Join Olivia Spring for a relaxed writing workshop on themes of resistance through the lens of chronic illness and disability. We will start with a simple exercise, we will then read and briefly discuss excerpts of text by disabled writers such as Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, which will lead into further prompts that build off each other.
No writing experience is required, and there is no requirement to share writing during the session. Participants will also come away with writing of their own and a recommended reading list relating to these themes.
Access
This event will include comfort breaks throughout its duration as well as live BSL interpretation upon request. This programme will be running on Crip Time. As a result, we endeavour to reschedule events should any of our contributors not feel well / experience a change in capacity in the lead up to and / or on the day of the event itself.
Tickets
In order to ensure this programme is accessible to all, we have implemented a three tiered ticketing system: Pay As You Feel, Standard tickets priced at £5.00 (plus eventbrite fee) as well as Solidarity Tickets priced at £10 (plus eventbrite fee).
If you would like to attend this event but cannot afford to purchase a paid ticket please get in touch with us directly at info@ortgallery.co.uk
About the Artist
Olivia Spring is the founder and editor of SICK, a magazine exploring chronic illness and disability. Her work has appeared in It’s Nice That, the Guardian, An Encyclopedia of Radical Helping, and rekto:verso, among others. She has been awarded residencies at Monson Arts and Hewnoaks and has hosted talks and workshops for Edmonton Poetry Festival, College of the Atlantic, League of Canadian Poets, Colby College, and more. She lives a slow life in Maine with her dog, Black Bean. @OliviaLSpring / @aSICKmagazine
About the Programme
Crip Resistance: Holding Space, Building Community, is a programme of events exploring disabled, sick, mad, and crip modes of resistance and remote community care. From February to April 2025, this interdisciplinary collaboration between Resting Up Collective and Ort Gallery will feature a series of online events including creative workshops, artist talks, live performances, and film screenings. The programme will include a print publication documenting and expanding on the programme's themes as well as a curated collection of books for the Birmingham Resistance Library.
For further queries re this event or wider programme please get in touch with us at the following email address: info@ortgallery.co.uk