Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Amanda Cachia (2013) ‘Disabling’ the museum: Curator as infrastructural activist. J. 12.3. pp. 257–289"
  Reads, in part "This article will explore how I attempt to ‘disable’ the museum through my infrastructural curatorial practice, which is the basis for my scholarly research and writing. By infusing my curatorial projects with critical reflection and theoretical development, I hope to begin this process of building a new vocabulary and methodology around curating disability and access."
• "We Are Sexual Beings - IMDB"
  We Are Sexual Beings' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Over the course of 24-hours, three young Australians with disabilities will pull back the covers on their intimate lives. Oli, an aspiring tennis champ; Maya, an earnest sweetheart; and Christina, a wild-child motor head."
• "Alicia - IMDB"
  reads, in part "Seven years earlier, an 18 year ALICIA was seriously injured in a car accident. It was her brain rather than her body which suffered. This tells the story of her long journey of recovery. Not content with just regaining a 'normal life', Alicia pursues her original dream of becoming an actress."
• "Emily's Eyes - IMDB"
  Emily's Eyes' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - review reads in part "Something to nudge you out of your comfort-zone! You might think YOU have problems once in a while! Little Emily Wu was born blind in one eye (The film is actually correctly known as EMILY'S EYE), totally deaf and was expected to be intellectually impaired to say the least - she had other ideas!
• "Latecomers - IMDB"
  Latecomers' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Frank and Sarah two strangers with cerebral palsy become entrenched in each other's dysfunctional lives after witnessing their able bodied friends in an awkward situation at a bar."
• "Audrey - IMDB"
  Audrey' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "Self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie has given her daughter Audrey everything, so when Audrey selfishly falls into a coma, Ronnie has no choice but to keep their dreams alive by assuming her identity."
• "VisAbility Exhibition"
  Reads, in part "Bringing together a selection of recent acquisitions from the QUT Art Collection, Vis-ability: Artworks from the QUT Art Collection has been conceived as a project to broaden understanding of the lived experiences of people who are blind or with low vision."
• "Access Arts - YouTube Undercover Artist Festival - 2021"
  Access Arts - You Tube - Undercover Artist Festival 2021 - reads, in part "Undercover Artist was developed by Access Arts who have been working to support people with disability to take part and excel in the arts for more than 38 years"
• "Access Arts - You Tube - 30th Anniversary Event Highlights"
  Access Arts - You Tube - 30th Anniversary Event Highlights - reads, in part "Guests attending the Access Arts' 30th Anniversary celebration give their thoughts on the importance of supporting Queensland artists with disability. The event was held at the Brisbane Powerhouse in November 2013" http://youtu.be/pV_XLZlkJnE
• "Crossroad Arts - Artistic Development, captured 2024"
  Crossroad Arts - Community Development, captured 2024 - reads, in part "Crossroad Arts is passionate about creating opportunities for people with disability who are serious about developing their skills in contemporary performance."
• "Accessible Arts - Career Advancement, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Career Advancement - reads, in part "We’re here to empower the creativity and careers of arts practitioners with disability right across NSW. We do this by providing a range of professional development programs for both artists and arts workers."
• "Quippings presents Risky Business"
  Reads, in part "Risky Business is the Quippings crew daredevils taking over the Melba Spiegeltent with our cabaret wordfest game show extravaganza!"
• "YouTube - Take Up Thy Bed and Walk - presented by Vitalstatistix and Gaelle Mellis"
  YouTube of 'Take Up Thy Bed and Walk' (2013) by Vitalstatisix and Gaelle Mellis - "Take Up Thy Bed & Walk is a subversive performance about women, disability & fiction."
• "Ron Grainer and Doctor Who - Interview - NFSA"
  Australian composer Ron Grainer, disabled in WWII, wrote the theme song to Doctor Who.
• "Sarah Austin, Chris Brophy, Lachlan MacDowell, Edward Paterson, and Winsome Roberts (2015) Beyond Access: The Creative Case for Inclusive Arts. Melbourne: Arts Victoria."
  Reads, in part "Beyond Access sought to create an evidence base for the creative case for inclusive arts practice to support greater recognition for artists with a disability by transforming and extending notions of what art is and who produces it."
• "Kate Maguire-Rosier (2016). Moving “Misfits.” Australasian Drama Studies, (69), 29–55. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.590682266081795"
  Reads, in part "In Dianne Reid's recent work Dance Interrogations (a Diptych), performed as part of the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival by Reid and collaborating artist Melinda Smith, spectators had no seats but rather roamed, observing two mature dancers. In this article, I explore Reid and Smith's live performance, a combination of structured movement improvisation and screendance, as a provocation of the relationship between movement and agency. I address the theatrical event through the multifaceted lens of the performers' experiences, spectators' responses and my own observations."
• "Blue Roo Theatre - Productions, captured 2022"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company - Productions, captured 2022 - reads, in part "Blue Roo performances and activities assist the performers, through a mentoring process to learn performing arts skills. The performers learn acting techniques, chorus work, voice, singing, movement, dance, different styles of performance-melodrama, clown, tragedy, commedia dell’ arte, visual and physical theatre" - with information about PERFORMANCES TO DATE (including A Midsummer Night's Dream 2021, Boss 2021, Around 2019, Time To Go 2018, Sea 2018, Now 2017, Orpheus and Eurydice 2016, The Bulimba Opera 2015, Song Circle 2014, Darcy O and the Browbeat Factory 2013, Flood Country 2012, The Last Night at the Grand 2011, Sugar Cane Ball 2010, Lily Pilly Letters 2009), COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE (including Hotel Pantelone, A Waddle of Ducks, Capitano Pretends Again 2015), MELODRAMA ENSEMBLE, COLLABORATIONS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM
• "Tutti Ensemble - Membership Form/Flyer"
  Tutti Ensemble Membership Flyer - reads, in part "At the heart of Tutti's work is the mission to develop a pioneering approach to integrated methods of performing arts and choral training. Together, the Tutti Choir and Tutti Arts perform to thousands of people every year. Hundreds of people of all ages and abilities from all walks of life regularly participate in Tutti's local and regional choral workshops."
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -1998 Win - Iss2"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication issue 2 Winter 1998 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources, Accessible Arts AGM
• "DADAA Program - Cover"
  DADAA Program 2009 - Cover
• "DADAA Service Directory - Cover"
  DADAA Service Directory 2005 - Cover
• “Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Spring 1995"
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Spring 1995 - EASE Industry Development Program, Disability Awareness Seminar, Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, access and looping improvements at Kino Cinemas
• Rozelle Arts and Drama Group
• "The Other Film Festival - Creating Change"
  The Other Film Festival Creating Change webpage, captured 2022 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led program that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. The days of Deaf and Disabled people being erased, misrepresented or under-employed by the mainstream have gone. We encourage the screen sector to embrace inclusive production structures and processes, including paid employment opportunities and career pathways for Deaf and Disabled screen practitioners and performers."
• Casula Powerhouse Museum