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  • Away Days: Day 3 Reflections

    Away Days – Reflections The final day started of with reflections, thankyous and flowers for organisers Mary-Jayne and Maral. They talked about how a three day conference came out of a 2 hour steering group and a new network of people has come out of this. They carefully created an event that redefined what a…

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  • Deaf Explorer supported Women & Theatre who are an award-winning Birmingham based theatre company and charity to bring deaf women’s stories into a new production about the intimate and personal affect of living with a pandemic.

  • The politics of voice: The tale of tresses

    Maral Mamaghanizadeh graduated with an MA from the school of Jewellery and Silversmithing from Birmingham City University in 2017. During her time at BCU, she created work that drew on her experience as a Deaf Iranian woman with feminism, oppression and the forced wearing of the hijab [veil] in Iran.  As a woman in Iran, you…

  • Maral Mamaghanizadeh describes her successful application to Steamhouse the Birmingham maker space

    I have just completed my first Arts council commissioned R&D project; “If you want to be alive…read my lips” which was a project grant of £15,000 to research and work with bone china and be mentored by a bone china artist to use the material to make decorative ear jewellery that is designed to be…

  • 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…

  • PRESS RELEASE Deaf Explorer announce, Five awards of funding from Arts Council England for Deaf Artists! In 2018 Deaf Explorer continue to build their track record of removing barriers and meeting the needs of Deaf artists. Success in 2018 for Deaf Explorer January 2018 Deaf Explorer Award from Arts Council England:  Organisational Development This grant…