LUC is an artist-led initiative supporting artists with and without disabilities, particularly those with high support needs. Born from a shared recognition of systemic gaps within the arts and disability sectors, our mission is to create equitable pathways for marginalised artists to thrive professionally.

We operate as a collaborative, mentorship-based community where lived experience and creative practice intersect to form accessible models of making, exhibiting and learning. Our collective brings together practicing artists, curators and support workers who are also artists, co-creating through deep listening, mutual care and experimental approaches to materials. Alongside visual art, we also create collaborative videos and produce music, expanding our practice into sound, movement and screen-based storytelling.

This online exhibition introduces the individual practices that form the foundation of the collective. The works reflect a range of approaches, from textural and process-based painting to embroidery, sculpture and conceptual assemblage. Some artists draw from personal memory and sensory experience, while others respond to social or environmental contexts. Together, the exhibition presents a cross-section of perspectives and materials that reflect LUC’s ongoing commitment to collaboration, experimentation and access in contemporary art.

We believe in collaboration without prejudice. Our collective provides a space where artists, regardless of ability, can learn from and with each other. We actively engage the wider community to showcase what’s possible when inclusivity is not just a value but a practice. Above all, LUC aims to inspire people with disability, along with families, friends and allies, by creating spaces of joy, creativity and shared experience.