On 6 March 2026, Our Place and Carlow Arts Festival present a morning of discussion, reflection and imagining with leading voices working in and across the arts and intellectual disability sector.
Discussions will focus on the right to fair and equal working conditions for artists with an intellectual disability. Speakers and participants will engage in discussions that foster capacity building and knowledge sharing across the sectors. We invite all attendees to share practical tools and approaches which strengthen access, inclusion and recognition for artists with an intellectual disability to drive meaningful change.
The event takes place online through short presentations, discussion and interactive breakout sessions. Click the ticket button above to find out about access supports and book your tickets.
The event is developed in consultation with Create Ireland and The Safe to Create Amplify Report.
Speaker lineup to follow.
– The Our Place project is a cross-sector socially engaged art project led by artists Alan James Burns and Sinead McCann with co-designers Patrick Fitzgerald and Tony Davis, supported by staff at St John of God Liffey Services Dublin.
– Our Place Carlow is commissioned by Carlow Arts Festival and is a collaboration with Delta Centre Carlow, in partnership with VISUAL Carlow.
– Our Place Carlow is funded by the Rethink Ireland Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 3.0 in partnership with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
– Carlow Arts Festival is principally funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and is supported by Carlow County Council.
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