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We’ll be exploring arts, heritage and creativity of all kinds from a barriers-facing perspective, hearing from leading makers, activists and cultural workers about the things that matter to them.

We will also be introducing new or upcoming projects, and discovering new ideas about what disability is - and what contemporary culture might be as a result.


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In episode three, artist Jamila Prowse talks us through her recent residency and work as part of UAL's 20/20 project, which saw Jamila placed in Shape's National Disability Arts Collection and Archive, and Spoons (after Carolyn Lazard) - a new film of Jamila's which is being shown as part of our upcoming Shape Open exhibition, Open All Hours. The show is hosted by 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Herne Hill, London, and will open on January 9th 2024!

About the artist

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Jamila Prowse

Jamila Prowse (she/her) is an artist and writer, propelled by curiosity and a desire to understand herself through making. Informed by her lived experience of disability, mixed race ancestry, and the loss of her father at a young age; her work is research driven and indebted to Black feminist and crip scholars.

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