Statens Værksteder for Kunst

Rating

Low accessibility

Main entrance is only accessible by stairs: The national workshops is state owned and hosts many independently organized talks and events, currently, it is only accessible by climbing five metal stairs, on a normal day this is something that I am able to do however I have tried to attend events their either when it was icy, snowing, or raining and I cannot enter. That means that every time I consider going to an event there I can never plan with 100% certainty that I am able to attend. They are currently undergoing renovations and have promised a working elevator to enter from street level however there is no date by which this is expected to be completed.
Use of facilities and residencies are inaccessible to those on disability social benefits: Applying to residencies and use of facilities here would mean that I would not have enough time to retain my current reduced working hours and could possibly alert that social benefit system that I have more working ability than I actually have and they would take away my right to benefits. Any critically thinking person is able to deduce that creating art and maintaining a day job, in administration or working on a computer does not require the same bodily abilities, however the social system does not view it the same way, and could in theory require me to work more hours than I am physically able to.