Workshops

Imagine a world moved by abolition and disability justice, where mutual aid and transformative practice shatter a colonial medical industrial complex, prisons, borders, and locked wards. Where sustainable communities thrive, and care work is centred. How would that look? What will we need to do to get there? And how can we keep each other safe in the process?

This February and March The Love Tank is running two sets of creative art-centred workshops (one set will take place online and the other in person) geared towards queer disabled* people of colour and migrants. The workshops will ask how we might, together, build a world centred around disability and crip justice—a world that isn’t just liveable for some but irresistible for all.

The workshops will culminate in an online and an in-person exhibition. You will be compensated £280 for taking part in the workshops. 


* Our understanding of disability is informed by the disability justice project Sins Invalid (2024), who define disability broadly to include people with physical impairments, people who belong to a sensory minority (e.g. neurodiverse people), people with emotional disabilities and/or mental health conditions, people with cognitive challenges (e.g. brain fog), and those with chronic/severe illness.  We understand the experience of disability to occur within any and all walks of life including those whose bodies do not conform to our culture(s)' notions of "normal" or "functional."

We are specifically looking for folk who identify as a queer disabled* person of colour or migrant. 

If you are interested, please fill out the intake form below. If you have any questions, then feel free to email Kylo at futures@thelovetank.info.

Places are limited so be quick ☺

Workshop 1
Sharing Disability Stories

In this collaborative workshop, we will draw on objects, artefacts, music, touch, and sounds to share stories of what disability means to us.

IN-PERSON GROUP:
FEBRUARY 22nd

ONLINE GROUP:
FEBRUARY 24th

Workshop 2
Dreaming Disability Futures

In this workshop we will use our stories as a source of power and creativity, individually and collectively using different mediums of art to imagine and devise irresistible disability futures.

IN-PERSON GROUP:
MARCH 8th

ONLINE GROUP:
MARCH 10th

Workshop 3
Building Disability Worlds

In this workshop, we will build on what we have created and work collaboratively to craft a story that can be shared through our artwork, in all its beautiful forms, in an exhibition.

IN-PERSON GROUP:
MARCH 29th

ONLINE GROUP:
MARCH 31st

We are running two groups of workshops, one in-person and one online.

The workshops will centre around imagination, creativity, and revolution. Below is a little about the workshops to help you decide if you would like to take part.

In-person Group

The in-person workshops will take place at QUEERCIRCLE and are designed for those people who are living in London.

The venue is fully accessible, with gender-neutral toilets. The room will be fragrance-free with an air purifier. Face masks with lip-reading windows will be available. The closest tube station is North Greenwich which is wheelchair accessible. It is a 3 min walk to the venue.  

  • Saturday 22nd February | 3-6 pm

  • Saturday 8th March | 3-6 pm

  • Saturday 29th March | 3-5pm

The workshops will have regular breaks, with drinks and snacks provided.

We ask that you try, as best as possible, to attend all three workshops. You will be compensated £280 for your time and energy.

Online Group

The online workshops will take place over Zoom and are designed for people across the UK (excluding London).

We will send you a pack of art supplies in the post, so you will have everything you need to take part.

  • Monday 24th February | 4-7pm

  • Monday 10th March | 4-7pm

  • Monday 31st March | 4-6pm

The workshops will have regular breaks.

We ask that you try, as best as possible, to attend all three workshops. You will be compensated £280 for your time and energy.

If all this sounds good to you, then please go ahead and fill out our demographic form.

We ask that you complete this to make sure that there is diversity across groups and that you are eligible to take part.

Thank you for your interest in attending our Doing Disability Futures creative workshops! We are excited for you to take part ☺