{"id":2650,"date":"2022-04-02T09:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T08:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/?page_id=2650"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:38:59","slug":"sense-arts-connect-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/for-professionals\/sense-arts-and-wellbeing-for-professionals\/sense-arts-connect-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Sense Arts Connect manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">The manifesto is intended to provide a broad set of statements to support disabled people to tackle loneliness and isolation during this time and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-title-primary\">What this manifesto is about<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-secondary-tint-10\"><blockquote><p>The manifesto is a statement. It is a way for Sense Arts to share our collective experience. It has a dual purpose, to act as a place of inspiration for artists and as a meaningful tool for people to absorb, interpret, and reflect on in times of isolation. Through sketches and painting Tanya has created a reflection, rooted in her own experiences of who we are and where we are. It is a powerful reminder that we are not alone.<\/p><cite>Stephanie Tyrrell, head of arts<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is it for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This manifesto seeks to draw from the lives, interests, likes, strengths and innovations people with complex disabilities, their peers and families, lead on as the experts of their own lives and identities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are our key aims?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-secondary-bullets wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be bold, be curious.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seek new experiences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find joy in the challenge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Connect and be connected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A message from the artist, Tanya Raabe-Webber<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-textured-grey-tint-10 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I was asked by Sense Arts to create a manifesto for Sense Connect \u2013 a programme for disabled people to form social connections with peers and non-disabled people during this time.<\/p>\n<cite>Tanya Raabe-Webber<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is <a href=\"https:\/\/tanyaraabewebber.co.uk\/\">Tanya Raabe-Webber<\/a>, a disabled artist. At an early age, I discovered I was good at drawing and painting and this gave me a voice to tell the stories of my life as a disabled person living in a disabling world. I have made a very successful career out of being an artist as a painter of people, including painting portraits of many well known Disabled People who have pioneered significant changes in our society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tanya.jpg\" alt=\"Tanya, a woman with short hair and a blue jumper and glasses standing in a colourful artist studio with paintings and easels all around. \" class=\"wp-image-2653\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these portraits was of Neil Baldwin, a man with learning disabilities whom the BBC made a film about called Marvellous. These portraits celebrate their lives and have been exhibited in many of our public galleries including the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery in London.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have also spent a lot of my career supporting and nurturing other artists to reach their potential on their own terms. In 2015 I set up ArtStudio01, an inclusive artist collective in an artist\u2019s studio complex in an old supermarket building in Shrewsbury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ArtStudio01 supports seven learning disabled artists with complex disabilities to make their work and to develop their professional practice through exhibiting their work nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portraits of family and friends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2655\"\/ style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-5.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-5-411x400.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-5-350x341.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Joyful Challenge, Self-portrait, Medium: Acrylics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"421\" data-id=\"2657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-02-at-08.50.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-02-at-08.50.44.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-02-at-08.50.44-500x374.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Celebration Moment, Medium: Acrylics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-4.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-4-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Celebration Moment,&nbsp; Medium: Acrylics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Unexpectedjourneypainting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Unexpectedjourneypainting.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Unexpectedjourneypainting-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Unexpectedjourneypainting-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Unexpectedjourneypainting-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Unexpectedjourneypainting-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Unexpectedjourneypainting-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Unexpected Journey, Medium: Acrylics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-3.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-3-408x400.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-3-350x343.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u200b\u200bThe Seeker of Information, Medium: Acrylics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2667\" style=\"width:437px;height:453px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-2.jpg 437w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-2-386x400.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-2-350x363.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Maker, Medium: Acrylics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2651\" style=\"width:684px;height:347px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-1.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-1-450x228.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-1-350x178.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Sense-arts-manifesto-1-600x304.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Postcard: Sharing memories, Medium: Acrylic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block  box    is-style-textured-grey-tint-10\">    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Sense Connect was supported by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block  box    is-style-textured-grey-tint-10  align-wide\">    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get in touch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Get in touch with us at <a href=\"mailto:artsandwellbeing@sense.org.uk\">artsandwellbeing@sense.org.uk<\/a> if you\u2019d like to find more resources, speak with our team or learn more about our programmes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See other ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/contact-us\/\">get in touch with us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The manifesto provides a broad set of statements 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