Welcome to University of Atypical for Arts and Disability
- We support and promote work by d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists in Northern Ireland and beyond.
- We are led by disabled people.
- Our Atypical Gallery delivers a year-round programme of exhibitions.
- Our annual Bounce Arts Festival showcases innovative and powerful work by d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent artists across multiple art forms.
- Our accessible Ledger Studio is available for you to hire.
- We run the Arts and Disability Access Awards, a support and accreditation scheme in accessibility best practice for arts organisations.
- You can get involved in our volunteer programmes, artist support programmes, training programmes, and employment opportunities.
We want a society where everyone can positively explore and express their creativity, curiosity and talents through the arts.
We want to improve the creative lives of d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people and help them access the arts.
These values are at the heart of everything we do: Inclusion, Equality, Access, Disabled-led, Human Rights, Excellence, Partnership.
Events at University of Atypical
RELIQUARY, AS OUBLIETTE – Eibh Gordon
Simulacrums, representations and abstractions of the artist’s body exist in a state of contradiction. As a prayer for wellness in
Atypical Book Club
Thursday 15 May 6:30 – 7:30 pm Ledger Studio On 15 May, we are hosting our very first Atypical Book
Deaf awareness workshops
The workshop will be invaluable for anyone working in the arts and culture sector who wants to make their venue
Shedding Light – Steph Harrison
Daily encounters with the landscape became a ritual, a pilgrimage and a search for what once existed. I hovered in
