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Adam Carver
Adam Carver (they/them) is a Birmingham based performance artist, producer & community organiser also known as their drag persona Fatt Butcher.
They are the founder and Director of Fatt Projects, a community centred non-profit that uses queer performance as a strategy to advance queer joy and create change for LGBTQ+ communities.
Recent projects have included creating a pioneering development model supporting the creation of queer positive performance work for children and family audiences in PALAVER; touring interactive public space interventions to get communities dancing with Disco Tea Party, Big Fatt Dance Party & Big Gay Disco Bike; and MOBILISE a year-long project creating accessible, sober queer dance parties for communities in Birmingham, culminating in a large-scale participatory protest performance leading the 2022 Birmingham Pride Parade.
Alongside their project based work, Adam performs as Fatt Butcher. They are the 2022 winner of Drag Idol UK, and recently appeared on The Voice UK.
They are interested in what it is to celebrate queerness in a world without shame, where shame itself does not (and has not) existed. They are interested in what queerness has to offer the world, and actively creating a new way of viewing and navigating the world (rather than moving away from an old one). To do this they play many roles; producer, community organiser, curator, artist, provocateur, drag queen, consultant, developer, creator, vocalist, and sweaty mess.
Adam’s work has been commissioned by the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Birmingham Hippodrome, Cambridge Junction, DanceXchange, Marlborough Productions, Home Live Art, Without Walls and supported the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Jerwood Arts, and Arts Council England amongst others.
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The Vital Spark behind everything we do
We believe that all children should be able to experience arts and culture, and that they should be able to see themselves represented in these experiences. This is not yet the case for every child and we’re committed to changing that.
Our response is Vital Spark, and it's at the heart of everything we do. Vital Spark is about challenging and changing the lack of diversity in children’s arts and culture; it’s about diverse-led artistic decision making; it’s about not being afraid to stand up for what’s right.
We do this by supporting artists who are currently underrepresented in children’s arts and culture. We also work with partner organisations to create world-class opportunities for these artists and share best practice.
