Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• Sophie Janzon
• Kimberly Sellers
• “Australia Council for the Arts website captured 2008”
  The website reads “The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.” – links to the arts, Grants, News, Events, Publications, Philanthropy.
• "Australia Council (1999) Access All Areas: Guidelines for Marketing the Arts to People with Disabilities. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080720180431/http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/publications/disability_and_the_arts/access_all_areas_guidelines_for_marketing_the_arts_to_people_with_disabilities"
  Australia Council 'Access all areas: guidelines for marketing the arts to people with disabilities' 1999 - reads, in part "Access all areas: guidelines for marketing the arts to people with disabilities For most people, the decision to be exposed to the experience of an arts event is a simple one. You go, because you choose to go. Providing that choice to people with disabilities is the issue of Access all areas. This guide is intended to be practical, covering actions which are within reach of arts organisations, especially marketing officers and their departments. How to identify this audience, how to reach them and how to provide what they want is the key advice contained in Access all areas."
• Kath Duncan
• "Interview with Nick Hughes"
  Nick has worked as an actor, director, writer, artistic director, dramaturg and was the Company Manager for Restless Dance Theatre Interview Summary Nick Hughes is a retired arts administrator who has worked in various capacities within the arts industry, including as an actor, writer, stage manager, and notably as the company manager for Restless Dance Theatre. Nick gained degrees in drama, and sociology, and moved from the UK to Australia in 1973. During the interview, Nick reflects on his significant contributions to the arts and disability sectors. Despite being unfamiliar with disability arts in the beginning, Nick says he became deeply involved and committed to the field, valuing disability arts for the social and political aspects. Nick discusses witnessing first-hand the growth and development of individuals through creative expression. Throughout his career, Nick says he has seen the evolution and increasing recognition of disability arts as a legitimate and powerful art form capable of altering people’s perceptions and advocating for inclusivity and equality in society.
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1975-76"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1975-76 discusses membership, the year in review, National theatre of the Deaf from New York show and directors development program assisting Theatre of the Deaf, programs including salary and costs for Arts Access (Vic), Salaries, equipment and materials for program of multi-arts activities to Adult Deaf Society, Braille Book of the Year Award and funding program of entertainment for the old, sick and handicapped in homes.
• Jacque Robinson
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1986-87"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1986-87- discusses functions and objectives, structures, process and membership of Council, Council Committees and members, board members, assessment panels, staff lists, organisation chart, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, workshops for disabled people in community arts, funding for posters on theme of disability, grant for Theatre of the Deaf Braille Book of the Year award and Sound Pot Purri literary magazine for Royal Blind Society
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2014-15"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2014-2015 – discusses purpose, reports from chair and CEO, year in review, report from the CEO, Strategic priorities, funding overview, statement of outcome, about the Australia Council including The Governing Council and the Board, Structure of the Australia Council with new grants model; performance outcomes, manageability and accountability, financial statements and discussion of capacity building programs in partnerships with artists with disabilities, increasing audiences of people with disabilities, programs of dance including a research project between QUT and UQ about Queensland Ballet collaborating with Parkinson’s Queensland, and the New York based Mark Morris Dance Group to deliver weekly dance classes for 500 people around Brisbane affected by Parkinson’s disease and a program run by Crossroad Arts for two major dance and photography projects in 2015
• Venuzza laconis
• Martin Forster
• Megan McEvoy
• Michael Paul
• Michael Trasancos
• ”Racheal Missingham, Bree Hadley (2022) Oppression and allyship in Australia's Deaf Arts. Australasian Drama Studies, 80, pp. 304-332.”
  "In this article, we investigate the history of Deaf theatre in Australia, through the lens of oppression and allyship. Through a review of the to date limited academic, industry, and media literature, in conjunction with survey and interview research with Deaf theatre practitioners, this research sheds light on Deaf theatre makers’ perceptions of the ways in which ally support can operate to create both social benefits and barriers, and how this has impacted on the non-linear development and recent decline in Deaf theatre companies in Australia. It finds that, in developing a framework to scaffold stronger allyship relationships with d/Deaf and hard of hearing artists, it is critical to consider the accessibility and cultural requirements not just in relation to theatre methodologies, but in relation to arts management practices, which support continuing company production, too."
• Janelle Colquhoun
• Mary Longman
• "Simon Darcy, S., Hazel Maxwell, Simone Grabowski, Jenny Onyx (2019). Artistic Impact: From Casual and Serious Leisure to Professional Career Development in Disability Arts. Leisure Sciences, 44(4), 514–533. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490400.2019.1613461"
• Bruce Plant
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2017-18"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2017-2018 – discusses Rawcus and Julia Hales as examples of highquality work - reads, in part "Through our Disability Action Plan we continued to build the capability of our staff, including Easy English and the continuity of our audio description group. "
• "Access Arts Projects 2011-2013"
  Access Arts Projects, captured 2013, including Wataboshi Music Festival, Access Arts Professional Development Seminar, Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA) Exhibitions, Polyphonic – Many Voices Many Styles, Community Showcase 2011, The Truth - Pete Vance Quintet, Access Arts Soundscape Project, Indigenous Projects, Creative Recovery- FNQ Friends of Access Arts Annual Event.
• Kerrie Peters
• Belinda Kirkwood
• Undercover Artist Festival