Create

Capture the world through your eyes – write, blog, perform, sculpt, dance, paint, film. Don’t let your vision impairment hold back your creativity.

Create

Capture the world through your eyes – write, blog, perform, sculpt, dance, paint, film. Don’t let your vision impairment hold back your creativity.

Create

Capture the world through your eyes – write, blog, perform, sculpt, dance, paint, film. Don’t let your vision impairment hold back your creativity.

Expressing my own creative vision in…

art & design

“Ever since I was little, I’ve had a passion to be creative. Being a young person going through sight loss and trying to tackle the visual industry isn’t an easy task, but one I strive to triumph.”

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broadcast

“I had the good fortune of interviewing Peter White, a broadcaster I greatly admire. Like myself, Peter has been blind since birth and I was keen to find out more about his experiences working in radio.”

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blogging

“I established My Blurred World, to share my experience of living with a degenerative eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa by hoping to raise awareness of disability and help others in a similar situation.”

Read on

stand up

Comedy chat with Richard Wheatley – Britain’s funniest blind physicist turned award-winning news reader and stand up with a blue peter badge… well definitely top three.

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vlogging

“Hi, I’m Emmy. I’m 18 years old and have a rare genetic condition called Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. I created my channel ‘Emmy’s VIP Life’ to discuss growing up with a disability, specifically visual impairment.”

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fashion

“Fashioneyesta is an online resource aiming to bridge the gap between fashion and accessibility making fashion and cosmetics a more inclusive place for anyone and everyone!”

Watch on

Expressing my own creative vision in…

art & design

“Ever since I was little, I’ve had a passion to be creative. Being a young person going through sight loss and trying to tackle the visual industry isn’t an easy task, but one I strive to triumph.”

Read on

broadcast

“I had the good fortune of interviewing Peter White, a broadcaster I greatly admire. Like myself, Peter has been blind since birth and I was keen to find out more about his experiences working in radio.”

Read on

blogging

“I established My Blurred World, to share my experience of living with a degenerative eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa by hoping to raise awareness of disability and help others in a similar situation.”

Read on

stand up

Comedy chat with Richard Wheatley – Britain’s funniest blind physicist turned award-winning news reader and stand up with a blue peter badge… well definitely top three.

Read on

vlogging

“Hi, I’m Emmy. I’m 18 years old and have a rare genetic condition called Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. I created my channel ‘Emmy’s VIP Life’ to discuss growing up with a disability, specifically visual impairment.”

Read on

fashion

“Fashioneyesta is an online resource aiming to bridge the gap between fashion and accessibility making fashion and cosmetics a more inclusive place for anyone and everyone!”

Watch on

Earn your Arts Award with VICTA

Arts Award

Explore your artistic and leadership talents and learn from the very best artists in their field, to create a show stopping piece which you can treasure forever. Not only that, you will get to meet other likeminded young people to achieve the Arts Award qualification together. Follow the link below to see what opportunities are currently available with VICTA.

Join

Music chat with classically trained Welsh pianist, Rachel Starritt

Rachel Starritt, who has been blind since birth chats to the VICTA Student Portal about following her passion for piano – from how it all begun, to some of the amazing places it has taken her, including Glastonbury! Find out more about Rachel on her website: www.rachelstarritt.com Or follow her and listen to her play on Instagram: @starritt_rachel.

We chat to singer and actress Grace Whitford

Grace chats to the Student Portal about discovering her love of music after losing her sight at a young age and the point at which she realised she wanted to pursue it as her career. Grace now performs live at venues and festival and is recording her first EP, she offers some great advice on being determined and working hard to achieve your goals. Follow Grace’s singing career on Instagram: @gracee_music

What else is out there

Extant

Extant is a professional performing arts company of visually impaired artists and theatre practitioners, producing touring productions and delivering training regionally and internationally.

Visit the Extant website to find out more

Media Trust

Media Trust has supported over 20,000 young people to date, training them in multimedia journalism so they can tell their own stories and those of their communities. Find your voice and explore their youth media programmes.

Visit the Media Trust website to find out more

Step Change Dance Studios

Step Change Studios is an award-winning, pioneering dance company committed to making dance accessible for everyone. Based in the UK, we offer fun, engaging dance opportunities for people of all ages and abilities.

Visit the Step Change website to find out more

UCAN

UCAN Productions is a performance and creative arts cooperative run by and for blind and partially sighted young people between the age of 7 and 25.

Visit the UCAN website to find out more

Careers in the creative media industry

Want to kickstart a new career? Would you like tips from experts in film, music, gaming & more about how they got their big break? Or are you just looking for some advice and inspiration? As part of Radio 1 Big Weekend Connects, Radio 1 has recorded career advice sessions around industries such as gaming, podcasts, journalism, fashion and music.

Watch the seminars on the BBC Radio 1 website

Crafts to try at home!

Tie dye with Ruqaiya

“Hi, I’m Ruqiaya, one of this year’s VICTA Young Ambassadors and an art student. I’m also visually impaired myself and I’ll be talking you through, as descriptively as I can, how to tie-dye a t-shirt at home. If you give it a go, share your designs @VICTAUK or email students@victa.org.uk.”

Tactile Rocks!

Join the rock painting movement and spread the message of kindness to all by decorating and hiding tactile rocks! Once you’ve hidden your rocks, please share a photo with us @VICTAUK using #TactileRocks so that we can share your designs and help spread the tactile rock revolution!

VICTA talent!

Enjoy some of the performances from our virtual festival!

Fields of Gold, Summer Pearson

Eddy plays a set

Seven Seas by The Thunderbolts

Dance Monkey by Aya Alozoum

Like what you hear? Head to the VICTA Summer Festival site to listen to more performances and visit the art galleries.