Category: CRIPtic 2026

Oli - a white non-binary person - has bleached hair and is dressed in a white tshirt and blue gym shorts. Oli sits on stage, with a blue-washed projection behind them. They have a focused expression and their mouth is slightly open.

2026 CRIPtic Artists

We’re thrilled to introduce the amazing creatives who have joined our 2026 Artist Development Programmes! In 2026, we’re once again delivering four artist development programmes, designed to support disabled creatives at different…
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Tatum, a non-binary person, sits in a spotlight, their back to the camera.

Launchpad – 2026 Cohort

Launchpad celebrates disabled artists and makers, removed from the pressures and oppressions of being defined by non-disabled people. It builds a world outside narratives of diagnosis and medicalisation. A world in which we…
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Oli - a white non-binary person - has bleached hair and is dressed in a white tshirt and blue gym shorts. Oli sits on stage, with a blue-washed projection behind them. They have a focused expression and their mouth is slightly open.

Artist Development

Applications for our 2026 programmes are now closed. CRIPtic Arts is incredibly excited to announce the re-launch of our disabled-led artist development programmes for 2026.  Nurturing the practice and work of disabled…
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MC Geezer a white man with short brown hair and beard. He has black glasses, and is wearing a blue jumper with a large logo in the centre. He signs on stage at the Barbican.

Reach – 2026 Cohort

Reach is a space for disabled storytellers to create work that does not have to be explored through a non-disabled gaze. It allows you to write universally, to talk about disability in your…
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