by Shape Arts
Welcome to the Shape Arts Podcast. Based in the UK, we’ll be exploring arts, heritage and creativity of all kinds from a barriers-facing perspective, hearing from leading makers, activists and cultural workers about the things that matter to them. We will also be introducing new or upcoming projects, and discovering new ideas about what disability is - and what contemporary culture might be as a result.
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April 21, 2026
<p><strong>Welcome to The Art of Blindness, a mini series of the </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/podcast"><strong>Shape Arts Podcast</strong></a><strong> from blind artist and winner of our 2025 </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/adam-reynolds-award"><strong>Adam Reynolds Award</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/2025-david-johnson"><strong>David Johnson</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In this four part series, David invites us into the world of the lived experience of blindness and his art making practice. With the help of invited guests, he will be exploring the day-to-day experience of living as a blind person, and how this can give rise to the impulse to make art.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is based on the assertion that visual impairment gives people privileged access to an altered sensory framework, or aesthetic, that affords access to new worlds.</p><p><br></p><p>In the fourth and final episode of his series, David reflects on his own artwork and its influences, as well as the importance of collaboration, speaking with his assistant Emma Dickson.</p><p><br></p><p>This series was produced and edited by Ian Rattray.</p><p><br></p><p>You can find out more about the Adam Reynolds Award programme, for which this series was commissioned, <a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/listing/category/adam-reynolds-award-projects">over on our website.</a></p><p><br></p><p>David Johnson is a blind artist who, through his creative practice, intends to challenge assumptions about blindness and disability, demonstrating the potential they have to contribute positively and creatively to our shared culture. </p>
April 9, 2026
<p><strong>Welcome to The Art of Blindness, a mini series of the </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/podcast"><strong>Shape Arts Podcast</strong></a><strong> from blind artist and winner of our 2025 </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/adam-reynolds-award"><strong>Adam Reynolds Award</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/2025-david-johnson"><strong>David Johnson</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In this four part series, David invites us into the world of the lived experience of blindness and his art making practice. With the help of invited guests, he will be exploring the day-to-day experience of living as a blind person, and how this can give rise to the impulse to make art.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is based on the assertion that visual impairment gives people privileged access to an altered sensory framework, or aesthetic, that affords access to new worlds.</p><p><br></p><p>In episode three, David chats to Dr Kevin Hunt from Nottingham School of Art and Design about our mental lives, our consciousness and our thoughts - the link between our sensory perception of the world and the way we understand that world. Is there really such a thing as 'the mind's eye'?</p><p><br></p><p>This series was produced and edited by Ian Rattray.</p><p><br></p><p>You can find out more about the Adam Reynolds Award programme, for which this series was commissioned, <a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/listing/category/adam-reynolds-award-projects">over on our website.</a></p><p><br></p><p>David Johnson is a blind artist who, through his creative practice, intends to challenge assumptions about blindness and disability, demonstrating the potential they have to contribute positively and creatively to our shared culture. David is currently exhibiting as part of <a href="https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/">Beyond the Visual</a> at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds - on until 19 April 2026.</p>
March 27, 2026
<p><strong>Welcome to The Art of Blindness, a mini series of the </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/podcast"><strong>Shape Arts Podcast</strong></a><strong> from blind artist and winner of our 2025 </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/adam-reynolds-award"><strong>Adam Reynolds Award</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/2025-david-johnson"><strong>David Johnson</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>In this four part series, David invites us into the world of the lived experience of blindness and his art making practice. With the help of invited guests, he will be exploring the day-to-day experience of living as a blind person, and how this can give rise to the impulse to make art.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is based on the assertion that visual impairment gives people privileged access to an altered sensory framework, or aesthetic, that affords access to new worlds.</p><p><br></p><p>In episode two, we join David on a visit to Tate Britain, where he interviews creative practitioners Harry Baxter and Joseph Rizzo Naudi, finding out more about their approach to audio describing art.</p><p><br></p><p>This series was produced and edited by Ian Rattray.</p><p><br></p><p>You can find out more about the Adam Reynolds Award programme, for which this series was commissioned, <a href="https://www.shapearts.org.uk/listing/category/adam-reynolds-award-projects">over on our website.</a></p><p><br></p><p>David Johnson is a blind artist who, through his creative practice, intends to challenge assumptions about blindness and disability, demonstrating the potential they have to contribute positively and creatively to our shared culture. David is currently exhibiting as part of <a href="https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/">Beyond the Visual</a> at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds - on until 19 April 2026.</p>
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Welcome to the Shape Arts Podcast.
Based in the UK, we’ll be exploring arts, heritage and creativity of all kinds from a barriers-facing perspective, hearing from leading makers, activists and cultural workers about the things that matter to them.
We will also be introducing new or upcoming projects, and discovering new ideas about what disability is - and what contemporary culture might be as a result.
This podcast updates weekly.
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