Pernille Fraser

#sanctuarysessions #neurodivergentartists #neurodivergentcreatives #brightonandhoveartists #nothingaboutuswithoutus (7/7)

And again ( but not final) deep thanks to @___kruse for helping me and supporting me so kindly, and with mirth and to @the_pet_talk_by_silvia for helping organise things with me. Thank you!! 👏❤️ (6/7)

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And

✨I want to thank Mark Puzzlebored (Brighton) - www.puzzlebored.co.uk for his epic energy (seriously I would just love an ounce of your energy Mark! 🔥) the warm welcoming and the inclusive space he has created for so many of us! I hope to be back. Thank you Mark! 👏✨(5/7)

Sanctuary Sessions will return at various points in different configurations and I hope to welcome you back and/or meet more of you at them.

I will be publishing details of our ‘Neurodivergent Tender Map’ soon. (4/7)

Something that was less the hammering of ‘working outside your comfort zones’ and more working with- ideas, differing communication, sensory needs, soft networking and genuine sharing when it felt right not forced. (3/7)

I had been wanting to run something like Sanctuary Sessions for years, something which wasn’t about enduring set and ‘must’ participate neuronormative art ways (2/7)

I needed to pace things for the last 2 weeks but I really wanted to give HUGH THANK YOU’S to all the Neurodivergent artists, creatives and practitioners I have meet over the last 6 Sanctuary Sessions.Thank you for using your time, energy, your kindness,knowledge and your imaginations to attend (1/7)

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Another leading arts figure is left without appropriate access support as their Access to Work funding is cut.

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"...all these attempts at Windows of Safety can’t be done alone, ... Autistics need not only to protect one another, which we do as fiercely as possible, but we need our allies, too, to help us create sanctuary"

Let's practice niche construction & build Cavendish Space
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Weird Pride in a Hostile World | Autistic Realms Weird Pride is a practice of becoming. A refusal to shrink. A quiet, feral devotion to staying alive as ourselves in a world that keeps trying to make us so ...

Weird Pride is a practice of becoming. A feral devotion to staying alive as ourselves in a world that keeps trying to make us something else
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Free Tickets to @ndhumanities.bsky.social
More Than Neurodiversity Event Wed 4th March
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Looking forward to presenting Weird Pride & Neuroqueering From Liminal Spaces for @ndhumanities.bsky.social this @weirdpride.day 4th March with @neurohubcommunity.org
Organised by
@ombretarragnat.bsky.social & Abs Ashley
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Weird Pride In A Hostile World, happy to have co-authored this with @neurohubcommunity.org !
More about liminal spaces, neuroqueering and spaces of be-coming!

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#actuallyaudhd #actuallyautistic #actuallyadhd #actuallydyslexic #brightonandhoveartists #neurodivergentart #nothingaboutuswithoutus (7/7)

Puzzle Bored is an independently run inclusive space in the heart of Brighton and totally unique in its offering. Please support this local business by purchasing a ticket and/ or getting yourself a warm or cold drink before heading upstairs. Thank you!

✨Looking forward to seeing you there! ✨(6/7)

Events Page Puzzle Bored

👉 Tickets can be purchased via card or cash directly at Puzzle Bored (not online unfortunately). The ticket price is £3.50 (being kept deliberately low in light of recent and ongoing cuts effecting Neurodivergent and/or disabled artists and creatives):

👉 www.puzzlebored.co.uk/pages/events... (5/7)

There is no specific way to participate. You can discuss, simply listen and/or make.

We continue to create our own Neurodivergent Tender Maps which will be pieced together in our last in the current series of sessions. (4/7)

“What ways would you like to work with others (if at all)? What would your ideal timing (Crip time), needs and connection look like?”

Those joining for our sixth session are more than welcome to bring ideas, thoughts, queries, completed or work in progress to discuss. (3/7)

LAST Sanctuary session for now on Thursday 26th February, 4 to 6 pm at the warm and ever welcoming @puzzlebored.

Each month I set one, or a number of prompts, to discuss. This months session prompts are (2/7):

A gentle reminder for Sanctuary Sessions next and final gathering of this series of sessions!

I can’t believe how quickly the time has gone. We are 5 sessions through with only 1 more to go.
(1/7)

Could you offer ideas, tips and/or workarounds to others which work for you?‘

‘Communication style(s)/ difference(s):what is your communication style/difference? Do you feel understood or misunderstood? What arts communication presumptions are a barrier for you? Do some expected communication methods exhaust you or give you energy?

An amend to my threaded post for January’s Sanctuary Session: I initially used the word ‘style’. Style indicates choice and our communication approaches aren’t based on choice, they are based on our individual neurological biology. So please see amended prompt (I woke thinking of this):

(7/7) #sanctuarysessions #neurodivergentartistbrightonandhove #neurodivergentartistsprofessionalartists #neurodivergentartists #puzzlebored

(6/7) Puzzle Bored is an independently run inclusive space in the heart of Brighton and totally unique in its offering. Please support this local business by purchasing a ticket and/ or getting yourself a warm or cold drink before heading upstairs. Thank you!

Events Page Puzzle Bored

(5/7) 👉 Tickets can be purchased via card or cash directly at Puzzle Bored (not online unfortunately). The ticket price is £3.50 (being kept deliberately low in light of recent and ongoing cuts effecting Neurodivergent and/or disabled artists and creatives):

👉 www.puzzlebored.co.uk/pages/events...

(4/7) We continue to create our own Neurodivergent Tender Maps which will be pieced together in our final session this year.

Looking forward to seeing you!

(3/7) Those joining for our fifth session are more than welcome to bring ideas, thoughts, queries, completed or work in progress to discuss.

There is no specific way to participate. You can discuss, simply listen and/or make.

(2/7) Communication style(s):What is your communication style?Do you feel understood/misunderstood?What arts communication presumptions are a barrier for you?Do some expected communication methods exhaust you or give you energy? Can you offer ideas, tips and/or workarounds to others which help you?‘

(1/7) I hope you all had an unhurried start to the year?

Gentle reminder: Sanctuary Sessions first gathering of the year is on:

Thursday 29th January, 4-6 pm at the warm and welcoming Puzzlebored.

Each month I set one, or a number of prompts, to discuss.

This months session prompts are:

and to @the_pet_talk_by_silvia for helping reorganise my studio (especially after the lovely ‘hole’ floor issue!). You are both essential!! Thank you.
#sanctuarysessions #neurodivergentartists #neurodivergentcreatives #brightonandhoveartists