Welcome to Kaleido
We’ve taken our new name from the Greek: Kalos – “beautiful” & Eido – “shape”. A contemporary use of the Greek is Kaleidoscope – “a constantly changing group of bright objects”. This is what we experience as Kaleido continues to support disabled and Deaf artists and their work.
Kaleido will support any artist who identifies themselves as disabled or deaf. However, we actively promote work which reflects the life experiences of disabled and Deaf artists – Disability Arts. Please click here to see precisely what we mean.
Kaleido, together with the region’s disabled and Deaf artists, challenges the belief that only non-disabled people can make art.
NewsDownload the Kaleido spring newsletter (2.18 MB PDF)Arts Council England South West's Disability Equality Action PlanEarlier this year Arts Council England South West held a series of 6 meetings across the region with disabled artists and arts managers, Arts Council regularly funded organisations (RFOs) and other stakeholders. They were asked what they thought about ACE's services and how ACE and RFOs can engage more disabled people in their work. The meetings were to inform ACESW's Disability Equality Action Plan and their approach to working with disabled people. The Disability Equality Action Plan will be available from October. You can now download the report from the meeting here, including an Easy Read version. Download report (94KB)
For more information contact: Ruth Hecht, Diversity and Inclusion Officer, ACESW e-mail: ruth.hecht@artscouncil.org.uk tel: 01392 229254
Ruth is also developing a Diversity mailing list to keep people informed of relevant Arts Council initiatives. If you would like to be on the mailing list please download and fill in the form below and return to her. Diversity database form (54KB)
Get talking!Kaleido has set up a social networking site for Disabled and Deaf artists from across the south west. A chance to engage with others in your practice and to discuss Kaleido's projects and other issues facing you as artists in the region. To request to be added to the network, send an e-mail to admin@kaleidoarts.org.
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