DaDaFest
dadafest disability art organisation based liverpool uk delivers international biennial festival organises event promote disability deaf art variety cultural perspective alongside festival event dadafest organises opportunity disabled deaf people gain access art includes training youth focused programme dadafest funded art council england liverpool city council well private public sector partner dadafest founded art integrated merseyside aim part shape art network aim integral early campaign greater equality access disabled people disability led john mcgrath development officer organisation became one uk first disability controlled art forum broke away shape network set north west disability art forum nwdaf formally constituted mandy colleran becoming director organisation eventually rebranded dada disability deaf art dadafest dadafest delivered first international festival continued put yearly festival became biennial festival since taken place november – january next dadafest international festival take place november december organisation work number partner deliver festival include national museum liverpool liverpool biennial bluecoat liverpool everyman liverpool playhouse fact unity theatre royal liverpool philharmonic amongst others dadafest international presented high quality exciting work produced artist close home liverpool well internationally challenge ideal celebrate disability culture exciting programme music dance live art comedy much presented highlight included amadou mariam amadou mariam grammy award nominated musical duo mali dadafest international headliner produce music infuses traditional malian sound rock guitar instrument cuba egypt syria india combination dubbed afroblues viewing matin obrien sheree rose rhiannon aaron viewing final trilogy work originally conceived rose bob flanagan address early death cystic fibrosis dadafest international congress – world stage… cant get twoday event explored art delivered artist practitioner across globe context within operate make exhilarating diverse disruptive radical art work assisted suicide musical disabled activist actor comedian liz carr chosen spectacular world musical theatre backdrop explore complex controversial subject assisted suicide new show guide god using dance live music humour interview religious leader academic deaf disabled people acclaimed performer claire cunningham go perilous quest explore major world faith view deafness disability witty illuminating show dadafest international presented breathtaking array high quality disability deaf art around world highlight included art lived experiment curated aaron williamson exhibition addressed idea life art state continual change uncertainty ugly girl terry galloway u noholds barred play wildly comic twist stereotype queer disabled intellectual troublemaker backstage biscuit land highly acclaimed show jess thom staff benda bilili superband appeared philharmonic hall festival brought together large collection exhibition performance included niet normaal difference display exhibition created ine gevers garry robson brought together work artist across world adapted earlier exhibition premiered amsterdam theme exhibition discussed normal decides normality question creator deemed unanswerable worth debating anyway changing capacity changing identity seminar part festival organised university liverpool new thinking living dying research network discussed change people life caused illness disability always loss eavesdropper intervention walker art gallery artist aaron williamson williamson explored secretive dialogue lurking beneath gallery painting also took residence gallery throughout dadafest house mole play created terry galloway worked uk usbased performer musician american ugly law period dadafest celebrated tenth year programme explored theme object curiosity desire investigating identity place everchanging world highlight included object curiosity desire joint exhibition work tom shakespeare tanya raabe simon mckeown bluecoat exhibition also featured work fourth plinth artist turner prize nominee yinka shonibare oska bright short film made people learning disability shown oska bright film festival brighton gimp – uk premiere heidi latskys performance festival every two year may main attention organisation dadafest also organises various project initiative outside festival programme project dadafest organised currently organising dadafest rookie dadafest rookie aim increase employability within creative sector young disabled people training mentoring placement within art organisation project see disabled people involved training mentoring placement within art organisation young dadafest dadafest organises various project involve young people include steering group allow young people make decision project short film separate youth festival dadafest also enables young people earn art award accreditation since start young people program dadafest people involved youth project disability equality action training scheme address issue faced disabled deaf people regarding access everyday opportunity participant course taught issue gain understanding comply disability discrimination act human right work without bias training promotes working social model disability hand website network set designed provide deaf people working art place share idea network others industry artslife research project aim increase attendance disabled deaf people including older people art venue event around merseyside also aim improve experience people attending led liverpool art regeneration consortium mandy colleran – former director ruth gould gould appointed creative director nwdaf chief executive officer dadafest whilst working nwdaf asked create something international disabled people day claimed one day enough set producing festival help steering group result first dadafest december subsequent change dadafest one festival brand jane cordell cordell chair dadafest board run public speaking equality consultancy social enterprise based onsupporting disabled people also considerable experience diplomat laurence clark clark british standup comedian started career dadafest continues perform festival amadou mariam grammy awardnominated afrofunk duo headlined dadafest international dame evelyn glennie glennie scottish percussionist performed liverpool philharmonic hall part dadafest mat fraser fraser actor musician writer patron dadafest mike mccartney mccartney performing artist photographer patron dadafest liz carr carr british actor standup comedian broadcaster international disability right activist aaron williamson williamson internationally acclaimed artist performer sir bert massie cbe massie chairman disability right commission patron dadafest julie mcnamara mcnamara artist writer patron dadafest kaite oreilly oreilly writer playwright dramaturg director teacher identifies disability artist also patron dadafest merseyside tourism award best small event shortlisted best event mersey tourism award putting north west map art award lever award dadafest coveted £ lever prize established north west business leadership team official site disability art online directory