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Providing support, opportunities, information and advocacy for chronically ill artists and arts professional. Find out more and sign up to our newsletter at https://www.chronicallyillartistsnetwork.com/
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Chronically ill Artists Network @chronicallyillart.bsky.social · Jun 23
Climbing Tiny Mountains - a campaign by & for chronically ill artists. All this week we will be posting about the experiences of chronically ill artists, generously and courageously shared with us by our members. 🧵(1/4)
#ClimbingTinyMountains #ChronicallyillArtistsNetwork #CIAN
Image description: A pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure climbing one of a series of 3 hills.The text reads ‘Climbing Tiny Mountains’.
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All this week we’ve been posting the experiences and voices of chronically ill artists, shared with us by our members. Here’s what you can do now (especially non-disabled and non-chronically ill allies) 👇 🧵(1/3)
A pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure with a stick and a backpack climbing a hill, beyond this hill the landscape has flattened out, with a pink gem-shaped logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network in the corner, and #ClimbingTinyMountains at the bottom. Black text reads “You’ve heard the stories. You’ve read the words. Now what?”
June 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Access isn’t optional. It’s not a ‘nice to have’. It’s a right. If your event, residency or opportunity isn’t accessible to chronically ill artists, then it’s not for all artists. 🧵(1/3)

#ClimbingTinyMountains #ChronicallyillArtistsNetwork #CIAN #DisabilityJustice
Image description: A pink pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure with a stick and a backpack climbing a hill, beyond this hill the landscape has flattened out, with a pink gem-shaped logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network in the corner, and #ClimbingTinyMountains at the bottom. Black text in speech marks reads: “Chronically ill artists are not a “risk”. We are an opportunity for deep, flexible, radical creativity”. Image description: A pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure with a stick and a backpack climbing a hill, beyond this hill the landscape has flattened out, with a pink gem-shaped logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network in the corner, and #ClimbingTinyMountains at the bottom. Black text in speech marks reads: “Fluctuation is not unreliability. It’s a reality of our lives. Planning with care makes it manageable”.
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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What if rehearsal periods were 8 weeks instead of 4?

What if deadlines flexed around access needs?

What if residencies happened from bed, not just a barn in the countryside? 🧵(1/2)

#ClimbingTinyMountains
Image description: A pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure with a stick and a backpack climbing a hill, beyond this hill the landscape has flattened out. Black text reads “Let’s reimagine the landscape”. There is a pink gem-shaped logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network in the corner, and #ClimbingTinyMountains at the bottom.
June 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Hiring a chronically ill artist isn’t a risk. It’s an opportunity to make your work more thoughtful, inclusive, and radically creative.
#ClimbingTinyMountains 🧵(1/4)
Image Description: a pink graphic line drawing on a white background, with a figure climbing one of a series of 3 hills, with a pink gem-shaped logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network in the corner, and #ClimbingTinyMountains at the bottom. The following quote is in black text and speech marks “I lost a job I was actually really good at because of illness”
June 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Meet Zaya (she/they). Zaya has been making theatre and painting for 15 years. But no-one knew they were chronically ill - not even their collaborators. 🧵(1/4)

#ClimbingTinyMountains
Image description: a pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure with a stick and backpack, climbing one of a series of 3 hills to the left. The black text on the right reads “Meet a Mountain Climber. Name: Zaya, Profession: Freelance theatre-maker and visual artist, Based on real experiences from CIAN focus groups”. The pink graphic gem logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network is in the top right and pink text along the bottom reads #ClimbingTinyMountains
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Fighting for your right to be here shouldn’t be part of the job description when working in the arts. Being chronically ill is already a full-time job. 🧵(1/4)

#ClimbingTinyMountains
Image description: a pink graphic line drawing on a white background, with a figure climbing one of a series of 3 hills, with a pink gem-shaped logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network in the corner, and #ClimbingTinyMountains at the bottom. The black text in speech marks reads “It’s scary to fight your corner all the time when it’s already super hard to have a chronic illness”
June 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Being a chronically ill artist means waking up each day with no idea what your body will give you.

It means exhaustion. Isolation. Starting over again and again. 🧵(1/5)
A pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure with a stick and a backpack climbing one of a series of 3 hills, with a pink gem-shaped logo for the Chronically ill Artists Network in the corner, and #ClimbingTinyMountains at the bottom. A quote in black text and speech marks reads: “It’s almost like climbing the tiny mountain, and then climbing the same mountain again and again”
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Climbing Tiny Mountains - a campaign by & for chronically ill artists. All this week we will be posting about the experiences of chronically ill artists, generously and courageously shared with us by our members. 🧵(1/4)
#ClimbingTinyMountains #ChronicallyillArtistsNetwork #CIAN
Image description: A pink graphic line drawing on a white background, showing a figure climbing one of a series of 3 hills.The text reads ‘Climbing Tiny Mountains’.
June 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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ICYMI visual notes from our networking events this past year, all done by the wonderful Amber Anderson!

We'll be sure to have more events in the new year, so follow us and keep an eye out for those announcements :)
A pink and purple page of illustrations on the theme of Navigating & Progressing in the Arts when Chronically Ill, including sections on change in the arts sector, discussions, systems being ableist, finding connection and community, learning to communicate your needs, and believing in the social model An orange page of visual notes and illustrations on the theme of Saving up tiny joys and Finding openings for joy in a chronic creative life, including sections on Joy as resistance and a creative force, creative play, joy as a way of pushing through, nurturing your disabled joy, having generosity in access, and reframing what counts
December 11, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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Hello :) we're the Chronically ill Artists Network

Formed in 2021 out of a frustration for the lack of support, awareness, and opportunities for artists and arts professionals working, or unable to work, in the arts with a chronic illness.

Find out more below

www.chronicallyillartistsnetwork.com
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December 10, 2024 at 10:16 PM