Jennifer Gilbert: How a Manchester Gallery Supports Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists 

Disability History Month / Jennifer Gilbert: How a Manchester Gallery Supports Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists

As part of Disability History Month the University of Wolverhampton is delighted to present a talk with Jennifer Gilbert of Jennifer Lauren Gallery, Manchester.

In this talk Jennifer will discuss how she works with and supports disabled, neurodivergent and self-taught artists both nationally and internationally. Alongside the Gallery, Jennifer is a producer, curator and mentor working with this group of artists, to extend their professional development, help share their voices, and grow the recognition that they deserve.

Jennifer Gilbert is a Manchester-based gallerist, freelance producer, and curator, working with self-taught, disabled, and overlooked artists. In 2017 she launched the Jennifer Lauren Gallery to showcase artists internationally, having previously managed a national arts charity for under-represented artists. Jennifer is passionate about promoting the voices and artworks of these artists to wider audiences, allowing their true artistic language to shine. Through her work, Jennifer hopes to: demystify what is regarded as art, continue to challenge the stigma surrounding this field, and to re-look at how work is displayed and written about within contemporary art.

Visit: www.jenniferlaurengallery.com

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)