We are excited to present a free queer audio description workshop with Quiplash. Quiplash is a CIC run by and for queer crips (quips). They work to further queer crip performance and encourage queer accessibility.
The deadline to book a place on this workshop is 10am on Monday 2 February 2026.
Audio description provides access for blind and visually impaired audiences. This workshop for LUX Scotland is aimed at providing an introductory understanding of queer audio description for performance and artists’ moving image. This workshop is open to artists and creative practitioners who are based in Scotland and not in education, and will be useful for those who would like to learn more about audio description and how they might apply it to their practice.
The workshop will take place online over one day, led by Amelia Lander-Cavallo with support from Al Lander-Cavallo. Members of the LUX Scotland team will also be in attendance.
Session One: 10am – 1pm
The morning will cover disability awareness, providing a grounding from which to approach creative and queer audio description.
Session Two: 2pm – 5pm
The afternoon will cover audio description for performance and artists’ moving image, providing an overview of Quiplash’s approach to audio description and its application.
We recommend that participants attend the entire day, if possible, to gain the most from the training with Quiplash.
This event is presented as part of We Contain Multitudes, a collaborative project that seeks to create systemic change in the Scottish visual arts sector for disabled artists, arts professionals and audiences. The project is a collaboration between Collective, DCA and LUX Scotland and is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
how to book
We are offering 6 free places to attend this workshop. Book here
Deadline for bookings: Monday 2 February 2026
access & support
The event will take place on Zoom
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Break on the hour, every hour
Access funds
A limited access fund is available to support participants’ attendance, which can be put towards things such as costs of internet connection /data, childcare, or support workers. This fund will be administered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please contact Annie Crabtree (Project Manager) on email hidden; JavaScript is required to enquire, or if there is anything you would like to discuss to support your participation.
quiplash
Quiplash is queer crip (power) couple Amelia and Al Lander-Cavallo. Amelia (they/them), is a queer blind neurodiverse theatre practitioner and academic. Al (they/them) is a queer autistic artist and organiser. Quiplash consult, run workshops, training, and make performances. Quiplash provide creative access, focusing on creative audio description. They take space for queer crips (quips), further queer crip performance, and queer accessibility.
We Contain Multitudes
We Contain Multitudes is a collaborative project that seeks to create systemic change in the Scottish visual arts sector for disabled artists, arts professionals and audiences. The project is a collaboration between Collective, DCA and LUX Scotland and is funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
We Contain Multitudes is dedicated to helping arts organisations embed anti-ableist practices and build programmes that more accurately reflect the diversity of the Scottish population. It is a process of learning – one that acknowledges the ongoing challenges and recognises that access measures alone are not enough to dismantle ableism.
Running until February 2026, each partner will generate a new commission with an artist, Collective commissioned a new solo exhibition by artist and filmmaker Shen Xin,‘Highland Embassy’ that was presented in Autumn 2025. In February, DCA will present a group exhibition featuring new and existing works by Andrew Gannon, Daisy Lafarge, Jo Longhurst and Nnena Kalu, while LUX Scotland will support a new moving image commission, presented online in March 2026.
Image description: Amelia (left) and Al (right) outside in front of a leafy green hedge. Amelia is a slim white person with a brown mullet and a big smile. Al is a small fat white person with curly brown hair and funky glasses. Both are wearing brightly coloured shirts.
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