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Disability Futures Fellowship

Fellowship
Ford Foundation (in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; administered by United States Artists) United States 2026

Information

The Disability Futures Fellowship is an initiative to spotlight the work of disabled creatives across disciplines and geography and to amplify their voices individually and collectively. The programme focuses on disabled practitioners who have been further marginalized by racism, sexism, and heterosexism and spans multiple generations and practices, from choreography and filmmaking to architecture and performance. Fellows are part of a cohort intended to elevate visibility and position disabled creatives as leaders for accessibility, language, and care within the cultural landscape.

Benefits

Visibility and amplification of fellows' work; cohort recognition and platforming across cultural networks.

Eligibility

Disabled practitioners across disciplines, with emphasis on those further marginalized by racism, sexism, and heterosexism; fellows were nominated by their peers.

Application

Fellows were nominated by their peers.

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