Further Afield Open Call application

Further Afield is a project exploring disability and art in rural spaces. This open call is to connect with disabled Global Majority artists across the UK.

As part of the project's research, we are looking to find as many relevant people as possible. We aim to promote and share their work via the project website, social media and the project’s extensive network of supporting partners.

There may be opportunities for paid collaboration in other aspects of the project, but connecting via this call out is not a guarantee that this will happen.

We are deeply appreciative of your time and labour in sharing your work and practice with us.

* By disabled we include anyone who identifies as being learning disabled, disabled, D/deaf, neurodiverse/neurodivergent and those experiencing chronic illness, mental health conditions, and more. We recognise that many people with personal lived experience of disability do not identify as such. We embrace this dimension of the disabled experience, and welcome anyone who may experience disability or illness themselves, but who may not identify as a disabled person, for whatever reason. At this stage in the project we are specifically looking to hear from those who have first-hand experience of disability or chronic illness themselves, not those who care for disabled people, or who have disabled family members.

* By Global Majority People we refer to a collective term used to describe people who have been racialised/identify as Black or brown, or those with dual/multiple heritage, indigenous to the global south, and/or have been referred to as ‘ethnic minorities.’ This now widely used term refers to the fact that the majority of the world’s population, approx. 80%, is not (or has not been racialised as) white. We recognise that this won’t be everyone’s preferred term. We also acknowledge that Global Majority People are often in the minority in rural spaces.

* By rurally based, we refer to anyone who lives in less centralised, non-urban spaces. This could be in remote villages, islands, or regions far away from larger towns and cities. It could also refer to places that are not as remote, but are still part of a rural landscape, community, and culture i.e., a small town in a rural county or a village location on the edge of a larger town. These experiences would also be relevant to this project.

We acknowledge and appreciate the time and labour that goes into providing this information.

As a thank you, you will be entered into a draw to win a book by one of the artists featured in the Further Afield programme. Books include Louisa Adjoa Parker’s 'How to Wear a Skin', Letty McHugh’s 'Book Of Hours’ Polly Atkin's 'Some of Us Just Fall' and Harry Josephine Giles 'Deep Wheel Orcadia'.