{"title": "Rethinking Disability: An Intersectional Perspective on Race, Gender and Everyday Institutions", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "University of Westminster", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/disability"], "description": "An online talk exploring how disability is shaped by race and gender, asking how everyday institutions like education, healthcare, employment and public services decide who is recognised and who belongs. It is organised by Black History Year and the University of Westminster's Colleague Disability Network and is free to attend. 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The open session is for artists who identify as disabled, offering a consistent space to develop their practice and experience a broad range of choreographic experiences.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/disabled-artists-programme-annie-edwards-74763/", "official_url": "https://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/annie-edwards-workshop/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5691acec8f844c8b81ff5f1c72f2c84b82c872d141cacef5960db2983f56ee7a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care – Spaces of Grief and Possibility", "start": "2026-07-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Wellcome Collection", "address": "Euston Road 183, NW1 2BE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/mental-health"], "description": "An art exhibition at Wellcome Collection in London. The artist Rudy Loewe presents sculptures, paintings, text-based works and sound that imagine a mental healthcare system that is equitable and supportive. The works centre the lived experience of Black people in the UK whose mental healthcare is shaped by racist discrimination, and were developed with grassroots organisations including ADHD Babes, the Black Trans Foundation and Black and Neurodiverse.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rudy-loewe-intimacies-of-care-spaces-of-grief-and-possibilit-40245/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2b1421a7b63284a39aff2a305cc2ad51f882ddf0d9af26cd0207e46e5722a07f-2000.webp"}]}