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Chronically ill Artists Network
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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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Because the mountains we’re climbing are getting steeper every day. 🧵(3/3)

#ClimbingTinyMountains #ChronicallyillArtistsNetwork #CIAN #DisabilityJustice
June 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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✅ Share this campaign
✅ Call in your organisation
✅ Pay chronically ill artists
✅ Embed access, don’t bolt it on
✅ Make space for new ways of working
✅ Sign up to our newsletter, follow us, and donate to support our work if you are in a position to 🧵(2/3)
June 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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#ClimbingTinyMountains (🧵3/3)
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: “Access is a collaboration. Just like other creative collaborations - it shouldn’t all fall on our shoulders”. 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: “Access benefits everyone. You make the arts richer when you make them accessible”.
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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#ClimbingTinyMountains (🧵2/3)
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: “Productivity ≠ Value. Chronically ill artists may work slower. That doesn’t mean the work is lesser”. 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: “Online access isn’t optional. Hybrid events should be standard”.
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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What if we designed the arts with chronically ill people in the room from the beginning?

Let’s stop expecting chronically ill and disabled people to “fit in” to broken systems. Let’s build new ones. 🧵(2/2)

#ClimbingTinyMountains #ChronicallyillArtistsNetwork #CIAN
June 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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#ClimbingTinyMountains 🧵(4/4)
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 “Chronically ill artists bring different timelines, different rhythms, different truths. That’s not a weakness, that’s innovation”
June 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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#ClimbingTinyMountains 🧵(3/4)
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 “We're not making a poor man's version of a show, we're making different and exciting work. There's creativity in limitation”
June 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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#ClimbingTinyMountains 🧵(2/4)
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 “How do we convince people that we are worth taking a risk on?”
June 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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They still create. But the mountain is steep.
They’re not climbing for inspiration.
They’re climbing to survive.

Are you a mountain climber? Share your experiences using #ClimbingTinyMountains, and sign up for our newsletter (link in bio) 🧵(4/4)
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Zaya’s work has won awards. But they’ve lost jobs after flare-ups. One organisation told them it was “too-hard” to accommodate their energy-limiting condition. Another called them a “trouble-maker” for asking to attend events online. 🧵(3/4)

#ClimbingTinyMountains
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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“For years I hid it. I thought I had to. When I finally told people, I found out that others had been hiding it too. We could have been supporting each other all along”. 🧵(2/4)

#ClimbingTinyMountains
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Share your thoughts and experiences on the isolation and exclusion faced by chronically ill artists, using #ClimbingTinyMountains 🧵(4/4)

#ClimbingTinyMountains #ChronicallyillArtistsNetwork #CIAN #DisabilityJustice
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 “That fear isolates us, but together we’re louder”
June 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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What we need is to be seen, supported, and included. 🧵(3/4)

#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 “So many of us have hidden our illness out of fear. Fear of being labelled, overlooked, or seen as less”
June 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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We’re here.

We’re working.

We’re building whole worlds - in between symptoms, flare-ups, hospital visits, and rest. 🧵(2/4)

#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 “Chronically ill artists are chronically unheard”
June 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Have you faced barriers in the arts because of chronic illness? Use #ClimbingTinyMountains to share your story.

#ClimbingTinyMountains #ChronicallyillArtistsNetwork #CIAN #DisabilityJustice #RestIsResistance
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: “We are not lazy. We are navigating inaccessible systems, one tiny mountain at a time”
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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We don’t want one-off access panels or performative allyship.

We want embedded change - access, support, and space to create without risking our health. 🧵(4/5)
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: “When I’m really exhausted, working creatively becomes harder and harder”
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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That pressure? It’s crushing.

The arts sector doesn’t need more “resilience”.

We need rest. Support. Access. Equity. 🧵(3/5)
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: “Dealing with healthcare, benefits… getting the support you need - it’s rare for most of us”
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Many chronically ill artists live with the constant tension of trying to appear “sick enough” to access support, while also trying to prove they’re “capable enough” to be taken seriously in the arts. 🧵(2/5)
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 not just one barrier, it’s hundreds of small ones, every day”
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM