Tanya Raabe-Webber: It’s An Artists Life - Talk with Artist

Disability History Month / Tanya Raabe-Webber: It’s An Artists Life - Talk with Artist

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.

Disability History Month 2021

 / Mike Layward: We are Invisible, We are Visible / Family Planning: The Lived Experience Through Art - Panel Discussion / Paul Darke: Why Bother? The Art of Disability - Practice Does Not Make the Perfect (Disrupting Bodies) / Sam Rapp: UN International Day for Disabled People / Deb Alma: Poetry on Prescription: Creative Writing & Wellbeing /Jennifer Gilbert: How a Manchester Gallery Supports Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists Tony Heaton: The Art of Disability History; A personal view through NDACA (the national disability arts collection and archive)