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DASH is a Disability led visual arts organisation. We commission and support exciting new work by disabled visual artists.
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Introducing @gracecurrieart - the third of our four current #SyncingSpace @SyncThinking residents who has studio space at home. She joins Syncing Space with generous support from @dashdisabilityarts and is a bit of a firework with ‘bursts of energy but also ‘fizzling out’. She reminds us that highs and lows of being a disabled artist and that is ‘just how it is’. Grace you are brill, you light up our skies! Over the past few weeks, Grace has hosted an open studio and this way of influencing sits at the heart of her practice that longs for connection and joy. Go to syncingspace.org and check out her studio With thanks to our other partners and supporters for this residency @VentureArts @RocketArtists @DASH @actionspace and our creative supporters who make it all possible and @acegrams who are supporting Syncing Space so that artists with learning disability and autism can find and define their leadership for the road ahead and see themselves as internationally relevant. #LearningDisabledLeadership #DisabledLeadership #SyncLeadership #LeadershipFireworks Image Description - A montage photograph of Grace smiling at the camera surrounded by her artworks. by @dashdisabilityarts
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DASH Newsletter October 2026 - out now! See link in bio. by @dashdisabilityarts
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Neurodivergent Artist Network (NAN) Now open for bookings!! When: Thursday, October 22 • 11 AM - 12 PM Where: Eventbrite Cost: £30 for 5 sessions (plus an additional £3.22 booking fee) A five-session programme for neurodivergent artists to connect, develop their practice and navigate a career in the fine arts. The Neurodivergent Artist Network (NAN) is a new programme for neurodivergent artists and creatives developed and delivered by BACKLIT Gallery and DASH. Across five supportive sessions, you will meet other neurodivergent artists, share experiences, and get advice and feedback on your artistic practice and career. Programme Dates: • 5 November 2026, 7:30pm – Online, with artist Becky Beasley • 3 December 2026, 7:30pm – Online. Speaker and content to be announced. • 7 January 2027, 7:30pm – Online. Speaker and content to be announced. • 4 February 2027 – Online. Speaker and content to be announced. • 6 March 2027 – In person at BACKLIT Gallery with Heather Peak, artist - and CEO/ Artistic Director of DASH. Some sessions already have renowned speakers booked; but future speakers will be proposed by NAN participants. NAN is open to artists and creatives primarily based in the Midlands, but we welcome bookings from further afield. We are particularly keen to encourage residents from St Ann’s and Sneinton in Nottingham to join the programme. For more information visit the link in our bio. Image Description: A person in silhouette watching a screen showing a finger tracing a spiral line in turquoise sand. A person in silhouette watching a screen showing a finger tracing a spiral line in blue sand. by @dashdisabilityarts
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Coventry Art Show: Home-Based Fellowship @dashdisabilityarts are delighted to partner with @artriotcollective on the Fellowship strand of the access-led @coventryartshow programme which runs alongside British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers curated by @ekoweshun DASH and ARC will partner on a residency for a home-based visual artist interested in exploring exhibition-making. This is the first Home Based Situated Practice (HBSP) residency since DASH’s pioneering pilot programme earlier this year. THIS WEEKEND! BAS10 Weekender: It’s all over the place, runs from Friday 2 – Sunday 4 October 2026. It will bring together galleries, museums, artist-led spaces and cultural organisations from across the West Midlands for a weekend of exhibitions, events and activity celebrating contemporary visual art across the region. The weekend will celebrate the launch of British Art Show 10 (BAS10) (Fri 2 Oct 2026 – Sun 10 Jan 2027) in the West Midlands with host city Coventry. #coventryartshow #BAS10 #WestMidlands #Contemporaryvisualart Image credit: Alan Van Wijgerden. Design by Selina Goodfellow Image Description: A blue-tinted photograph showing three male figures leaning against the front of a van. The words ‘Coventry Art Show’ is overlaid on the image in thick red font. On the left of this is a logo made up of three red columns of varying heights that have three distinct sections making up each column. A blue-tinted photograph showing three male figures leaning against the front of a van. The words ‘Coventry Art Show’ is overlaid ontop of the image in thick red font. On the left of this is a logo made up of three red columns of varying heights that have three distinct sections making up each column. by @dashdisabilityarts
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"My work is my life and my life is my work" Following on from her Home Based Situated Practice residency with @dashdisabilityarts and @compton_verney earlier this year, we're pleased to share that @gracecurrieart has been selected as an artist for the Autumn 2026 Syncing Space Residency ‘Sync Shorts’ – a residency between the UK and Singapore. Grace will share what she has been up from her home-studio on her online ‘Sync Shorts’ studio space and she will have a solo online exhibition of new work at the end of the residency. Founded by @sarahpickthall and co-facilitated by Thompson Hall from Action Space, Syncing Space brings learning disabled and autistic artists together for an international residency, providing accessible online spaces for art making, curating and leadership. Grace joins artists Abraham Koh, Maddi Lingard and William Thomas as part of the Cohort. Find out more on the Syncing Space website and on Instagram via @syncthinking. Funded by @acegrams and in partnership with @dashdisabilityarts, @actionspace, @venturearts_, @rocket_artists and @art.dis.singapore Image Credit: Grace Currie Image Description: A square painting with a female figure in the centre surrounded by greenery in front of a blue background. The figure has brown curly hair and wears a lilac dress, white veil and shawl. She wears heartshaped sunglasses and long silver earrings. Her hair is covered with colourful shades of pink, red and purple flowers. A square painting with a female figure in the centre surrounded by greenery in front of a blue background. The figure has brown curly hair and wears a lilac dress, white veil and shawl. She wears heartshaped sunglasses and long silver earrings. Her hair is covered with colourful shades of pink, red and purple flowers. Image Credit: Garce Currie by @dashdisabilityarts
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STILL TIME TO APPLY! Artist-Curator Residency for home-based visual artist based anywhere in the UK. Deadline for applications: Thursday 1 October 23:59pm. @dashdisabilityarts are delighted to partner with Coventry based @artriotcollective on a virtual (online) residency for a home-based visual artist interested in pursuing a curatorial practice. The Home based Artist - Curator Fellowship is part of Coventry Art Show, a city-wide response to the themes of British Art Show 10; putting access, local people and communities at the heart of a major celebration of culture and art, from October until January 2027.​​​​​​​ To find out more about the Home-Based Artist-Curator fellowship and how to apply, download the Open Call Pack via our website or find the link in our bio. Send us a direct message if you have any questions or would like support in sending an application via social media. Image Description 1: A white background with the the words Open Call in large black font. Below is an image of a dark gallery space with a film projection onto the wall. In the foreground is a plinth with black boots in silhouette. To the left of the image in yellow text reads: Home Based Artist - Curator Fellowship Opportunity. Deadline 1 October. Below on a white back ground are the funder and partner logos: Paul Mellon Centre, DASH, Art Riot Collective, Coventry Art Show and Arts Council England. Image description 2: The logo of Coventry Art Show in black on a white background. Coventry Art Show in bold black capital letters sits to the right of three black columns of different heights each intersected by slanted white lines. #BAS10 #BritishArtShow10 #ArtRiot #CoventryArtShow by @dashdisabilityarts
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We’re deep into our 4th online #SyncingSpace international residency @syncthinking for artists with learning disability and autism to find and define their arts leadership. This week and next we’re going to focus on our 4 brilliant artists in residence but firstly throwing light on our first ‘in studio’ session exploring choice of colour as it relates to who we are as artists and how we lead, facilitated by co-programme leader, the wonderful, Thompson Hall and @tanyasartstudios. Go to www.syncingspace.org and if you have a life in colour and a learning disability or autism you can upload your colour experiments too. @aceagrams funded, this residency is made all the better working with our brilliant team @annilim @coldharvcash @sheep_films and Oli Pyle. Big shout out to our partners and supporters: @art.dis.singapore @venturearts @actionspace @rocket_artists @dashdisabilityarts and our creative supporters who make it all happen. #LearningDisabledLeadership #DisabledLed #DisabledLeadership SyncLeadership Image Descriptions - A series of photographs of artists in their studios, making work,sharing it and posts in our new colour uploader. by @dashdisabilityarts
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CLOSING SOON! Artist-Curator Residency for home-based visual artist based anywhere in the UK. @dashdisabilityarts are delighted to partner with Coventry based @artriotcollective on a virtual (online) residency for a home-based visual artist interested in pursuing a curatorial practice. The Home based Artist - Curator Fellowship is part of Coventry Art Show, a city-wide response to the themes of British Art Show 10; putting access, local people and communities at the heart of a major celebration of culture and art, from October until January 2027.​​​​​​​ To find out more about the Home-Based Artist-Curator fellowship and how to apply, download the Open Call Pack via our website or find the link in our bio. Send us a direct message if you have any questions or would like support in sending an application via social media. Deadline: 1 October 23:59pm. Image Description 1: A white background with the the words Open Call in large black font. Below is an image of a dark gallery space with a film projection onto the wall. In the foreground is a plinth with black boots in silhouette. To the left of the image in yellow text reads: Home Based Artist - Curator Fellowship Opportunity. Deadline 1 October. Below on a white back ground are the funder and partner logos: Paul Mellon Centre, DASH, Art Riot Collective, Coventry Art Show and Arts Council England. Image description 2: The logo of Coventry Art Show in black on a white background. Coventry Art Show in bold black capital letters sits to the right of three black columns of different heights each intersected by slanted white lines. #BAS10 #BritishArtShow10 #ArtRiot #CoventryArtShow by @dashdisabilityarts
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@dashdisabilityarts are delighted to partner with Coventry based @artriotcollective on a virtual (online) residency for a home-based visual artist interested in pursuing a curatorial practice. The Home based Artist - Curator Fellowship is part of Coventry Art Show, a city-wide response to the themes of British Art Show 10; putting access, local people and communities at the heart of a major celebration of culture and art, from October until January 2027.​​​​​​​ To find out more about the Home-Based Artist-Curator fellowship and how to apply, download the Open Call Pack via our website or find the link in our bio. Send us a direct message if you have any questions or would like support in sending an application via social media. Applications must be received by 1 October 23:59pm. Image Description 1: A white background with the the words Open Call in large black font. Below is an image of a dark gallery space with a film projection onto the wall. In the foreground is a plinth with black boots in silhouette. To the left of the image in yellow text reads: Home Based Artist - Curator Fellowship Opportunity. Deadline 1 October. Below on a white back ground are the funder and partner logos: Paul Mellon Centre, DASH, Art Riot Collective, Coventry Art Show and Arts Council England. Image description 2: The logo of Coventry Art Show in black on a white background. Coventry Art Show in bold black capital letters sits to the right of three black columns of different heights each intersected by slanted white lines. #BAS10 #BritishArtShow10 #ArtRiot by @dashdisabilityarts
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@dashdisabilityarts are delighted to partner with Coventry based @artriotcollective on a virtual (online) residency for a home-based visual artist interested in pursuing a curatorial practice. The Home based Artist - Curator Fellowship is part of Coventry Art Show, a city-wide response to the themes of British Art Show 10; putting access, local people and communities at the heart of a major celebration of culture and art, from October until January 2027.​​​​​​​ To find out more about the Home-Based Artist-Curator fellowship and how to apply, download the Open Call Pack via our website or find the link in our bio. Send us a direct message if you have any questions or would like support in sending an application via social media. Applications must be received by 1 October 23:59pm. Image Description 1: A white background with the the words Open Call in large black font. Below is an image of a dark gallery space with a film projection onto the wall. In the foreground is a plinth with black boots in silhouette. To the left of the image in yellow text reads: Home Based Artist - Curator Fellowship Opportunity. Deadline 1 October. Below on a white back ground are the funder and partner logos: Paul Mellon Centre, DASH, Art Riot Collective, Coventry Art Show and Arts Council England. Image description 2: The logo of Coventry Art Show in black on a white background. Coventry Art Show in bold black capital letters sits to the right of three black columns of different heights each intersected by slanted white lines. #BAS10 #BritishArtShow10 #ArtRiot by @dashdisabilityarts
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Subscribers to our newsletter will know that we have released some new dates for our popular MASH by DASH sessions! More MASH (Mentoring, advice, support and help) slots are available online with our CEO/Artistic Director Heather Peak and our Executive Director Peter Bonnell throughout September to January 2027. The sessions are free of charge and issued on a first come, first served basis. Further slots will be announced over the autumn. Check the info on our website via the link in our bio to find out how to request a session. Image 1: MASH by DASH square flyer Image 2: Heather Peak by Charles Emerson Image 3: Peter Bonnell self portrait. by @dashdisabilityarts
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Take a look at the DASH Newsletter for September 2026. Follow the link in our bio, and sign up to receive monthly DASH news straight to your inbox. by @dashdisabilityarts
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