Disability Arts History Australia

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• “Australia Council praises NSW Theatre of the Deaf and provides some funding to the Deaf theatres throughout the 1970s”
  The 1976/77 Australia Council annual report stated: "The NSW Theatre of the Deaf is a significant achievement. The only funded organisation in Australia working in nonverbal theatre, its production of King Lear received widespread praise. This company is now accepted as operating in a legitimate area of theatre rather than performing mime works for the deaf. This offers wide scope for innovation." The Council’s 1977/78 annual report recorded that it granted funding to the NSW Theatre of the Deaf “towards salaries of artistic director, deaf director, and tutors’ fees in 1978” for $25,000; the “presentation of theatre pieces (mime, clowning, puppetry) in public performance” for $2,500, and “towards costs of a production in 1978” for $4,000. It also awarded $1,980 to Queensland Theatre of the Deaf “towards the cost of transporting company to Sydney for seminar with NSW Theatre of the Deaf”. Drama Resource Centre (Victoria) received $2,840 “to develop student theatre at Victoria School for Deaf Children” and $630 went to Children’s Activities Time Society (Western Australia) for the “cost of deaf mime artist, Rae Gibson, to undertake four week visit to Melbourne and Sydney to work with deaf artists”. The following annual report for 1978/79 recorded that the Council granted $25,000 to the NSW Theatre of the Deaf “towards salaries of artistic director, administrator and tutors” in 1979. The Council also awarded $1,800 to the Queensland Theatre of the Deaf towards a salary for Geoffrey Rush to work with the company in 1979. The 1979/1980 Australia Council annual report mentions funding “provided for a playwright-in-residence at the NSW Theatre of the Deaf.”
• Rhonda Whitaker
• Maria Filippow
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - You Tube - My Life, My Story Creative Development (2020)"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company - You Tube - creative development of first digital production My Life, My Story (2020) - reads, in part "My Life, My Story is a timely, poignant and uplifting narrative highlighting the personal journeys of four inclusive artists, from community isolation to public recognition for their creative abilities, determination and joyfulness."
• Kerreen Ely-Harper
• Kerreen Ely Harper
• "Access Arts Annual Report 2012"
  Access Arts Annual Report 2012 - Indigenous Projects, Community Arts, Visual Arts, Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA), Professional Development, Services
• David King
• Dave King
• "Making the arts work for everyone: a resource and information kit about arts and disabilities produced in 1995"
  Arts Access Victoria and Australia Council published 'Making the Arts Work for Everyone: A Resource and Information Kit about Arts and Disabilities' in 1995.
• Zandie Acton
• Mark Chapman
• "Office for the Arts (2013) Creative Australia: National Cultural Policy. https://www.arts.gov.au/publications/creative-australia-national-cultural-policy-2013"
  Reads, in part, "Creative Australia (2013) celebrates Australia’s strong, diverse and inclusive culture. It describes the essential role arts and culture play in the life of every Australian and how creativity is central to Australia’s economic and social success: a creative nation is a productive nation."
• Sophie Janzon
• Kimberly Sellers
• "Bree Hadley, Donna McDonnald (2019) Introduction: disability arts, culture, and media studies - mapping a maturing field. In Hadley, B & McDonald, D (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of disability arts, culture, and media. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 1-18.”
  Reads, in part "In this book, an internationally recognised collection of established and emerging scholars, artists, and activists from across the US, UK, Europe, Asia, and Australasia come together to trace the development of disability arts, culture, and media studies in recent decades, flag current interests, and forecast future concerns."
• "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
• Juliet London
• Aldo Gennarro
• Aldo Gennaro
• Jacque Robinson
• Mary Longman
• Venuzza laconis
• Martin Forster
• Megan McEvoy