Things I Have Learned The Hard Way Lizzy Rose was part of our Shape Artists network and produced the resource 'Access Docs for Artists' alongside Leah Clements and Alice Hattrick in 2018. Things I Have Learned The Hard Way is the first retrospective of the Margate-based artist and disability activist Lizzy Rose (1988-2022). 31st March - 23rd April 2023 More information Lizzy died in January 2022 following a long struggle with chronic illness, cutting short an exciting, innovative and wide-ranging career. She lived with a severe form of Crohn’s disease, a chronic autoimmune condition affecting the gut which, in Lizzy’s case, led to intestinal failure, alongside other health conditions. Her worldview was shaped by her experience and awareness of the precarity of life. Lizzy’s later work directly addressed chronic illness and how society deals with it. Indeed, from the late 2000s onwards, her work turned a sharp eye on ‘hidden’ culture, asking the viewer to take notice and showing how by doing so we can affect the systems we are part of. Exhibited across four venues in Lizzy’s hometown of Margate, Things I Have Learned The Hard Way presents a comprehensive review of artworks made from 2008 to 2022, spanning moving-image, works on paper, sculpture and digital work. The participating venues are Turner Contemporary, LIMBO, Crate & Well Projects. Alongside the exhibition, on 12 April, One Day I Will Feel My Power, a one-off event curated by Lizzy's friend and collaborator Leah Clements will take place at the ICA in London. One Day I Will Feel My Power will show two of Lizzy’s video works alongside readings and responses from invited artists, writers and speakers: Leah Clements, R A Walden, Abi Palmer, Benedict Drew, Alice Hattrick, and Carolyn Lazard: artists who have made chronic illness, neurodivergence or disability central to their work. The event will also be streamed live and hosted online by Wysing Arts Centre (event duration 110 mins), An online participatory project, coordinated by artist Katie Hogben, showcases the everyday creativity of housebound artists. This project is supported by Arts Council England, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and hundreds of people who donated to the project crowdfunder. Katie and Matthew have so many people they owe thanks - see a full list here. Access Information for the multiple venues: Turner Contemporary, MargateTuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm Wheelchair Accessible Assistance Dogs Welcome Large Print Audio Described Closed captions Accessible Toilet CRATE, MargateFriday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm Wheelchair Accessible Assistance Dogs Welcome Large Print Audio Described Closed captions Accessible Toilet LIMBO, MargateFriday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm Wheelchair Accessible through the main gates. Contact CRATE for assistance. Assistance Dogs Welcome Large Print Audio Described Closed captions For accessible toilet access, please use CRATE which is immediately next door. Well Projects, MargateFriday - Sunday, 11am - 5pm Closed captions Assistance Dogs Welcome Large Print Audio Described Well Projects does not have an accessible toilet, but is a 2 minute walk from Harold Road public toilet. Back to Shape's calendar Banner Image: Photo of an indoor exhibition. White walls and a wooden frame supporting a project screen. There is green moss covering the gallery floor. Booking for this event has now closed. Manage Cookie Preferences