The Inter Lace Work: Neurodiversity and Creativity conference will be held at the University of Iceland, in connection to the Reykjavík Arts Festival and online from June 9 to 12.
This unusual gathering is part of the AnFinn research project, led by Kathy D'Arcy, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Iceland’s Institute of Research in Literature and Visual Arts. The project investigates new avenues into neurodivergent creative collaboration. This conference is relevant not just to those working in the specific areas of disability studies and creativity, but to anyone interested in dismantling barriers to participation for neurodivergent researchers, artists, and humans generally.
Artists and researchers from around the world will share ideas at the conference and showcase their work at a free twinned event as part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival called Adventures in Neurodivergent Space in Iðnó, Vonarstræti, 11 June, 13.00-17.00.
Kathy D'Arcy is an autistic poet and researcher from Ireland. “Autistic and other neurodivergent creatives have often been excluded from arts spaces and communities. We have the opportunity to change that through innovating and experimenting with what creative spaces look and feel like. Making the arts more inclusive for neurodivergent people enriches them for everyone.”
