Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Australian Capital Territory : disability fact pack for arts and cultural organisations - DADAA National Network and Australia Council (1998)"
  Disability fact pack for arts and cultural organisations in the Australian Capital Territory
• "Australia Council for the Arts (2018) Creating Pathways: Insights on support for artists with disability. 19 September 2018"
  Reads, in part "This report brings together findings and insights from a range of research undertaken in 2017–18 to inform the Council’s approach to future support for artists with disability."
• “The inaugural National Braille Music Camp takes place”
  In 1986, Ian Cooper was one of the creators of the first National Braille Music Camp, which continues annually.
• "Arts Project Australia - Outline - News - 1996 Sum - Iss2"
  Arts Project Australia - Outline - News - 1996 Sum - Iss2 - reads, in part "Christmas provides us with a time for reflection, a chance to po der progress and plan for the coming ytearr. In doing so, it brings to mind all all the members, staff, management committee, volunteers, funding bodies and supporters who have made such valuable contributions to the oganisation and without whose help many successes could not have been achieved."
• Force Majeure
• Danielle Micich
• Indelability Arts
• Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home
• "Arts Project Australia - Sidney Myer Fund Permanent Collection Exhibition 1992 - Program"
  Arts Project Australia - Sidney Myer Fund Permanent Collection Exhibition 1992 - Program - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia is grateful for the confidence shown in its work by the Sidney Myer Fund in providing fmancial support for the establishment of a permanent collection of paintings and drawiings by people with intellectual disabilities."
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1974-75"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1974-75 lists funding to Spectrum Films for a screenplay on social pressures of deaf mute, grant to Lloyd Nickson to attend theatre for deaf children (USA & UK), funding to Wheelchair and Disabled Association (as it was known 19for jewellery making tools and equipment, and Arts Council of Australia/Victoria (as it was known 1966-1998, before name changed to Regional Arts Australia) for salary of assistant and utilities for Arts Access Program
• Miles Howard-Wilks
• Zoe Coombs Marr
• "Incite Arts - News, captured 2018"
  InCite Arts News, captured 2018 – Awards, Announcement of plan to host Arts Access Australia Meeting Place Arts and Disability Forum in 2018, new ‘Sounds Good to Me’ music program, visit from Tutti Arts’s Choir and Sisters of Invention music group, and ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble
• Patricia Wozniak
• Lisa Havilah
• ”Hadley, Bree, Batch, Morgan, & Whelan, Michael (2021) The entitled ally: Authorship, consultation, and the 'right' to stage autistic people's stories. Disability and Society, 36(9), pp. 1489-1509.”
  "Theatre has a long tradition of presenting disabled characters as plot devices to tell someone else’s story. A recent production, All in a Row, resulted in heated debate around this issue. This article examines not the play itself, but the conflict between those who objected to the play’s representation of autism, and its creators, who defended their choices by citing their disability-adjacent identities and processes of consultation. For critics, the fact that the creators did not take the community’s concerns seriously was a source of trauma. This article uses this conflict to draw out lessons about how we might better negotiate the right to tell disability stories and strengthen frameworks to support that negotiation. We propose a decision tree diagram to assist artists in understanding the meaning, role, and most importantly the potential consequences of consultation – up to and including a community saying ‘no’ to an artist’s planned representation."
• "The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust begins operations in 1954"
  The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust began operations in 1954. The key role of the trust was to support the arts in Australia leading to the independent companies of: Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet Foundation, National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and Bell Shakespeare Company. At this time there was little involvement of people with disabilities in the arts.
• "The report Shut Out: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia is published in 2009"
  In 2009, Shut Out: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia was published. This report was commissioned by the Australian Government as part of the National Disability Strategy. It was prepared by the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council.
• "Australia Council Arts and Disability Initiative 2022-24"
  Australia Council Arts and Disability Initiative 2022-24 - reads, in part "This program is for d/Deaf artists or arts workers, or artists or arts workers with disability, seeking to undertake a project or activity to advance their practice, skills or career."
• Rebecca Scibilia
• "Cultural Ministers Council (2009) National Arts & Disability Strategy."
  Reads, in part "On 9 October 2009, the Cultural Ministers Council agreed to the National Arts and Disability Strategy, which sets out a vision for improving access and participation in the artistic and cultural activities for people with disabilities. The Strategy provides a framework within which jurisdictions can assess and improve existing activities. It also identifies new priority projects that could be progressed as national initiatives or by individual jurisdictions."
• "High Beam Festival Program 2004"
  High Beam Festival Program 2004 reads "Welcome to evolve High Beam 2004 – A stimulating and inspiring seven-day cultural experience for people with a disability, families, friends and support workers, artists with a disability, professionals working in the disability sector, art workers and others."
• Urban Theatre Projects
• "Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 1 2006"
  Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 1 2006 - reads, in part "The Tutti Arts Launch showed that Tutti Ensemble Inc is a key driver in the creation of a truly enterprising direction for inclusive community disability culture in SA. From the outset, Tutti has proved itself to be driven by innovation, and with a strategic plan and vision, we have every opportunity to continue showcasing our work internationally and also to export the model we have created."
• Rose Dennis