SHIFT

⚡️A documentary project to amplify the voices of learning disabled & neurodivergent artist⚡️Films /Artworks / Talks ⚡️Open Minds / Question Preconceptions

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

"SHIFT is about learning disabled and neurodivergent artists taking their rightful place around the table - having frank discussions, sharing ideas and articulating aims. It involves a shifting of focus, platforming and attitudes." / Jennifer Gilbert

https://t.co/BbRuJe4i1s

[Jennifer Gilbert @J_L_Gallery]

BSL | big thanks to @CMinamimura for delivering an informative, engaging and fun #BSL tour of #KaleidoscopicRealms at @NottmCastle today!

If you missed out, there is always #BSL on my website about the exhibition overall and each individual artist by deaf artist Rebecca Vaughan

[Project Ability @Project_Ability]

A big thank you to the co-curators of Kaleidoscopic Realms: artist Christopher Samuel @CHRIS_SAMUEL_ and Jennifer Gilbert of @J_L_Gallery.

The exhibition was born out of the project @shift_voices, which we really recommend checking out!

[Venture Arts @VentureArts]

Fancy a day trip to @NottmCastle?
Don't miss the opportunity to see 'Kaleidoscopic Realms', a stunning show from @shift_voices featuring our very own Leslie Thompson, who was selected as 1 of 8 contemporary artists to feature: https://t.co/4aQwax2vvv
Photo credit John Hartley.

[Jennifer Gilbert @J_L_Gallery]

Introducing the artists of ‘Kaleidoscopic Realms’ that is coming soon, co curated by Jennifer Gilbert & Christopher Samuel.

Richard Hunt works from @shadowlightart #Oxford and he will have 5 canvases on show.

📅 8 June - 3 November
📍Nottingham Castle
#KaleidoscopicRealms

[Jennifer Gilbert @J_L_Gallery]

COMING SOON | ‘Kaleidoscopic Realms’ opens soon, featuring an installation of artworks and film by 8 artists revealing a colourful insight into intuitive mark-marking in its many forms.
📆 Launches 8 June
📍 Nottingham Castle
💥 See you there! 💥
#KaleidoscopicRealms

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

Leslie Thompson features in a group exhibition from @VentureArts at @tjboulting in #London. His action figure type artworks setup like a shop display feature alongside works by Ahmed Mohammed (second picture) & Horace Lindsey (third picture). Congrats to all the artists involved.

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

After a break, this week's focus is on a conversation I had with Jyma, an artist who has attended Prism Arts since 2012.

We chat about his work around disability rights, how he would like to be known in the art world, & how the art elite need to widen their net.

link in bio💥

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

Cameron Morgan's 'Are Ye Dancin.... Are You Askin?' exhibition is currently on tour at Telefonfabriken's art hall in Stockholm! 👏🏼

We filmed Cameron for his #SHIFTVoices film whilst this exhibition was on in #Glasgow and it was so full of joy! Catch the film on the website!

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

In early 2019, this week’s Artist in Focus Siddharth Gadiyar had a solo show at @ArtspacePhoenix in #Brighton. Upon entering the space Sid travelled around touching all his work - like reacquainting himself with old friends.

Catch a film about Sid on the #SHIFTVoices website.

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

👂🏻Sound on! More on this week’s Artist in focus Siddharth, this time hearing from his mother Susmitha. A short snippet Of the #BSL interpreted version of Sid’s film, edited by Bronwen Parker Rhodes with footage from @ProjectArtWorks, & his mother, and BSL from @CMinamimura.

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

SOUND ON! A short snippet
Of the #BSL interpreted version of Siddharth Gadiyar’s film, edited by Bronwen Parker Rhodes with footage from @ProjectArtWorks and BSL from @CMinamimura.

Sid is this weeks artist in focus for #SHIFTVoices and highlighting #LearningDisabilityWeek2022

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

Leslie is one of eight artists featured as part of #SHIFTVoices - check out a film about him on my website, and an exhibition by him opening soon in #Manchester 👇🏻👇🏻

[Venture Arts @VentureArts]

EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT | 'In The Making Since a Hundred of Years'
Opens 23 May, 45 Hilton St, Mcr.
#LeslieThompson launches his second solo of the year, a culmination of a lockdown exploration of the history of black #comicbook #superheroes (1935 – 2020).
https://t.co/0SrNSdt61D

[Project Ability @Project_Ability]

Scottish Learning Disability Week 2022: 'We all have human rights!'

Project Ability artists Jonathan McKinstry and Cameron Morgan have collaborated on 6 murals for #LDWeek22

Today we present:
🔈 'The right to be heard'

Read the full story: https://t.co/OtGdftZ4e0

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

The final focus on artist Leslie Thompson showcases his large fabric painting from a show called ‘Thumbs Up’ that was held at @CastlefieldGall in #Manchester. These works were inspired by a trip to Chester Zoo several years beforehand and are his first works on fabric like this!

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

🎥Sound On!🎥
@VentureArts director Amanda Sutton features as part of Leslie Thompson’s short film, speaking about the barriers that some learning disabled artists face, and the role of the supported studio in helping them.

The full video with subtitles and #BSL is on website.

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

Today I am sharing three ink pen works from this week's artist in focus Leslie Thompson, who attends @VentureArts in #Manchester - Animals from Memory, Back to the Future, & Animal Project. Catch more of his works & a short film about him over on the #SHIFTVoices website.

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

🎥SOUND ON! A short snippet
Of the #BSL interpreted version of Leslie Thompson’s film, shot by Bronwyn Parker Rhodes & BSL from @CMinamimura.

Leslie has been attending @VentureArts in Manchester since the 90s & the full short film documents his practice & what he likes to draw!

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

Read this with Thompson Hall from his current residency in London at @AutographABP 👇🏻👇🏻 and catch a short film about him on the #SHIFTVoices website

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

Back to looking in focus at the artists featured as part of #SHIFTVoices. This week is the incredible artist superstar drawer (his words not mine!), Leslie Thompson of @VentureArts. He depicts scenes from television and film from 1970 -1990 in his drawings! #LeslieThompson

[SHIFT @shift_voices]

This is the dream team that recorded all of the BSL for the eight films I created as part of #SHIFTVoices.

Thanks so much to @CMinamimura, Andrew Harris and Frank Spencer of Redweather Productions for all their hardwork to get the BSL versions created! All on website now!