dis_place Launch

dis_place is an innovative new digital gallery space created by Disability Arts Online, launching later this month. It will be dedicated to removing access barriers to exhibitions while platforming the work of disabled, D/deaf, and/or neurodivergent artists with a focus on intersectionality. dis_place will be led by Nathalie Boobis who has been appointed as DAO’s first ever in-house curator, as part of the DASH-led Future Curators Programme.

For the soft launch of dis_place, Disability Arts Online has partnered with MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, to present a major exhibition of work by D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists. After the success of Towards New Worlds at MIMA earlier this year, curated in collaboration with curator, artist and cultural activist Aidan Moesby (one of the curators appointed on the first round of the Future Curators Programme) and Helen Welford, MIMA’s curator, this exhibition will tour to dis_place from 21st May – 19th December 2025, with selected works reimagined for online audiences.

An online launch will take place on Wednesday 25th May 2025 at 2pm. Book your free tickets for this event via the DAO website.