Disability Arts History Australia

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• Back to Back Theatre
• Restless Dance Theatre
• Restless Dance Company
• Disability and Arts Disadvantage and the Arts Australia (DADAA)
• DADAA Network
• Access Arts
• DADAA National Network
• "Australia Council - Arts and disability a priority as Australia Council commits significant new funding"
  Australia Council - Arts and disability a priority as Australia Council commits significant new funding - reads, in part "The Australia Council has committed $750k over three years to support sustainable careers and to recognise the artistic excellence of artists with disability."
• "Indelability Arts - Business Plan 2020-22"
  Indelability Arts Business Plan 2020-2022 provides information about Indelability Arts Mission “To provide creative, innovative opportunities for Queensland artists,” Board, Artistic Directors, Company Development, Program, and Marketing Staff, Associate Artists and Ensemble, Performance and Workshop programs, Funding, Goals, and Point of Difference – stated as “indelabilityarts pushes boundaries and expectations with its artists and audiences to think outside the box of what is attainable”
• "Incite Arts Disability Engagement Policy and Action Plan 2020-25"
  InCite Arts Disability Engagement Policy & Action Plan, reads, in part "People with disability are a key focus of InCite Arts. When we say we work with people with disability, we mean anyone with sensory or physical impairments, hidden impairments, intellectual or neurological impairments or mental health issues. We welcome and value the participation of people with disability in all areas of our work, and we aim to make sure that people with disability have full access to our program, organisation and venues."
• “Inaugural High Beam festival in 1998”
  High Beam was a biennial community-based disability arts festival. It was a joint initiative of SPARC Disability Foundation and Arts In Action (through the direction of Tony Doyle). (Arts in Action later became Arts Access SA.) The 10-day event was the first of its kind in the Southern hemisphere, attracting around 20,000 people at each festival. The festival showcased theatre, dance, comedy, and music. Some celebrity artists included Adam Hills and David Helfgott. The inaugural festival (1998) invited Swedish Disability Theatre Company Mooms Teatern to perform; the company also conducted workshops with a disability-led Australian theatre company, No Strings Attached. This first festival was also the site of Tutti's first public performance as a choir.
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1997-98"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1997-98 - discusses letter from chair of council, functions, profile, organisation chart, corporate overview, year in review, arts funding, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes professional development activities, financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, projects, information and advocacy with producing a set of Disability Fact Packs exploring the importance of accessibility for arts and cultural organisations and a guide to marketing arts to disabled audience
• "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"
• DADAA Inc
• DADAA
• DADAA WA
• “The Australian Assistance Plan (1973) encourages grassroots activism”
  Grassroots activism is said to have been encouraged by the Commonwealth with the new Australian Assistance Plan (AAP) in 1973, which allowed local communities to "prioritise their own welfare planning" and "triggered an explosion in local advocacy in a range of areas, including self-advocacy for people with disability," according to the 2021 Royal Commission.
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1994-95"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1994-95- discusses functions, organisation chart, year in review, work to overcome inequities experienced by artists with disabilities with a review of arts and disabilities developing into an action plan by 1997, artform development, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, projects, creative development of organisations and an international cultural exchange program.
• "Australia Council for the Arts (2014) A Million Dollar Commitment to Artists with Disability. Australia Council for the Arts. 28 October 2014"
  Reads, in part "Australia Council Chief Executive Officer Tony Grybowski made the announcement today at the Arts Activated Conference in Chatswood, Sydney. Mr Grybowski said the decision to extend the dedicated arts and disability funding was made after a successful pilot was run earlier this year."
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1996-97"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1996-97- discusses letter from chair of council, functions, profile, organisation chart, corporate overview, year in review, arts funding, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes professional development activities, financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, projects, information and advocacy with an Arts and Disability action plan.
• "Tutti Arts - Rites Of Passage Concert - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'Rites Of Passage Concert' 2012 Program - reads, in part "Tutti is Australia's first Inclusive choir and takes its name from the musical term 'Tutti' meaning everyone. From Its origins as a small singing group at Minda, the original choir has grown into a vibrant independent multi arts organisation ( Tutti Inc), deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With Its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti Is both a grass roots nurturer of disabled artists and a creator and presenter of high quality work which brings disabled artists, diverse communities and professional artists together for high quality performances and exhibitions.”
• "Tutti Arts - I Want It All - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'I Want It All' 2014 Program - reads, in part "Tutti is Australia's first indusive choir and takes its name from the musical term. ‘'Tutti', means everyone. From its origins in 1997 as a small singing group at Minda, the choir has grown into a vibrant independent multi arts organisation, deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti is both a grass roots nurturer of disabled artists and a creator and presenter of high quality work which brings disabled artists, and community and professional artists together for performances and exhibitions.”
• “Tutti Arts – Tutti Choir – Christmas Celebration 2014 - No More Turníng Away - Program”
  Tutti Arts – Tutti Choir Christmas Celebration 2014 'No More Turníng Away' Program- reads, in part "“The Tutti Choir is Australia's first inclusive choir and takes its name from the musical term Tuti', meaning everyone. From its origins in 1997 as a small singing group at Minda, the choir has grown into a vibrant independent multi arts organisation, deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti is both a grass roots nurturer of disabled artists and a creator and presenter of high quality work which brings disabled artists, and community and professional artists together for performances and exhibitions.”
• "Australia Council for the Arts (2018) Arts and Disability a Priority as Australia Council Commits Significant New Funding. 24 September 2018."
  Reads, in part "The Australia Council has committed $750k over three years to support sustainable careers and to recognise the artistic excellence of artists with disability."
• InCite Youth Arts