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NDACA

The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) is a £1-million digital archive chronicling the history of disability arts in the UK, available to the public via a dedicated website.

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What is NDACA?

What is NDACA?

This collection and archive chronicles the unique history of the UK Disability Arts Movement in which a group of disabled people and their allies broke down barriers, helped change the law and made great art and culture while doing so. Read more

Published: 25th January, 2023

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Emily Roderick

NDACA R&D Artists: What's the News?

NDACA R&D Artists: What's the News?

Find out what the recipients of NDACA's first ever R&D Award got up to over the course of the programme... Read more

Published: 13th April, 2018

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

Bringing the Disability Rights Movement to Tate Exchange

Bringing the Disability Rights Movement to Tate Exchange

NDACA's Georgia Macqueen Black gives us an update on the project's forthcoming workshop at Tate Exchange... Read more

Published: 19th February, 2018

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

Disability Arts Heritage - Time to Begin the Conversation?

Disability Arts Heritage - Time to Begin the Conversation?

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Published: 31st January, 2018

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

NDACA Teams Up with UKDHM

NDACA Teams Up with UKDHM

NDACA & UK Disability History Month team up to create animations around “Disability and Art' Read more

Published: 19th November, 2017

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

NDACA Artist Poppy Nash Talks Disability Arts

NDACA Artist Poppy Nash Talks Disability Arts

Shape's Georgia Macqueen Black spoke to artist Poppy Nash to find out how NDACA has helped her to express her Types 1 Diabetes through art Read more

Published: 19th September, 2017

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

Announcing NDACA's Successful R&D Recipients!

Announcing NDACA's Successful R&D Recipients!

We're delighted to announce the successful applicants for the first ever National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) R&D Award! Read more

Published: 8th August, 2017

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

Meet the NDACA Design team!

Meet the NDACA Design team!

The National Disability Arts Collection & Archive introduce the Design Team who are working to provide a space for the public to engage with the archive Read more

Published: 27th July, 2017

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

NDACA R&Ds: Meet the Mentors

NDACA R&Ds: Meet the Mentors

Meet the four artist mentors for NDACA's new Research and Development grants programme! Read more

Published: 22nd May, 2017

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

Our Heritage Story: Disability Through an Intellectual & Political Lens

Our Heritage Story: Disability Through an Intellectual & Political Lens

Shape’s Georgia Macqueen Black, NDACA’s Marketing Officer, tells us just how much the Archive has to offer and achieve. Read more

Published: 18th April, 2017

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

Buckinghamshire New University join forces with NDACA

Buckinghamshire New University join forces with NDACA

Nina Thomas shares her experiences working alongside the NDACA team at Bucks for the digitisation of Baroness Campbell's collection Read more

Published: 16th March, 2017

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

NDACA: Back to the Future

NDACA: Back to the Future

NDACA archivist Alex Cowan finds help (and hope) in history repeating itself Read more

Published: 19th December, 2016

Updated: 17th February, 2025

Author: Anonymised User

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