Creatives with Unseen Disabilities
community & education
overview
Creatives with Unseen Disabilities (CUD) is a community-based research project for and by creatives with non-apparent disabilities, chronic illnesses or people who are neurodiverse. Kristin Langer and I facilitated monthly sessions to discuss topics such as disability language and pride, and balancing self-care with work.
core
Many creatives don’t disclose their disability or needs due to social stigma, feel they are alone with their problems or do not feel safe in spaces that are inaccessible to them. As a community we support one another and create moments to share, connect and collaborate.
extra detail
This community started through my residency at WORM Pirate Bay, Rotterdam.
Our monthly sessions in 2022 happened in April-October, with a final show on 25th November.
New dates for 2023 are 1st April, 3rd June, 21st October and 9th December.
Read an interview about the residency here.
Listen to CUD on WORM Radio here.
upcoming EVENTS
Session #9: sekai makoni
Event info coming soon.
29th October 2023
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Session #10: meet up
Pyjama party! Event info coming soon.
9th December 2023
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Press
Feminist School: Hear Me Out: A Teach-in on Conflict Expression
BUDA event information
Creatives with Unseen Disabilities guest at BODYS
Written by Franziska Witzmann
Exit Interview: Creatives with Unseen Disabilities
Written by Ife Carter and James Parnell
Creatives with Unseen Disabilities Residency Interview
Written by Lara Parodi
PAST EVENTS
Speaking at: hear me out
Developing strategies that might help us navigate conflict expression and build stronger communities.
9th July 2023
BUDA, Kortrijk, BE
Session #8: Meet up
A chance to meet, chat or find people to collaborate with. Photos by Roffa Archive.
3rd June 2023
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
WORKSHOP: Accessible Event Planning
Workshop for disability studies students at Bochum Center for Disability Studies (BODYS).
31st May 2023
BODYS, Bochum, DE
Session #7: Maartje Reggin-de Winter
HAPPY/SAD: what makes you happy or sad as a disabled creative?
1st April 2023
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Speaking at: Erasmus University
Invited to share our project at Erasmus School of Philosophy during an event ‘Is less perfect just perfect? Coping with perfectionist ideals in arts education’
10th March 2023
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL
Exhibition: Creative Crip Utopia Workspace
Residency final show. Come and dream about what an accessible art world would look like. Photos by Roffa Archive.
24-26th November 2022
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Session #6: Kristin Langer and Karina Dukalska
Final show planning and preparations
15th October 2022
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Session #5: Frederike Manders
How can disability shape your creative practice? How would you visualise the perspective of your world to your loved ones? How would you represent your most difficult or vulnerable parts of you? Photo 3 by Hester van Dam.
17th September 2022
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Session #4: Yamini Cinamon Nair
Reasonable adjustments at your workplace
16th July 2022
Online
Session #3: Katharina Bauer and Maren Wehrle
What does it mean to be ‘normal’?
18th June 2022
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Session #2: Maartje Reggin-de Winter
The utopia of your creative practice.
14th May 2022
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
Session #1: Will Billany
Disability language and pride and their connections to the Disability Justice movement.
23rd April 2022
WORM, Rotterdam, NL
