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In Conversation with Jason Wilsher-Mills

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  • Free
  • Discussion
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed
A photo of a man with a white beard and thick framed glasses seated in a wheel chair next to a woman wearing a blue patterned jumpsuit. They are next to a brightly coloured large sculpture of legs
Jason Wilsher-Mills and Shamita Sharmacharja, Benjamin Gilbert. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join artist Jason Wilsher-Mills and curator Shamita Sharmacharja for a conversation inside the exhibition ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’.

Gain a personal insight into Jason’s colourful and immersive installation and the ideas it explores around disability, creativity and childhood. Jason and Shamita will share some of their highlights of the exhibition and discuss behind-the-scenes processes involved in making the new work.

After the conversation you will be able to ask questions, and reflect and connect with others. Refreshments of tea, coffee, biscuits and fruit will be provided outside the exhibition.

If you need a space away from the event at any time, you can come to our Chill-Out Room. There will be low lighting, comfortable seating, cushions, mats and space to move around and be yourself. You can also make use of ear defenders, earplugs, board games, stim toys and materials with different textures.

Dates

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Past

Past events

Tuesday 21 May 2024

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  • Discussion
In Conversation with Jason Wilsher-Mills
Gallery 2
Join artist Jason Wilsher-Mills and curator Shamita Sharmacharja for a conversation inside the exhibition ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’.
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed

Wednesday 22 May 2024

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  • Discussion
In Conversation with Jason Wilsher-Mills
Gallery 2
Join artist Jason Wilsher-Mills and curator Shamita Sharmacharja for a conversation inside the exhibition ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’.
  • British Sign Language
  • Relaxed

Need to know

Location

We’ll be in Gallery 2. To get there, go up the stairs or take the lift to level 1.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

British Sign Language

This event will have British Sign Language interpretation.

Relaxed

This is a relaxed event, which means that if you need to, you are welcome to move around and make noise at any time.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call

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About your contributors

Photo of Jason Wilsher-Mills who is wearing a jumper vest over a shirt and tie with jeans

Jason Wilsher-Mills

Artist

Jason Wilsher-Mills is a disabled artist born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, now living in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The son of a coal miner, he is the youngest of eight children and grew up on council estates in Wakefield. He was the first in his family to go to university, and studied painting at the Cardiff School of Art and Design.

Shamita Sharmacharja

Curator

Shamita Sharmacharja is a curator at Wellcome Collection. In addition to ‘Jason and the Adventure of 254’, she has curated exhibitions such as ‘Genetic Automata’ (2023), ‘Play Well’ (2019) and ‘Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?’ (2017). Before Wellcome Collection, Shamita worked as a curator at the Whitechapel Gallery and assistant curator at Tate Modern.