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Events & Exhibitions

Below are listed all of our current and past events and exhibitions. Our aim is to make all our events fully accessible as well as enjoyable and informative - so please do let us know in advance of any access requirements you may have, or any additional information you would like.

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The Words Escape Me

The Words Escape Me

Hattie Porter presents 'The Words Escape Me'. A free exhibition of soft sculpture and textile art exploring illness, the body, and experiences that can’t be expressed through words. Read more

Start: 7th March, 2022 at 10:00am

End: 11th March, 2022 at 6:00pm

Published: 16th February, 2022

Updated: 9th March, 2022

Author: Emily Roderick

Location: The Vestibules, Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5TR

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Empty When Full

Empty When Full

Our ARA Shortlist exhibition returns with four new works that dive into the blackholes of power and data created by our information age. Read more

Start: 25th February, 2022 at 10:00am

End: 8th April, 2022 at 6:00pm

Published: 23rd February, 2022

Updated: 13th April, 2022

Author: Emily Roderick

Location: Online

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Susanna Dye's STIMMING R&D

Susanna Dye's STIMMING R&D

Susanna Dye’s ‘STIMMING R&D’, led by dance artist Susanna Dye and photographer Manon Ouimet, in collaboration with dance artists Danni Spooner and Aby Watson premieres with Shape Arts. Read more

Start: 6th January, 2022 at 12:00pm

End: 31st January, 2022 at 12:00pm

Published: 6th January, 2022

Updated: 3rd February, 2022

Author: Emily Roderick

Location: Online

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Victoria Gray's 'Welter'

Victoria Gray's 'Welter'

Victoria Gray’s ‘Welter’ (2021), made in collaboration with Sam Williams, is the conclusion of many months of artist development with Shape Arts. Read more

Start: 6th December, 2021 at 12:00pm

End: 31st December, 2021 at 12:00pm

Published: 7th December, 2021

Author: Emily Roderick

Location: Online

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Mob-Shop

Mob-Shop

Mob-Shop is a continuing, disabled-led project exploring mobility shops, mobility aids and the devices and practices used by and designed for disabled and critically ill people. Read more

Start: 4th October, 2021 at 9:30am

End: 4th December, 2021 at 5:00pm

Published: 6th October, 2021

Updated: 30th November, 2021

Author: Emily Roderick

Location: Derbyshire Libraries

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Johanna Hedva's GLUT: a superabundance of nothing

Johanna Hedva's GLUT: a superabundance of nothing

2021 Adam Reynolds Awardee Johanna Hedva's latest project explores the mystical nature of AI in a hair-raising video game. Read more

Start: 10th September, 2021 at 2:00pm

End: 31st December, 2021 at 12:00am

Published: 10th September, 2021

Updated: 31st March, 2022

Author: Eli Hayes

Location: Online

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Premiere of 'Quake': a new performance film from Alicia Radage

Premiere of 'Quake': a new performance film from Alicia Radage

Alicia's collaboration with Shape culminates in this new performance film exploring neurodivergent experience and Shamanistic practice. Read more

Start: 3rd September, 2021 at 2:00pm

End: 31st December, 2021 at 12:00am

Published: 3rd September, 2021

Updated: 22nd September, 2021

Author: Eli Hayes

Location: Online

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All Bound Together?

All Bound Together?

The online Shape Open returns, exhibiting critical perspectives on community and isolation from disabled and marginalised creatives as we emerge from lockdown. Read more

Start: 2nd August, 2021 at 10:00am

End: 29th October, 2021 at 12:00am

Published: 30th July, 2021

Updated: 22nd September, 2021

Author: Eli Hayes

Location: Online

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Jason Wilsher Mills at Folkestone Triennial

Jason Wilsher Mills at Folkestone Triennial

A unique chance to visit a newly commissioned sculpture by Jason Wilsher-Mills throughout the summer and autumn months - outdoors, as part of a major exhibition   Read more

Start: 22nd July, 2021 at 10:00am

End: 2nd November, 2021 at 8:00pm

Published: 8th July, 2021

Updated: 22nd September, 2021

Author: Jeff Rowlings

Location: Creative Folkestone, Mill Bay, Folkestone, CT20 1BN

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Wetlands Unravelled, London Wetlands Centre

Wetlands Unravelled, London Wetlands Centre

Wetlands Unravelled explores conflicting notions of our relationship with, and management of, wetland environments by focussing on the overlooked and hidden stories of the site; artist Anne Deeming exhibits Read more

Start: 26th June, 2021 at 10:00am

End: 30th October, 2021 at 5:00pm

Published: 8th July, 2021

Updated: 22nd September, 2021

Author: Jeff Rowlings

Location: WWT London, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, London, SW13 9WT

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The Way Ahead, Barnsley Civic

The Way Ahead, Barnsley Civic

The Way Ahead was created by artist Caroline Cardus to reflect the issues disabled people wish the government and society was addressing more thoroughly in an accessible, subversive and humorous way. Read more

Start: 26th June, 2021 at 10:00am

End: 7th August, 2021 at 4:00pm

Published: 8th July, 2021

Updated: 5th November, 2021

Author: Jeff Rowlings

Location: Barnsley Civic, Hanson St, Barnsley , S70 2HZ

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ARA Shortlist Exhibition: Unfolding Shrines

ARA Shortlist Exhibition: Unfolding Shrines

Enter four imagined spaces created by UK- and USA-based artists using augmented reality to explore the worlds they know in captivating, immersive displays Read more

Start: 24th March, 2021 at 12:00am

End: 24th December, 2021 at 12:00am

Published: 9th July, 2021

Updated: 22nd September, 2021

Author: Jeff Rowlings

Location: Online

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