The debut episode of Shape Arts’ podcast celebrates the end of the inaugural year of Emergent, a residency programme delivered by Shape and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts, Gateshead. The programme is designed to support early-career barriers-facing artists. In the first of this brand-new series, we hear from Emergent-shortlisted artist, writer, designer, and publisher, Kaiya Waerea, as she reflects on the challenges and changing nature of the arts ecology for a new generation of disabled creatives.