Deaf Explorer
Presents Square-Eye Online Festival | 3-6 December 2020 | Watch on Facebook LIVE & ZOOM
Category: Participation
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Age 10 – 16 years Deaf or Hard of HearingFree dance workshops with Deaf Dancer Billy Read and his dance crew.Dates Monday 30 May, Tuesday 31 May & 1st June 2022Location: Bristnall Hall Academy, 213 Bristnall Hall Road, Oldbury, B68 9NJ.Please book your place.
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In 2020 Deaf Explorer successfully applied to Thrive. The research question, “Can the emerging acceptance of online learning bring deaf role models into the learning environment for deaf and hard of hearing children, and can online access bring a wider audience of participants to Deaf artists?” Screen Shot from Billy Reads Online Tutorials Billy Read…
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Deaf Explorer were delighted to involve Birmingham Deaf Community in an exhibition at mac’s Community Gallery. Craft space wanted to capture and commemorate D/deaf lived experience and associated stories of courage. Community workshops created a sense of connection amongst Deaf people in Birmingham after months of isolation. During this time, young deaf people experienced fewer…
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On 18th September 2021, Jewellery maker and visual artist Maral, invited all to Runcorn Hill Park to decorate her giant lantern with biodegradable materials, as part of the Liberty Festival 2021. During the lantern making, Maral used this space to discuss identity, intersectionality and our relationship with the natural world, and reflect on how the…
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Maria Hurtz posts on Twitter, “Last night was the kick start to the Deaf Drag Workshop and it was brilliant!! We’ve got a fabulous team of Drag Artists and I can’t wait to see these characters develop!!” Big thank you to Creative Black Country and Arts Council England to include Deaf people in their…
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Deaf Explorer supported Women & Theatre to bring deaf women’s stories into a new production about the intimate and personal affect of living with a pandemic. Watch the film with subtitles more information on the theatre campanies website
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In November 2019 Billy Read spent a week making new dance theatre with children at Knotty Ash Primary School. Teacher Kath Sweeney said, ” I just wanted to let you know that the impact of your work with the children has been remarkable, both during the week you were here and after you had gone. Over…
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On Monday 25th November Artistic leader Billy Read, Musician Nao Masuda, and Dance leader Ariel Fung presented “We Are The Revolution” at Knotty Ash Primary School, delivering a “transformational” week long residency at the school, bringing together Deaf and hearing children for a co-designed performance on Friday 22nd November to the whole school of 500…