Our Mission

 

To create opportunities for disabled people to develop as artists and arts professionals. To deepen community understanding of Disability Culture through art, education, and advocacy.

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Our Values

• Access & Accommodation

We believe access is a collective responsibility. It’s more than physical accommodations—it’s about creating what we call Intimate Access: spaces shaped by care, creativity, and compassion. True access means recognizing individual and shared needs, addressing barriers at every level, and understanding that systems—not people—create disability.

 

• Creation as Care

We believe in creation as an integrative way of care. Through the process of making art, we care for ourselves, others, and the environment. Regulating our nervous systems and making space for vulnerability are essential parts of the creative process. We see care as addressing real needs—not mere preferences—and embrace uncertainty, discomfort, and awkwardness as everyday parts of disabled life, not problems to be fixed. Creating in this way supports health, drives positive social change, and helps build a more equitable arts sector.

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• Relationship Building

We believe strong relationships are at the core of everything we do, providing a stable foundation for our work within our team and with the wider community. Building trust takes time, transparency, and mutual care. We create safe spaces where connections can grow naturally because true relationship “moves at the speed of trust.”

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• Equitable Practices

We are committed to equitable pay for artists and aim to extend equitable compensation to all arts professionals in the future. Equitable practices also mean accommodating the collective, creating art in ways that work for those involved, and staying adaptable in the moment. 

 

• Response – Ability

We choose to respond rather than react, both in circumstances that arise and in dealing with others. We view relationships through a lens of reciprocity—of give and take. “Response-ability is the ability to respond.” (Gabor Maté). 

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• Health & Wellness

We prioritize health and wellness as a foundational principle, both internally and externally. We work at a pace of comfort and ease because it supports our well-being, sustains our productivity, and is sustainable over the long term. Our guiding motto is “Go with the slow.”