Creative Labs
Our Creative Labs bring together selected international experts of the inclusive cultural sector and budding artists with and without disabilities from various genres.
We are confident that cultural diversity makes art more interesting, innovative and meaningful.
For us, as one of the most innovative European actors in inclusive practice, international exchange is essential to identify and remove barriers and to further promote equality in the field of performing arts.
At our Creative Labs, successful examples from practice are presented by experts and analyzed by participants to gain an overview of existing applications of accessibility in the arts.
Previous contributors include: Tate Gallery – Marcus Dickey Horley, Battersea Arts Centre – Tarek Iskander and Cat Sheridan, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm – Lea Gockel, Ben Glover, Claire Cunningham, Julie McNamara, Jess Thom, Kaite O’Reilly, Max Greyson, Nickie Miles-Wildin, Ruth Fabby, Candoco Dance Company, Drake Music and Jonathan Meth, Graeae, Mind the Gap – Joyce Nga Yu Lee and Paul Wilshaw, NCN Small Theatre, Oriente Occidente Festival, Panthea, Share Music & Performing Arts, Staatstheater Augsburg – David Ortmann, Münchner Kammerspiele – Nele Jahnke and Maja Polk…
The results and experiences of these international exchanges are in turn incorporated into our projects, masterclasses, workshops, consulting and performances to enrich them with new creative approaches to inclusion in the performing arts.
Upcoming Dates
Creative Lab ‘Artistic practice shaped by disabled experience’
7–10 May 2026, at the Academy of Cultural Education in Remscheid: With renowned speakers like Jo Verrent from the outstanding disabled-led arts organization Unlimited (UK), internationally acclaimed artist, performer and Deaf coach Eyk Kauly (D), Laura Guthrie and Hana Pascal Keegan from the celebrated disabled-led theater company GRAEAE (UK), and Dr. Kate Marsh (UK), disabled dancer, lecturer, and researcher with 20 years of expertise.
Past Dates
Inclusive art impart – a look back at the Creative Laboratory 2025
Four days of exchange, artistic inspiration and joint research: in 2025, the creative laboratory ‘Inclusive Art Education’ brought together over 30 participants from all over Germany.
Creative Lab “Inclusive Art Mediation”
September 25–28, 2025: It’s finally happening – registration for this year’s Creative Lab is now open! Under the theme “Inclusive Art Mediation”, we’re bringing together national and international experts from the inclusive cultural sector with cultural practitioners from the performing arts in Germany.
04. – 06.10.2023 “Workplace theatre: Inclusive opening now!” at the Academy of Cultural Education Remscheid
Programme (PDF)
30.01. – 02.02.2023 “Digital possibilities for accessibility in the performing arts” at the Academy of Cultural Education Remscheid
Programme (PDF)
08. – 12.08.2022 “Alternative Audience Access” at the Academy of Cultural Education Remscheid
01. – 04.03.2022 “Aesthetics of Access” at the Academy of Cultural Education Remscheid
12. – 15.04.2019 at the Academy of Cultural Education Remscheid
04. – 07.05.2018 at the Academy of Cultural Education Remscheid
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