
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We are very excited to announce our Artist of the Month for September, Fabienne Jenny Jacquet!

Here is what Fabienne has told us about her work....
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Meg will be using her own experiences, issues she faced and things that she learnt along the way to help people who are starting their own project. The workshop is for anyone thinking of embarking on a project of their own, no matter what artform.
Sign up via the link in our bio under ‘ADN Events’
August 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We are very excited to announce our Artist of the Month for August, Anna Li

Arts Disability Network is a part of the Intercultural Roots network. This project is currently funded by The London Community Foundation (Adobe UK Community Fund).
August 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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A message from Decode:
May 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Cuts to ‘Access to Work’ threaten the entire creative sector.

These cuts are an existential threat to disabled creatives, the disability arts sector, and all disabled people in work in general.

Read our full statement 👇

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Cuts to ‘Access to Work’ threaten the entire creative sector. These cuts are an existential threat to disabled creatives, the disability arts sector, and all disabled people in work in general. Our staff team, partners, colleagues, freelancers & artists depend on Access to Work funding. We rely on Access to Work to enable our work and projects to even exist. Without this funding, we would be unable to support anywhere near as many disabled artists as we currently do, or to continue to create the groundbreaking work we’re known for. At present, this support is being cut without reason or explanation and in a move that’s completely counter to the government narrative of ‘supporting disabled people into work’. These changes to Access to Work funding are forcing us out of work, and risk the collapse of a disability arts sector built over decades of hard work. Jess Thom has recently...
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May 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join us tomorrow night for this fabulous workshop!
July 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Happening this Thursday from 5-6.30pm- Therapeutic Rest workshop with Nathalie Greig.

Sleeping loads, but never really feeling rested?

You might be missing a key ingredient for a well rested brain and body - Therapeutic Rest.

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Therapeutic Rest with Nathalie Greig (they/them)
Sleeping loads, but never really feeling rested? You might be missing a key ingredient for a well rested brain and body - Therapeutic Rest.
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July 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Are you looking to connect with other disabled artists? We offer a free community and events.

Sign up via the link in our bio!

Arts Disability Network is a part of the Intercultural Roots network. This project is currently funded by The London Community Foundation (Adobe UK Community Fund)
July 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Happening tonight! Sign up via the link below-

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Arts Disability Network is a part of the Intercultural Roots network. This project is currently funded by The London Community Foundation (Adobe UK Community Fund)
July 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We are very excited to announce our Artist of the Month for June, Shoshana Stern!

You can read more about Shoshana's work here- www.instagram.com/p/DKeW-6htTsG/
June 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
How has @artsdisabilitynetwork done in our first year?

You can read this report via the below link on Basecamp. Not on our Basecamp? You can sign up with the link 🔗 in our bio
May 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We are very excited to announce our first Artist of the Month, Rona Topaz!

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Arts Disability Network is a part of the Intercultural Roots ecosystem. We would like to thank our funders, Adobe and the National Lottery, without whom none of this work would be possible.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
and we will never not exist ❤️

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Arts Disability Network is a part of the Intercultural Roots ecosystem. We would like to thank our funders, Adobe and the National Lottery, without whom none of this work would be possible.
April 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Our factsheets are having their annual update! Here's just a handful of those that have been revised...

👉Work Capability Assessment
👉Help with council tax
👉Sanctions
👉Benefits in hospital
👉Pension Credit

Take a look at all our guides to help you
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Resources Index
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April 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Look out for our new flyers advertising @artsdisabilitynetwork hopefully coming to a neighbourhood near you!

Modelled here by ADN’s Outreach Coordinator Nu McAdams.

Or you can sign up to ADN today via the link in the bio!
April 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Please click on our bio and select ‘Artist of the Month sign up’ for more information and our sign up form.

Arts Disability Network is a part of the Intercultural Roots ecosystem. We would like to thank our funders, Adobe and the National Lottery, without whom none of this work would be possible.
April 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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🧵If you are like me and feeling rather dysregulated right now due to #BlueLabour and their #BenefitCuts here are some things that might help. #DisibilitySky #ChronicIllness

1) Box breathing
Breathe in through your nose for 4, hold for 4 breathe out through your mouth for 4 hold for 4, repeat
March 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
After what has felt like a long, cold and dark winter, Spring finally arrives this month.

Lots of love and solidarity 
The Arts Disability Network team x

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March 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
aaaaaand now we are on Bluesky 🙌 🙌 🙌
What's happening over here...
January 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM