Presenters with a mix of lived experience and Industry expertise
Hosted by Callalloo Carnival Arts
Guest Speakers: Arthur France MBE (Leeds West Indian Carnival) – New Carnival Company – ArtShape – EMCCAN – City Arts – UKON Careers – Luton VIPs Club – Mind the Gap – Lisa Ghany (Downs Syndrome Family Network, TT)
Essential information for Carnival and Event Organisers: what can we do to make our events and organisations accessible and inclusive? What is the Social Model of Disability and why is it important?
Research findings from Open Road Carnival Action Research Partners
‘LIVE’ – accessible performance ‘The Lost Carnival ‘ by Callaloo Arts
Practical tips and ideas to take away
Music by DJ Soca Haze – Ministry of Soca
Who is this event for?
Carnival Organisers – small or large scale, Event Managers, Students, Volunteers, Local Authority Arts & Events Officers
Arts Organisations and Artists working in participatory Carnival Arts
Carnival Artists, Producers: share your experience, learn from others
Access provisions for this event:
blue badge parking – step free route to Conference Space (via lifts) – accessible toilet – BSL Interpreters – Closed Captions (on Zoom & presentations) – Hearing Loop – quiet/rest zone – Touch Tour (tbc) – Assistance Dogs welcome – please let us know if you require access provisions that are not listed here
About The Open Road Carnival Project
The Open Road Carnival is an Arts Council National Activities project
It uses the Social Model of disability (i.e. we are disabled by the way society is organised, rather than by our impairments or differences)
The project is led by The New Carnival Company (Isle of Wight) with partners Callaloo Carnival Arts (Mirfield), Arts Shape (Gloucester), East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Arts Network (Derby), City Arts (Nottingham), the Association of Event Management Educators and Brighton University.
The Open Road Carnival project aims:
to identify and remove barriers to inclusion in Carnival Arts
to influence the way that Carnival event organisers and organisations that promote participatory Carnival arts work with disabled people
to improve outcomes for disabled people in Carnival Arts at all levels
