IMMA Perspectives- A Creative Encounter is a partnership between IMMA, Dublin City Council, Skillnet and ADHD Ireland, neurodivergent artists, Jody O’Neill and Dee Roycroft, working towards creating a Dublin where neurodivergent people can fully participate in and enjoy cultural experiences. This is a partnership which aims to explore new and experiential ways that neurodivergent people interact within cultural institutions and work together to learn and seek practical solutions for barriers encountered.

The encounter, which takes place from 12 – 16 May,  designed and facilitated by Jody O’Neill and Dee Roycroft, sees selected professional neurodivergent artists (across a range of disciplines) participate in a weeklong series of bespoke workshops and seminars. These are an opportunity for selected artists to spend a concentrated period of time exploring their practice and identifying areas where they encounter challenges and evolving practical solutions. Ultimately, the artists will also contribute to deep learning relating to: identifying barriers, training staff experientially, raising awareness, promoting acceptance, and overall neurodivergent artist development, within a cultural institution.

What to expect during the encounter:

• A temporary artistic community to examine and reimagine systems of making within a shared experience of neurodivergence.
• Working with other neurodivergent artists to foster connection and exchange within bespoke structures and supports;
• Daily check-ins, workshops and seminars;
• Time, space and resources to explore artistic practice and ideas;
• Learning how to create and disseminate access documents;
• Experiential training in workshop facilitation, through co-designing and co-delivering a workshop for IMMA and DCC staff that explores neurodiversity inclusion and accessibility from a point of view of lived experience.

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