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Autism Service Directory

Action Space

Northington Street

Main information

Type of service: Interventions and therapies, Play and leisure

ActionSpace supports the development of artists with learning disabilities in a professional studio environment and creates innovative projects for people with learning disabilities to engage with the visual arts. We have two dedicated art studios, one in South London at Studio Voltaire in Clapham and one in central London at Cockpit Arts in Holborn. We run a weekly studio projects for adults with learning disabilities/autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The studio sessions are facilitated by ActionSpace’s specialist artist tutors, who provide support, guidance and mentoring on a 1:1 basis. Our exhibition and events programme and the ActionSpace website provide our studio artists with opportunities to showcase and sell their work. Type: visual arts.

Eligibility

Age: For people of any age

Aimed at: Adult

Gender: All genders

Covers: London

Registrations & Approaches

Specialisms: Has autism-specific elements

Other specialisms: Challenging behaviour, Learning disability

Contacts

You can contact us by phone email or post.

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Barbara van Heel and Sheryll Catto - Co-Directors

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020 7209 4289

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info@actionspace.org

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Web site

Locations

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Cockpit Arts, Cockpit Yard, Northington Street, London, WC1N 2NP

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