Cripping Culture Community Call Out

Cripping Culture Community Call Out

Disability Arts Online

Artform: Combined arts
Event date: Tue, 23rd Jun 2026 to Fri, 14th Aug 2026
UK-wide

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 "> published -

Event Summary

DAO is seeking contributions for its Cripping Culture project. We would like you to tell us about the most significant disability arts projects and events that you’ve been involved in or experienced. These will play an important part in the stories told through the Cripping Culture project.

Event Description

Disability Arts Online (DAO) has launched an open call for contributions for national project 'Cripping Culture: A Journey into Disability Arts Heritage' DAO would like to hear about the most significant disability arts projects and events that you've been involved in or experienced. We want to know how they contributed to both your life and the Disability Arts movement. These will play an important part in the stories told through the Cripping Culture project, saving our heritage for future generations. Your contribution could be about an event, show or exhibition you attended, something you read, an artist you met, an organisation you were involved with or anything else related to disability arts. This could be submitted in text, video, audio or photo format. All contributions will be reviewed and used to inform our research for the project. They may also be used as part of our interactive digital timeline. If this is the case, we will be in touch to discuss your submission further. You might be an artist, writer, producer, performer, curator, musician, activist or audience member. It doesn't matter who you are, as long as you have a story to tell that involves disability arts in the UK. It is important that we capture stories and events from all regions of the UK that may previously have been missed to celebrate the vast breadth of disability arts activity that has occurred across time. We are especially keen to hear from people who are part of the global majority, have intersectional experiences of disability, and/or can tell stories from regions that are currently underrepresented in collections or narratives.

Event Overview

  • Event Title: Cripping Culture Community Call Out
  • Type: Open call
  • Date: Tue, 23rd Jun 2026 to Fri, 14th Aug 2026
  • Location: UK-wide

Useful Links

How to Book

Please make sure you have visited the Cripping Culture Community Call Out page before submitting your memory. It includes written, easy read and BSL video versions of the call out.

How to submit your contribution:
- We can accept submissions in text, video, audio and photos that help illustrate your memory.
- Please don’t submit artworks.
- You can tell your story in English or BSL.
- If you have multiple stories about different events or projects, please submit them separately.