Artist’s Resources

With funding from Arts Council England, Shape has produced a range of online resources for deaf and disabled creative professionals. They include: d-art — an online database of deaf and disabled artists and arts professionals. Employers and people commissioning work can search. Developed in partnership with London Disability Arts Forum, d-art is the only website dedicated to promoting deaf and disabled artists and their work in London. Creative Lives — the real stories behind deaf and disabled people who have made a career in the arts. The pages are packed with advice and inspiration. Artist Resource Pack — Literally everything that you need to know about being an artist. From filling in a tax return to negotiating a contract it’s all there in these easy to use pages. Rough Guide to Access to Work – One of the biggest hurdles for deaf and disabled people in the workplace is getting access support. Access to Work can provide the funding, but the process is never straight forward. The rough guide is the essential companion for employers, employees and self employed people working in the arts and creative industries.

www.coreybarksdale.com Atlanta artist Corey Barksdale has created a drawing video about the life of famous Blues musician BB King. At the beginning of the video Corey Barksdale sketches a portrait of BB King using a ball point pen and sharpie marker. As a painter, Corey Barksdale explores the artistic landscape inspired by the music of jazz greats like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. The result is a stunning collection of paintings that celebrate the jazz experience. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 5, 2005 — As a painter, Corey Barksdale’s work is continually inspired by jazz. “It frees me to do what I feel when I’m painting,” Barksdale says. When he’s in the studio creating, he often listens to jazz greats like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and John Coltrane. The result is a stunning collection of more than 30 paintings that celebrate the jazz experience. BB King arrived in Memphis for the first time in 1946 to work as a musician, but after a few months of hardship he left, going back to Mississippi. There he decided to prepare himself better for the next visit and returned to Memphis two years later. Initially he worked at the local R&B radio channel WDIA as a singer. In 1949, he began recording songs under contract with Los Angeles-based RPM Records. Many of King’s early recordings were produced by Sam Phillips, who later founded Sun Records. King was also a disc jockey in Memphis, where he gained the nickname “Beale Street Blues Boy”, later shortened to “BB …