We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called South Australia, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture and pay respect to Elders – past, present and future. We acknowledge Kaurna, Peramangk and Ngadjuri peoples on whose lands our events and activities are imagined, planned and held. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

Dr Jade French

Dr Jade French is an artist-facilitator, practice-led researcher, and specialist in inclusive arts practice – a global creative practice whereby learning disabled and/or neurodivergent artists create work with the support of professional facilitators. Her teaching and research interests emerge from 10 years’ practical experience of facilitating inclusive and community-led projects in museums, galleries, and artist studios, […]

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Dr Jade French is an artist-facilitator, practice-led researcher, and specialist in inclusive arts practice – a global creative practice whereby learning disabled and/or neurodivergent artists create work with the support of professional facilitators. Her teaching and research interests emerge from 10 years’ practical experience of facilitating inclusive and community-led projects in museums, galleries, and artist studios, typically in collaboration with learning disabled people to innovate inclusive practices in curating, commissioning, and artist development. ​In 2020 she published a monograph on this topic titled Inclusive Curating in Contemporary: A Practical Guide