Tanya Raabe: It’s An Artists Life - Talk with Artist
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As part of Disability History Month the University of Wolverhampton is delighted to present an online talk with artist Tanya Raabe-Webber.
A personal journey of the life and times of a living Artist. Living and working through the 80’s to present day acclaimed disabled artist Tanya Raabe-Webber shares her story and her history of art through historical news clippings and visual artworks that document a disabled artists life.
Tanya Raabe-Webber – Visual Artist: Painter of People
Tanya Raabe-Webber is an acclaimed disabled/visual artist challenging the notion of identity within contemporary portraiture, often creating portraits of high profile disabled and diverse people during live sittings in high profile public art galleries and venues. She uses a mixture of traditional and digital painting and drawing techniques, often fusing the two together in interactive live environments. Her most recent projects include working with Apple, National Portrait Gallery and BMAG. In 2015 she set up ArtStudio01 (AS01): an inclusive artists collective in Shrewsbury now supporting 7 learning disabled artists in their creative and professional practice in an online studio space. She is presently developing new work portraits in the landscapes of Shropshire called Country Side Special, Arts Council England / Lottery Funded. Along with her new work online, and launching soon Tanya’s Studios.
Visit: tanyaraabewebber.wordpress.com
This talk was recorded on 14th December 2021.
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January 2021 Recordings:
February 2021 Recordings:
April 2021 Recordings:
- Yam Cams: Photography in the Black Country
- Blown Away Winner Elliot Walker Demonstrates Hot Glass at the University of Wolverhampton
- HoPIN Webinar: Illustrated Print for Industry and Commerce
- All the Writing Selves We Have to Be - A Discussion on Writing Careers
- Masters in Conversation - Stephen Snoddy
May 2021 Recordings:
- Intellectual Property Series: Inspiration or Imitation? Copyright & Moral Rights in Artistic Works
- HoPIN Webinar: The Rise of Photographic Illustration 1839-80
- Your Future - Fashion and Textile Careers
- Revisiting a Tonic for the Nation: Introduction to the Festival of Britain
- Lyric Writing Master Class with Xidus Pain
- World IBD Day: When Art and Medicine Meet
- Paul Cox - His Illustrated Life and Career
- The Wrenna by R.M. Francis - Book Launch
- Intellectual Property Series: Intellectual Property and Photography - Creators, Owners and Licences
June 2021 Recordings:
- Intellectual Property Series: What’s in a Name: Trade Marks and Brands – Workshop
- British Art Show 9 and Socially Engaged Art
- In Conversation - Dr Louise Fenton and Artist Paul Cox
- Intellectual Property Series: Fashion, Textiles and Intellectual Property: Patchworks, Quilts or Veils?
- Intellectual Property Series: Intellectual Property and the Music Industry: Mapping the Maze
- Bilston Enamels: Talk and Q ∓ A
August 2021 Recordings:
September 2021 Recordings:
October 2021 Recordings:
- Trans and Non-Binary Representation in Musical Theatre with Andi Lee Carter
- Creative Futures - Lynsey Harris Designer Maker
- East Asian Representation in the Broadway Musical Allegiance
- Creative Futures: Jason Fernandes, 3D Designer ∓ 3D Design Lecturer
- Cultural Appropriation in Film, Music and Fashion Creative Industries
November 2021 Recordings:
- Black Representation in Musical Theatre
- Creative Futures: David Longworth Exploring Careers at the BBC
- South Asian Representation in Musical Theatre
- Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man at Seventy
- Creative Futures: VOiD Applications Web Design
- The Top Secret Poetry Notebook of Willis the Poet
- HoPIN Webinar: Illustrating Industry
- Creative Futures: Naomi Jacques Glass Artist
- Family Planning - The Lived Experience Through Art - Panel Discussion
December 2021 Recordings:
- Creative Futures: Nick Cohen Creative Director, Writer and Maker
- Why Bother? The Art of Disability: Practice Does Not Make the Perfect (Disrupting Bodies)
- How a Manchester Gallery Supports Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists
- Simon Briercliffe in Conversation with Professor Keith Gildart
- Creative Futures: Eighty3 Design, Web Design and Branding
- Poetry on Prescription: Creative Writing & Wellbeing
- The Art of Disability History: A personal view through NDACA (the national disability arts collection and archive)
- It’s An Artists Life: Talk with Artist Tanya Raabe
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