Shape Arts Podcast
By Shape Arts
Based in the UK, 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.
Shape Arts PodcastDec 19, 2023
Episode 5: artist Linny Venables in conversation with producer Debbie Chan
Catch the latest episode in our podcast where Emergent artist Linny Venables speaks to producer Debbie Chan.
Episode 4: Curating our Open All Hours exhibition
The creative team and artists involved in our recent Shape Open exhibition, still available online, reflect on the themes of the show and how it all came together. Featuring live performances from artist Samiir Saunders.
Episode 2: AI, accessbility, and the arts
For episode 2 of the Shape Arts Podcast, Shape Creative Producers Elinor Hayes and Emily Roderick looked into the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence through the lens of accessibility and creative work. Here, they share the good, the bad, and their thoughts on what's to come.
Episode 3: Jamila Prowse, cripping time, spoons theory
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!
March 23, 2023
Episode 1: Kaiya Waerea - how can socially-engaged artists intervene?
The debut episode of Shape Arts’ podcast celebrates the end of the inaugural year of Emergent, a residency programme delivered by Shape and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts, Gateshead. The programme is designed to support early-career barriers-facing artists. In the first of this brand-new series, we hear from Emergent-shortlisted artist, writer, designer, and publisher, Kaiya Waerea, as she reflects on the challenges and changing nature of the arts ecology for a new generation of disabled creatives.