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Disability Arts Online	DAO monthly bulletin
August 2010 DAO has been building up the blog section of the journal. This month we introduce you to a new swathe of artists, performers and film-makers from the disability arts community. For the latest postings go to our Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/kkks5e or follow us on twitter @ disabilityarts Go to dao's listings pages at http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/Listings for the latest events and opportunities for disabled and deaf artists. Read the latest blog postings Sophie Partridge takes a look at some images from the Royal College of Physicians' Museum collection Been a busy rabbit lately. Last Tuesday, attended the Royal College of Physicians’ Rethinking Disability Project Focus Group at Shape. The aim of it was to look at some of the medical... A Touch of RADA - Caroline Cardus introduces herself with a tale of how early experiences of impairment shaped her career I was always a somewhat clumsy, socially awkward child.  In the early 70’s, you generally were or you weren’t, without many of the labels kids with invisible impairments are given... Jon Adams creates flag-fields in Chatham Sunday started misty, the view out over the river was unclear and somewhat like our ‘heads’ due to the excitement of the night before... True the karaoke stopped on time... then came the... Tanya Raabe makes some more paintings... Revealing Culture: HeadOn Its still all go in the world of Revealing Culture HeadOn... now where have I got up to. Well... the charismatic Tom Shakespeare sat for his portrait in Tate Modern earlier this month and what a... Oska Bright July 2010 news Oska Bright July news by the Oska Bright Steering Committee We are getting ready to go to Liverpool to show Oska Bright films and run a master class at DaDaFest International 2010. The films will be... Colin Hambrook is on his way down the mental health road Another day, another poem, dragging through the ether. There are lots of twists and turns down the mental health road; no easy solutions, just lots of conundrums and silence scattered with unhealthy,... Joe Mc on feeling like Mattia Pascal 'Il Fu Mattia Pascal' (The Late Mattia Pascal), by Luigi Pirandello [1], tells the story of a man who, afer a lifetime spent in a quiet provincial town, vanishes and is believed dead. Elswehere, he... Gary Thomas on his way to direct 'Moving In' The first of these blog posts were written whilst filming 'Moving In', a couple of weeks ago on Sunday 18th July 2010. I am currently on the train to Portsmouth. Despite being disabled I have... Crippen orders his very own 'mini-Mandeville' Olympic soft toy Wow ... from Tuesday 24th August you'll be able to order your very own 'mini-Mandeville', the soft toy manufactured in China to represent the crip part of the 2012 Olympics. It's only 25 pounds plus... Vince Laws takes up the OUT140 challenge to tell a coming-out story in 140 characters I told my parents I was bisexual when I was 16. They said "go to your room." I’m involved in a project on Twitter called OUT140, which has collected coming-out stories from the LGBT community,... Join DAOs Facebook group for the latest postings at http://tinyurl.com/kkks5e or follow us on twitter @ disabilityarts Go to DAOs listings pages at http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/Listings for the latest events and opportunities for disabled and deaf artists. Read the latest features Gallery: Altered Images Altered Images - an innovative exhibition, designed to stimulate engagement with the visual arts by people with disabilities, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from 17 June 2010 to 15 August 2010 Discussion: William Phillips on barriers to access for visually impaired people In the run-up to In Touch with Art 2010 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in October, DAO publishes some reflections on access at museums and galleries, from a Collections Officer with the Hampshire County Council Museums Service. Gallery: Dolly Sen Dolly Sen is a writer, director, artist, filmmaker, poet, performer, playwright, mental health consultant, music-maker and public speaker. She posts some of her artwork, challenging the nature of 'madness.' Review: The Silence? A faint discord, more like Melissa Mostyn-Thomas finds much to be desired in the BBC drama’s exploration of Deaf issues Discussion: Am I hearing things? Not bloody likely Film-maker Gary Thomas has acquired another impairment. He talks frankly about invisible disability and identity. Gallery: BlindArt BlindArt is a charitable organisation whose aim is to encourage participation and interaction of the visually impaired in the sighted domain of the visual arts. DAO presents a gallery of some of the artwork in the BlindArt collection
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