Gill Crawshaw in Conversation

Gill Crawshaw I draw on my experience of disability activism to organise exhibitions and events whichhighlight issues affecting disabled people.Exhibitions have addressed representation (Possible All Along, 2020), charity (Piss onPity, 2019), cuts to welfare and public spending (Shoddy, 2016) and access (TheReality of Small Differences, 2014).I am also interested in the intersection of disabled people’s lives with textile heritage inthe north of England, as well as contemporary textile arts. I have a degree in TextileDesign.I completed an MA in Curation Practices at Leeds Arts University in 2018.Curating is a recent change of role. Before this, I was a local authority disability equalityofficer, then I worked in Leeds’ third sector health and care network.gill.crawshaw@gmail.comhttps://shoddyexhibition.wordpress.com/https://pissonpityexhibition.wordpress.com/https://possibleallalong.co.uk/DAN - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabled_People%27s_Direct_Action_Network