Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Interview with Jianna Georgiou"
  Jianna Georgiou is a professional dancer, director and choreographer and has been with Restless Dance since 2006. Interview Summary Jianna Georgiou, who has Italian and Cypriot heritage, shared her journey as a dancer. She expressed her aspirations to collaborate with friends from other dance companies and emphasized her desire to continue her path with Restless Dance Theatre. Jianna’s determination remains strong, fuelled by her goal to perform and the emotional connection she feels through dance. She hopes to explore various dance styles, including hip-hop, which currently resonates with her, and she is motivated by the creative and energetic environment at Restless Dance Theatre.
• "Interview with Darcy Carpenter"
  Darcy Carpenter is a professional dancer and has performed with Restless Dance Theatre since 2014. Interview Summary: Darcy is a professional dancer with a family history in dance, who works with Restless Dance Theatre and has worked with the Riverland Youth Theatre. Darcy expressed her passion for dance and acting, mentioning her desire to share emotional experiences with her audience and her personal growth as an artist through the support of Restless Dance Theatre organisation. Throughout the interview, Darcy’s pride as a third-generation dancer shone through, along with her aspirations to continue developing her artistry.
• "The Arts and Disability"
  This booklet/brochure provides images, descriptions of the work, and contact details and contact organisations for key organisations in South Australia including: Access2Arts; Bearded Dragon Gallery; Broughton Art Society; Community Bridging Services Inc. (CBS); Company AT; Learning Creative Skills; Lolly Jar Circus; mindshare; No Strings; Restless Dance Theatre; Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch Film and New Media Festival
• Murmuration Dance Theatre
• Megan Strickfaden
• "Interview with Alex Creece"
  Alex Creece is writer, poet, editor, collage artist, and average kook living on Wadawurrung land. Interview Summary Alex Creece, focused on her experiences and journey as a disabled artist and writer in Australia. Alex discussed the importance of building a community and the challenges of balancing personal identity with maintaining professionalism in art. Alex expressed a desire for increased accessibility and recognition in the industry, highlighting the need for continued support of disabled artists. Throughout the conversation, the complexity of disability arts' visibility, identity politics, and the definition of creative success were explored, with Alex providing insight into her own work as well as broader industry trends and challenges.
• "Interview with Alison Bennett"
  Dr Alison Bennett is a senior lecturer in photography at RMIT School of Art specialising in expanded photography, webXR, queer and feminist creative practices. Interview Summary Alison Bennett, an artist and academic, spoke about her work in expanded photography, their experiences with autism, and the intersection of disability discourse with queer activism in their life and work. Their current project, vegetal/digital, arose from their experiences during the pandemic and connects audiences with plant sentience through interactive digital art. Alison also discussed the political nature of their work, aiming to shift ontological frameworks and exploring new modes of engagement through art. They reflected on the significant cultural changes regarding neurodiversity in the last few decades, highlighting the growing self-advocacy among autistic artists and their increasing impact in the arts.
• Christopher Newell
• "Kath Duncan, Gerard Goggin (2002). 'Something in Your Belly': Fantasy, Disability and Desire in My One Legged Dream Lover. Disability Studies Quarterly 22 (4), pp: 127-144."
  In this article we explore fantasy, disability and desire in the groundbreaking 1998 Australian TV documentary My One-Legged Dream Lover. Based upon self-reflexive documentary conventions, the video uncovers journalist-cum-freak raconteur Kath Duncan's explorations into the world of amputee fetish. Duncan is a double congenital amputee. She says," I've tried most things men, women, sex toys, unusual locations, dominance and submission games but I wanted to know what it was like to be desired because of my impairments." Gerard Goggin is a temporarily able-bodied (or TAB) academic with his own history of queer desire and a personal investment in exploring issues of difference. Duncan's and Goggin's collaboration includes accessing each other's edgier fantasies, aiming to give voice to some of the negotiations, anxieties, pleasures, and risks we have taken, speaking across the chasm of our personal histories, different genders and respective bodies.
• "Ruth Rentschler, Boram Lee, Ayse Collins, Jung Yoon (2023) ‘I am a professional dancer’: A case study of performing artists with disability. In Wyszomirski, M. J. & Chang, W. (Eds.), Building professionalism in the creative sector. Oxon: Routledge, 227-246"
  "The demand for professional recognition for artists with disability is growing. There is little research, however, on the ways in which disability arts are associated with professionalism. This study examines professionalization in disability arts by comparing it with the concept of professionalization in the arts generally. It identifies three components of professionalization in disability arts by means of a case study of an inclusive arts organization. This qualitative study entails 17 semi-structured interviews with artists, staff members, and other stakeholders both with and without disabilities."
• "Crossroad Arts Program Shades of White 2000"
  Crossroad Arts program images - Shades of White 2000
• "Sydney Festival - StickybrickS MEDIA RELEASE - 2006"
  Sydney Festival - StickybrickS 2006 MEDIA RELEASE - Reads, in part "By 2002 Northcott was infamous once again as a seething pit of violent crime, multiple murders and suicides, with residents traumatised and Sydney’s media swarming, ready to pronounce this community a blot on an otherwise perfectly-good-inner-city-real-estate-investment-opportunity. Northcott residents, however, refused to be tarred with the same media brush and began working with national arts organisation Big hART writing, researching, filming, composing, performing, painting and photographing."
• "Back to Back Theatre - Information Pack"
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -2001 May - Iss5"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication Issue 5 May 2001 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "DADAA Annual Report 2015-2016"
  DADAA Annual Report 2015-2016 - Chairperson and Executive Director’s Reports, New premises, NDIS, Workshops, Exhibitions, Performances, Screenings, Freight and Focus Galleries, Online Gallery, Online Broadcasts, stARTSpeak, Art Link Programs for Children and Young People, Awesome Festival, Nexus Arts Grants, Professional Mentorships, Financials
• "DADAA Annual Report 2014-2015"
  DADAA Annual Report 2014-2015 - Chairperson and Executive Director’s Reports, Staff list, Staff training and development, Capital works, Participation, Programs including Projects and Performances, Galleries and Exhibitions, Regional Programs, Sculpture at Bathers, StARTSpeak, Art Link Be Active Program for Children and Young People, Awesome Festival, Community Arts and Recreation Program, Wangaree Community Centre, South African Arts Development Program, DFAT Sri Lankan Fellowship, Circus and Fusion, Nexus Arts Grant, Partnerships, and Financials
• "DADAA No Fixed Address - Promotion Card"
  DADAA No Fixed Address 2017-2020 promotion card - Coverreads, in part "No Fixed Address was a project developed by DADAA in partnership with and a group of Perth-based contemporary artists and filmmakers. Centred in Fremantle’s East End, an area currently undergoingmass gentrification, is St. Patrick’s Community Support Centre, which for the past 40 years has worked to support those who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless."
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1988"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1988 - includes Part 1 Artistic Report (Summary of year's activities and evaluation); Part 2 Report on Riverina Project; Part 3 Report on RBS Project; Part 4 Report on Restructuring of Project; Part 5 Report on Melbourne Trip
• Safe in Sound
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1999-2000"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1999-2000 - Chairpersons' Report, Treasurer’s Report, Executive Officer (Acting) & Project Officer Report, Consultancy, Regional Networks, Partnerships, Resources, Training, Financials
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2008"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2008 - Overview, Rewarding Excellence, Skills Development, Strengthening the Sector, Consulting to the Sector, Providing a Service
• "Back to Back Theatre - Annual Report 2012"
  Back to Back Theatre Annual Report 2012 - Report from Chair and Executive, tours of GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH, FOOD COURT, SMALL METAL OBJECTS and THE DEMOCRATIC SET, presentations of Hell House and Mermaid, creative development for new work LASER BEAK MAN, networks and industry events, research articles and chapters by Benjamin Wihstutz, Theron Schmidt, and Josephine Machon, doctoral research by Caroline Ellison, George Catsis, Deborah Pollard, and Matt Hargrave, Arts Victoria research on "Economic Impact of Victorian Cultural Sector" by Judy Morton, Good Foundations "Research on Operational Funding Models in the NFP Sector" by Paul Murnane and Stephen Penny,” and University of Melbourne McArthur Research Fellow research by Kalissa Anna Alexeyeff
• "Back to Back Theatre - Annual Report 2011"
  Back to Back Theatre Annual Report 2011 - Report from Chair and Executive, information on premiere season of GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH, international tours ofTHE DEMOCRATIC SET, SMALL METAL OBJECTS and FOOD COURT, new collaboration to develop LASER BEAK MAN in collaboration Tim Sharp and Sydney Theatre Company, community/experimental work with THEATRE OF SPEED, networks and industry events, research including doctoral projects by Stanley Opara, Yoni Prior and Caroline Ellison, inclusion in Josephine Machon’s book “lmmersive Theatres: Intimacy and Immediacy in Contemporary Performance" and research on arts-schools partnerrships with Arts Victoria, Melbourne University, and Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
• "Back to Back Theatre - Annual Report 2010"
• "Back to Back Theatre - Annual Report 2009"