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Aims, Plans and Our Artistic Statement

Over the next four years, Shape Arts will build on our existing legacy by focussing on five strategic aims. Read more

Audio Descriptions of the Cumulative Effect Exhibition PART TWO

Continuation of the Cumulative Effect exhibition artworks Read more

Audio Descriptions of the Cumulative Effect Exhibition 2018

Descriptions of the exhibition artworks Read more

Shape Open 2018 Audio Description Continued

Shape Open 2018 Audio Description

Audience Surveys

If you've attended a Shape event since April, please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey! Read more

Zoe Partington - Shape Trainer and Auditor

Barbara Lisicki - Shape Trainer and Auditor

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Recruiting: Digital and Communications Officer

Shape is looking for a Digital and Communications Officer to join our team!

2019 Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary Shortlist Exhibition at BALTIC39

BALTIC 39 will host the 2019 Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary Shortlist Exhibition, featuring the work of the five shortlisted artists for Shape’s flagship award.

Apply for the 2019 TLC Free Reads Scheme

Apply for the 2019 TLC Free Reads Scheme, open to disabled writers on a low income, across all forms and genres - gain written feedback from a professional reader.

Aims, Plans and Our Artistic Statement

Over the next four years, Shape Arts will build on our existing legacy by focussing on five strategic aims.

Artists' studio spaces in London

Links to art studio spaces and facilities in London

Social Model of Disability

What do we actually mean by 'disabled'? Why do we say 'disability' and 'disabled' instead of 'diffability', 'differently-abled', 'special' or 'different'? What are disabling barriers?

Breaking the barriers to creative excellence

Find out about Shape's philosophy, guiding aims and principles

Shape Open 2017 - Power: The Politics of Disability

The Shape Open 2017 exhibition – 'Power: The Politics of Disability' - will take place in East London from 19 January to 2 February.

How to Put On an Accessible Exhibition

A short guide for curators, programmers and exhibition organisers on ensuring that the exhibition you’re putting on is accessible and inclusive of disabled people

Shape Open 2018: Collective Influence

The 2018 Shape Open exhibition – 'Collective Influence' – takes place in East London from 22 March to 5 April

ARMB: Oliver MacDonald Residency at Turner Contemporary

Oliver Macdonald’s Shape Arts ARMB Residency at Turner Contemporary

How to Get an Exhibition

A ‘walkthrough’ guide for artists, created in collaboration with art criticism duo The White Pube, on how to get an exhibition

Disability Equality Training

Improve how your organisation works with disabled people, and become more diverse and inclusive as a result

My Life | Shape Open 2016

The 2016 Shape Open explores themes related to disability through the title ‘My Life’.