Our SEND Participation Team is collaborating with Esteem Team CIC and researchers from the University of Exeter on the University’s Engaged Public Research funded art project. Neurodivergent young people worked with the project team to devise the prompt: “What being neurodivergent means to me” as a theme for the exhibition.
Artworks created through our participation sessions and from individual submissions will be developed into an art exhibition that illustrates facets of young neurodivergent identities. The exhibition will challenge negative beliefs about neurodivergence, and tackle stigmatising stereotypes of some young people in our local community. The physical exhibition of these artworks will be launched at Positive Light Projects at an event in June. The exhibition will take place between Friday 21 and Sunday 23 June 2024.
If you are neurodivergent or know of a neurodivergent young person who would be interested in taking part in the exhibition, please contact amy.bickford@devon.gov.uk. The deadline for submissions is Friday 24 May, and all art forms are welcomed.