Disability Arts History Australia

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• Rhian Hinkley
• Ross Clark
• Gaelle Mellis
• "Morwenna Collett, Gill Nicol (2024) Building Strong Foundations: Research on arts and disability needs and opportunities, Creative Australia, 2024."
  "This report is a summary of an arts and disability needs and audit conducted in 2023 for Creative Australia. Through desktop research and consultation with d/Deaf and disabled artists and creative workers, peak bodies and broader arts and cultural organisations, this research provides insights into needs and opportunities in the arts and disability ecology in Australia."
• "Interview with Graham Wilfred Junior"
  Graham Wilfred Junior is a Yolngu man and artist with Incite Arts where he works with different mediums including filmmaking, writing, performing and music. Interview Summary Graham, an emerging artist with spina bifida whose father inspired his passion for art, has pursued various art forms including painting, music, and digital art, now calls Mparntwe/Alice Springs home, and is venturing into theatre and filmmaking. His digital artwork, through the creation of the indigemoji app, helps teach the Arrernte, the language of the First Nations people of Mparntwe/Alice Springs. He now seeks to expand his impact through acting and creating films. Graham's motivation is to both celebrate and inspire people with disability, aiming for recognition as an artist rather than focusing solely on his disability. Graham shares his journey with Incite Arts, highlighting his involvement in music workshops, acting classes and script development, emphasizing the importance of representation and empowerment for individuals with disability. Ultimately, he aims to document his experiences and create impactful performances that leave a legacy to encourage others to pick up where he leaves off, ensuring the continuity of artistic expression within his community.
• Bruce Gladwin
• "Writeability website, captured 2016"
  Webpage reads, in part “Before the advent of Write-ability, writing programs for people with disability in Victoria were few and far between. Examples of successful Australia writers with disability are rare (and deaf writers even more so). Consequently, the number of authentic voices recording the stories of the lived experience of disability has been limited.” Webpage contains information about Write-ability Mentor-in-Residence; Write-ability Fellowships; Write-ability recent projects such as a series 2014 postcards/memes profiling writers, and support, professional development, and writers groups.
• "Incite Arts Annual Report 2020"
  Incite Arts Annual Report 2020 - About Incite Arts, Board’s Report, Highlights, Project (Move Masters new creative development for stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble, Olive Pink Opera Collaboration, Create Communities, Unbroken Land, Acacia Hill School Workshop Program, NT Arts Access Awars), Partners
• "Interview with Michelle Ryan"
  Michelle Ryan is the artistic director of Restless Dance Theatre and has extensive experience as a dancer and performer. Interview Summary Michelle Ryan, the artistic director of Restless Dance Theatre, shares her journey from being a successful dancer diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 30 to becoming an advocate for artists with disabilities. Despite her initial hesitations to perform with her disability, a positive experience dancing with a European company reignited her passion and led her to Restless Dance Theatre, where she aims to change perceptions of who can create art. Michelle emphasizes the importance of providing professional opportunities and proper compensation for disabled artists, challenging the notion that disability work is charity or hobbyist. She advocates for representation that is genuine and not tokenistic, ensuring the inclusion of people with disabilities is meaningful and respectful.
• "Commonwealth of Australia (2024) Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan"
  "Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan (the Plan) was released on 14 November 2024. The Plan is a four-year roadmap of activities to build the foundations for equity for artists, arts workers and audiences with disability across Australia, with an $8.1 million investment in actions to drive change."
• “The South Australian Film Corporation announces their disability screen strategy”
  The South Australian Film Corporation launched their disability screen strategy. First, their Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022-2032, which they say “breaks new ground nationally,” defines quantifiable 10-year targets. In addition, the SAFC has developed a Disability Equality Plan, Targeted Diversity Attachments, the FULL TILT Short Documentary Initiative, and Film Lab: New Voices, a feature film development program presented by SAFC with Adelaide Film Festival and Mercury CX.
• "Tutti Arts - ENews April 2018"
  Tutti Arts - ENews April 2018 - information about performances, exhibitions, work in development, and Awards
• “The 1985 New Directions Report is released”
  People with disabilities and their families participated in the review for the first time as part of a comprehensive consultation process. The resulting report ‘New directions: report of the Handicapped Programs Review’ was released in 1985. It indicated the need for change in disability policy culture of how people with a disability rights and capacities to realise their individual capacities for development.
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch
• Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC
• Naomi Aitchison
• Suzanne Fegan
• Wendy Dumaresq
• Leo Cussen
• "InCite Arts - NT Arts Access Awards Media Release 2012"
  Media release reads, in part, "The Awards are now in their fourth year, having been established in 2009 by Arts Access Darwin with support from Arts Access Central Australia, to help promote arts and disability practice in the Northern Territory."
• "Nola Colefax and Annee Lawrence (1999) Signs of change : my autobiography and the history of Australian Theatre of the Deaf 1973-83. Deaf Resources Australia"
  "The story of a small group of people making theatre history in a little known Australian community. The book interweaves the personal history of Nola Colefax with the history, culture and development of the deaf community." More on Nola Colefax's contribution to Theatre of the Deaf at https://web.archive.org/web/20241113210108/https://deafinnsw.com/nola-colefax.
• "Crossroad Arts Annual Report 2007"
  Crossroad Arts Annual Report 2007 - Artistic Director/CEO Report, history, including project history, major outcomes of the year including new works, creative development, reviews
• Michael Mildren
• “Arts Access Arts Access Art Day Number 1 1994”
  Arts Access Arts Access Art Day Number 1, 1995 – Description of Arts Access programs for people with intellectual disabilities, Description of the Artistic Program, the Resource and training unit and the EASE program, Art Beat - Performance Art Options for People with Intellectual Disabilities – workshops, Big Bag rock band and Back to Back theatre company - Barbara Doherty, Carol Downey, Claire Teisen, David (no last name listed), Dean Michael, John Tonso, Kerrie (no last name listed), Lyndsay Mason, Maria (no last name listed), Sonia Teuben
• "Tutti Arts - Dare To Dream Concern 2010 - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'Dare To Dream Concert' 2010 Program - reads, in part "The Tutti Ensemble is recognized a leader in community cultural development and disability culture in South Australia. Tutti offers opportunities to both disabled and non-disabled people of all ages to become involved in a range of concerts and music theatre events through its social inclusive choral program including Hot Tutti and Poco Tutti."