Access Toolkit for Artworkers ~ we are thrilled to share the announcement to this talk with dear and amazing Iarlaith Ní Fheorais (DAI, 2023) which will take place on October 17, 2024 at 6:30PM. Hosted by A Tale of A Tub, co-hosted with TENT. Informed by disability justice and her own experience as a disabled curator, who has faced access barriers and ableism working in the arts, Iarlaith developed the toolkit through gathering the knowledge and stories of a wide range of disabled artists, curators and producers as well as those working in arts organisations dedicated to commissioning disabled artists. During this talk, she will share case studies from the research that went into developing the toolkit, while also talking us through key aspects that will enable freelance workers—whether ‘employed’ at institutions or working unsupported within their own self-initiated practices and projects—to reduce access barriers for disabled, chronically ill, d/Deaf and neurodiverse artists and audiences and undo ableism in your practice.
Earlier in 2024, writer and curator Iarlaith Ní Fheorais published Access Toolkit for Artworkers, a comprehensive online resource for artworkers—such as curators, producers and arts administrators—working independently or in galleries, museums and arts organisations. This toolkit contains practical information on how to plan, produce and exhibit accessible art projects including information on access riders, financial planning, slow production, display and creating an accessible workplace.
About Iarlaith Ní Fheorais