Event / 7 Sep 2023

Panel Discussion: Barriers Facing Young Disabled Artists

Suzie Larke, Jack Moyse, Joshua Jones, Danielle Webb

Join us on Thursday 7 September for a discussion about the barriers facing young disabled artists. BSL interpretation is provided for this event.

We are thrilled to welcome a diverse panel of individuals who are all working within the arts scene in Wales. They will be sharing their own personal experiences, how they overcame some of the barriers they faced, and what still needs to change to make the sector a more accessible and inclusive space. The audience will also be invited to ask questions or share their own experiences.

Moderating the discussion will be photographer and artist Suzie Larke, joined by our panellists Jack Moyse, Joshua Jones and Danielle Webb.

Suzie Larke is a visual artist and photographer based in Cardiff, UK. Her fine art photography explores themes of identity, emotion, and mental health.

Jack Moyse is a photographer and artist based in Swansea, South Wales. His practice focuses on societal issues such as the demonisation of migrants, ableism, and mental health.

Danielle Webb is a children’s author, and founder / creator of Life Being Little and Short Perspectives. Webb is also a dancer, actor, representative for USW, organiser of the Reggae’n’Riddim festival, and is the Youth Communications Officer at Urban Circle.

Read our panellists' full bios below.

Suzie Larke

Suzie Larke is a visual artist and photographer based in Cardiff, Wales, UK. Graduating with a degree in photography in 2002, she has since worked internationally as a commercial and portrait photographer.

Her fine art photography explores themes of identity, emotion, and mental health. Suzie is interested in representing an internal state rather than capturing a moment in time. She creates images that challenge our notion of reality – combining photographs to create an image that defies logic.

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Jack Moyse

Jack Moyse is a photographer and artist based in Swansea, South Wales. His practice focuses on societal issues such as the demonisation of migrants, ableism, and mental health. Jack has been invited to speak at a number of colleges, universities, photo festivals and symposia, including University of South Wales, University of Wales Trinity St David Swansea, Carmarthen School of Art and the Trauma Porn Symposium in Bristol (supported by Bristol Photography Research Group). In April this year he was also invited to exhibit at and contribute to the Healing Through Photography conference at Belfast Exposed.

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Joshua Jones

Joshua Jones (he/him) is a queer & autistic writer and artist from Llanelli, South Wales. He is the co-founder and director of Dyddiau Du, a NeuroQueer social hub and centre for art & literature in the heart of Cardiff. He has been published by Poetry Wales, Broken Sleep Books, and Nawr Magazine, and has been commended by The Poetry Society. He has been twice shortlisted for the Rhys Davies Short Story Prize, and his debut collection of short stories, Local Fires, will be published by Parthian, November 2023. He is currently project leading a collaborative writing project between queer Welsh & Vietnamese writers, as part of the British Council's Season in Viet Nam.

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Danielle Webb

My name is Danielle Webb, I’m 24, and I was born with a condition called Achondroplasia- my condition means that at 24- Im 3ft11 tall- half the size of my peers- but it’s not something I’ve ever tried to let stop me, if anything I’d say my condition has shaped a huge part of my passion and the successes I’ve had in recent years. In 2021, I published my first children’s book- Mummy, there’s a new girl. In recent years I’ve also written for Cosmopolitan magazine and featured in fabulous summer body campaign. I recently graduated with an MA degree for Working for children and young people- and in February of this year was appointed Vice Chair for Little People UK- a charity which aims to provide support for people with dwarfism and their families. Through my multiple roles a common passion is to help young people achieve potential- especially when it comes to the arts. As a dancer who had a disability- I was always provided with barriers more often than not systematic ones- but I believe the power to express and create lies within everyone and putting our differences aside- if you have a dream, both size and society shouldn’t stop you.