Accentuate
Accentuate challenges perceptions of disability by providing life changing opportunities for Deaf and disabled people to participate and lead within the cultural sector.
Accentuate creates and delivers projects that break new ground for Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in the cultural sector. Most recently we’ve specialised in working in partnership with museums, galleries, digital practitioners and academics, always looking to foreground the unique perspectives of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people, seeing them as vital contributors to our rich cultural ecology.
Find out more about our past and present projects
Curating Visibility builds on the success of Curating for Change with six new curatorial Fellowships for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people, hosted by 6 partner museums across England. Fellows are being hosted by Imperial War Museums Duxford, Food Museum, Dover Museum, London Museum, Charleston and Barnsley Museums.
Curating for Change, was a ground-breaking work placement programme for D/deaf and disabled curators in museums, thanks to an award of £950,900.00 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Accentuate History of Place was funded through the Heritage Lottery Fund to explore deaf and disabled heritage as it was reflected in 8 sites across England telling the story of 800 years in the lives of deaf and disabled people.
D4D: Disability and Community, was a 4 year research programme that investigated the evolving ways in which disabled people express, perform, experience and practice “community”, was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through their Connected Communities programme. Esther Fox, Head of the Accentuate programme led an area of work exploring the impact of genetic screening using visual arts practice and VR.
Latest Accentuate News
Recruitment: Digital Producer – Barnsley
Curating Visibility, delivered by Screen South’s Accentuate Programme, is inviting animators to submit proposals for a new temporary digital installation at Barnsley Museums.
Recruitment: Digital Producer – Charleston
Curating Visibility, delivered by Screen South’s Accentuate Programme, is inviting designers and makers to submit proposals for a new temporary digital installation at Charleston in Firle, East Sussex.
Opportunity – Curating Visibility Filmmaker Required
Screen South, through its pioneering Accentuate Programme, is seeking an experienced filmmaker/editor to document their Curating Visibility project. Deadline for applications - 21st March 2025.
Accentuate call out for deaf, disabled or neurodivergent artists
Screen South’s disabled-led programme Accentuate is looking for up to 6 deaf, disabled or neurodivergent artists to join us in an online workshop to discuss our pilot Arts in Health project. Apply to take part by Friday 7th March 2025.
Curating Visibility Fellowships Recruitment
Curating Visibility launches with our first Fellowship recruitment. Do you love museums and want to begin to pursue a curatorial career? Do you define yourself as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent? Apply for Accentuate’s 15-month Curating Visibility Fellowships now. Deadline 8th February 2024.
Stored Out of Sight
Watch a film about the Stored Out of Sight exhibition, curated by Jack Guy, Curating for Change Fellow, and co-produced by seven people who are d/Deaf, Disabled, and Neurodivergent, exploring objects hidden in the store that relate to Hastings’ disability past.
Esther Fox & Kyle Jordan nominated for Shaw Trust’s DP 100
Esther Fox, Head of Accentuate, and Kyle Jordan, Curatorial Fellow with Curating for Change, have each been nominated for a place on the Shaw Trust's Disability Power 100 list.
Esther Fox – National Lottery Award 2023 Winner
Britain’s foremost face of popular history, Sir Tony Robinson, has honoured an inspirational heritage campaigner and Hastings resident with an iconic National Lottery Award to celebrate her incredible work in transforming the museum experience and championing opportunities for disabled people in the heritage sector.
Curating for Change lead Esther Fox nominated for a National Lottery Award
Esther Fox, Head of Screen South's groundbreaking Accentuate programme, has been nominated and subsequently advanced to Finalist in the National Lottery Awards 2023 for her work platforming D/deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent people to thrive in their careers.
The Equity of Recruitment – A “Fair” Process? A Curating for Change Sector Forum
Join us at this online sector forum, aiming to equip delegates with tools on how to deliver an inclusive recruitment practice for D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent applicants.
Creative Robot at Hastings Contemporary
Are you a disabled person or someone with a long-term health condition? Perhaps you're still concerned about going into public spaces with the ongoing risk of Covid 19 or you find getting into public spaces difficult anyway due to your impairment. Do you also love visiting art galleries or taking part in creative activities? Find out more about the new Robot tours at Hastings Contemporary.
University of Leicester and Culture &’s New Museum School Advanced Programme – Now Recruiting
We are pleased to help support our colleagues at the University of Leicester with the promotion of their latest recruitment for the next cohort of the New Museum School Advanced Programme, which offers fully funded MAs and the chance to be part of a wider movement for inclusive transformation to groups under represented in the sector. For more information, click here.
The Heritage Trust Network – Network Youth Forum
The Heritage Trust Network are setting up a Network Youth Forum for anyone aged 18-30 and interested in supporting their local community heritage projects. They want to ensure that under-represented young voices are heard in the heritage sector. To find out how you can get involved, click here:
Curating for Change Launched
Curating for Change, a ground-breaking work placement programme for D/deaf and disabled curators in museums, launches today thanks to an award of £950,900.00 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Curating for Change Report launched: Disabled People Leading in Museums
Screen South, through our Accentuate Programme, is delighted to launch our report, Curating for Change: disabled people leading in museums. This is based on extensive consultation we have undertaken over the last year in preparation for the Curating for Change programme (subject to funding).
D4D Future Perfect: Future Imperfect Mini Online Festival
‘Future Perfect; Future Imperfect’ Hybrids, Scroungers – or Just Phased Out? Friday 2nd July 2021, 2pm-4pm. Click here for more information
Screen South and Accentuate launch Curating for Change
Curating for Change, aims to tackle the underrepresentation of D/deaf and disabled people in our Museums, secures National Lottery funding. To find our more about the project click here.
Sir Quentin Blake Artwork sells out in seconds
The Quentin Blake art sale has now sadly ended, with each piece selling in seconds. Click here to find out more about this event.
Sir Quentin Blake supports Screen South’s Accentuate programme.
Sir Quentin Blake has generously donated 10 original artworks for sale to support Screen South’s Accentuate programme as part of the Artist Support Pledge. To find out more and how you can purchase an orignal Quentin Blake, click here.
How can you contribute to the Accentuate programme?
Accentuate is one of our pioneering programmes of work delivering ground breaking opportunities for D/deaf and disabled people to participate and lead across the Arts and Heritage sectors. If you would like to directly support this important work please donate through BACS to Accentuate:
Sort code 20-79-06, account number 03942139.
Thank you from the Accentuate team.
To find out more about Accentuate, please contact a member of the team by
emailing info@accentuateuk.org or by calling the Screen South office on 01303 259 777.
