Disabled artists

Meet Rakan Abdulaziz Kurdi, a Saudi Arabian guy with handicap since he was born. But his handicap didn't stop him from achieving his dreams. Rakan successfully completed his studies and now he's a professional painter and graphic designer. And yes, he is also happily married!

There’s nothing quite like a good design that sticks with people. Just think of it… Imagine Apple without its half-bitten apple, or McDonalds with no golden arches, or the never-changing look of Leica camera, which shows that when you keep being different from everything, changing makes no sense.

President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, like many business organiza…

Photo: POH Public Art, Creative Therapy, Civic Leadership, and Community Engagement Portraits of Hope has involved tens of thousands of children and adults in huge civic collaborations - in the U.S. and abroad – that have strikingly transformed everything from airplanes, buildings, and the New York City taxi fleet to blimps, tugboats, race cars, and the Los Angeles beach lifeguard towers, by working with organizations from NASA to NASCAR. www.portraitsofhope.org Conceived and developed by Ed…

What do Beethoven, Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, Django Reinhardt and Ray Charles have in common? They were all disabled artists who rocked the world with their creative flair. Throughout history, some of the most influential artists have been disabled. Artist...

‘ How increased digital access to the arts and entertainment has improved the lives of many disabled people.’ What does the future hold for the innovations & opportunities of bringing the arts to all?

beautiful painting by Hussain Sabr Al Jassim Intellectual disability

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Shape Arts is a disability-led arts organisation which works to improve access to culture for disabled people by providing opportunities for disabled artists, training cultural institutions to be more open to disabled people, and through running participatory arts and development programmes.