Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Body Suits - 1997"
  Body Suits' 2004 - described in article in ArtLink https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060824102733/http://ArtLink.com.au/articles.cfm?id=361, reads, in part "Body suits, conceived by Jane Trengove of Arts Access Victoria, proposes the body as a site for investigation with the contributing artists being mostly people who experience 'bodily difference due to disability'."
• “Australia Council - Artists with Disability Program 2014”
  The website reads “The Artists with Disability Program provides funding for Australian artists with disability (including Deaf artists) to create, develop, present, produce, exhibit and/or tour their work”
• "Writeability website, captured 2014"
  Webpage reads, in part "Mentor in Residence – writers with disability can get up to four hours of free, one-on-one support from our in-house Mentor in Residence. This can include meetings, phone or Skype conversations or feedback on up to 5,000 words of your work. Please note that demand for this service is very high, so you will be placed on a waiting list."
• "Rawcus Website, captured 2014"
  Rawcus website, captured 2014, reads, in part, "Rawcus is an ensemble of performers with and without disabilities. Collaborating with a core creative team led by Artistic Director Kate Sulan, Rawcus aims to devise new work that expresses the imaginative world of the ensemble. Drawing on dance, theatre and visual art disciplines, the work is crafted with a precision that supports the performers but allows space for their inherent sense of anarchy. A series of moving pictures, Rawcus’ work is sculptural, unexpected, beautiful, funny and tender."
• "Access Arts - Brisbane Outsider Artists 2014"
  Access Arts Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA) Studio/Programs page, with information about artists, and exhibitions, and examples of work
• "Access Arts - Community Arts programs 2014"
  Access Arts Community Arts program. Page, reads, in part, "Access Arts’ Community Arts workshops provide members with a supportive, inclusive and creative environment to engage with various art forms, encouraging positive social interaction, a strong sense of community, and artistic expression of each individual." Information about workshops, exhibitions, events, and partnerships.
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2013"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2013 - with an Auslan welcome, About, Program, Tickets, and News links, including news of a recent screening in New York which included BEAUTIFUL (Australia, Dir: Genevieve Clay-Smith) and JUST BE FRANK (Australia, Dir: Elise Bialylew)
• "Fusion Theatre Website, captured 2013"
  "Fusion Theatre Website, captured 2013 - reads, in part "Original contemporary theatre, built by people of all abilities", with links to About, Reviews and Media, Board and Support, Fusion and Deakin University pages
• "Announcement of transition from DATT to Access2Arts"
  Announcement of transition from DATT (Disability and Arts Transition Team) to Access2Arts
• "Access Arts Projects 2011-2013"
  Access Arts Projects, captured 2013, including Wataboshi Music Festival, Access Arts Professional Development Seminar, Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA) Exhibitions, Polyphonic – Many Voices Many Styles, Community Showcase 2011, The Truth - Pete Vance Quintet, Access Arts Soundscape Project, Indigenous Projects, Creative Recovery- FNQ Friends of Access Arts Annual Event.
• "Access Arts Annual Reports 2005-2011"
  Access Arts Annual Reports, 2005-2011
• "Writeability website, captured 2013"
  Webpage reads, in part "Arts Access Victoria, in partnership with Writers Victoria, is pleased to announce the launch of Write-ability, a new pilot project to support writers with a disability wishing to advance their writing practice"
• "DADAA - The Lost Generation Project"
  DADAA - The Lost Generation Project 2007 - reads, in part "The project was conceived from a partnership between DADAA and the WA Disability Services Commission, which began in 2002. After working on 15 small projects, the partners decided to develop a large-scale project in 2007 to continue developing arts and cultural interventions with and for people with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation across the Perth metropolitan area. The project's rich CACD strategy has seen numerous successful workshops, exhibitions and related projects come to fruition in partnership with local governments and other community arts organisations.?
• "Australia Council - Making the Journey: Arts and Disability in Australia"
  Reads, in part "A collection of inspiring examples of how to include people with disabilities in the arts, as participants, creators and organisers"
• "Australia Council - Access and audience development in Australia"
  Australia Council - 'Access and audience development in Australia' reports - reads, in part "These reports were commissioned in 2004 to assess what is currently being done, and what needs to be done, to increase access to the performing arts and museums & galleries in Australia for people with a disability."
• "Australia Council - Disability Fact Pack 1998"
  The website reads “Outlines a variety of issues for arts organisations regarding people with disabilities including access, attitude, employment and discrimination” - Noelene Gration
• "Accessible Arts - Newsletter 2010-2012"
  Accessible Arts - Newsletter 2010-2012
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2011"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2011 - including a links to 2010 Festival Program in standard, plain text and Vision Australia formats, and a report on the 2010 Festival
• "Arts Access Victoria - History, captured 2011"
• "Access Arts Newsletter Archive 2007-2011"
  Access Arts Newsletters, captured 2013
• "Arts Project Australia - Past Exhibitions 2005 - 2010"
  Arts Project Australia - Past Exhibitions 2005 - 2010 - Information on past shows including Fully Booked. Hidden, Best in Show, Steven Ajzenberg Solo Exhibition, Annual Gala 2009, By Hand, Revealing the Human, Pictures of You, Here & Away, Surface
• “Australia Council – The Arts, captured 2010”
  Website includes: The arts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, Artists and organisations, Community partnerships, Dance, Inter-arts, Literature, Market development, Music, Theatre, Visual arts
• “Australia Council - People with a disability - attendance at cultural events 2008"
  Australia Council - People with a disability - attendance at cultural events 2008 - reads, in part "A 2003 survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that over 40 per cent of people with a disability went to the cinema. According to the 2003 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, one in five people in Australia reported that they had a disability which restricted their everyday activities and which had lasted, or was expected to last, for at least six months."
• “Australia Council - People with a disability - artists 2003”
  Sourced from 'Australia Council- Don’t give up your day job: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia' (Throsby and Hollister 2003) based on 2002 Survey - The website reads “The 2002 Australia Council artists survey, Don't give up your day job collected information relating to practising professional artists in Australia…..According to Don't give up your day job, about 10 per cent of practising professional artists live with a disability.”
• "Access Arts - Members Profiles 2009"
  Access Arts member profiles, captured 2009