A Disability Arts and Archive Showcase. Fri 12th, Sat 13th, Sun 14th July 2024, then til December displayed in various locations around the Explore York Library and Archive. York Explore Library and Archive, Library Square, Museum St, York YO1 7DS.
Come discover histories of disabled people at York Union Workhouse in the Victorian times. Explore current issues with local Disability Artists and the Mother Carer. Question what has changed, or not and imagine with us a brighter, inclusive future.
This exhibition creatively presents some ‘irregularities’ reported at York Union Workhouse in 1899, as well as other, ‘current’ issues for disabled people and their families. Read here the newspaper article that inspired us.
See the full exhibition here – sidbaility.net