Arts - Projects - Page 4
Projects
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University of Atypical
A disabled-led arts charity empowering D/deaf, disabled and neurodiverse people’s involvement in the arts sector in Northern Ireland.
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Katie Mahon
Setting out with a mission to increase access to opportunity to the arts among working class communities, Katie Mahon founded Bradford-based Bloomin’ Buds Theatre Company in 2014.
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Gurinder Chadha OBE
Gurinder Chadha OBE is one of the UK’s most proven and respected film directors and producers.
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Nikki Stratton and Marilyn Willrich
Deaf entrepreneurs Marilyn Willrich and Nikki Stratton founded Deaffest in Wolverhampton in 2006, which has grown to become the UK’s leading Deaf-led Film & Arts Festival.
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Berwyn Rowlands
Berwyn is the founder and festival director of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which takes place in Cardiff and is the world’s largest LGBTQ+ short film prize.
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Adam Joolia
Adam's AudioActive charity has seen a star-studded contingent pass through its door which includes the like of Rizzle Kicks and Rag’n’Bone Man.
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Marc Brew
Marc was a promising ballet dancer when he was involved in a car accident that left him with life-altering injuries, he retrained to become a choreographer and dancer, founding the Marc Brew Company in 2001.
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Nandi Jola
Nandi Jola is a poet, storyteller and playwright born in South Africa.
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Sir Peter Murray CBE
Sir Peter Murray is a British curator and educationalist best known for founding the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in 1977 with a modest grant of £1,000 and no staff.
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Elvire Mavusi Matu
Elvire grew up in Barking and Dagenham and watched as local community centres closed and gang violence overwhelmed the area. At 14, she didn’t feel like there were any safe spaces left for her and her peers to go, and so created Konverse Dance Crews.