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Shape is the country’s leading disability arts organisation, we aim to improve access to the arts for deaf and disabled people whilst supporting deaf and disabled artists to challenge perceptions and promote Deaf and Disability Culture.

Explore Project - Ikon Gallery Animate’ Project - a disability, art & history project

2 Oct 2010

'Animate' is all about inspiring disabled people to engage with culture.

In Conversation...

16 Oct 2009

Shape hosted the second of a series of debate events on Disability Art on 15 October 2009.  Chaired by Michele Taylor, around 20 artists discussed art, disability, culture, identity...

"Disabled people had the lowest participation in regional leisure activities and only half of Disabled Londoners surveyed attended a leisure activity once a month" (The Mayor’s Cultural Strategy April 2004)