Disability Arts History Australia

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• “The national tour of the exhibition BodySuits results in commissions and new opportunities for artists”
  A visual arts exhibition, BodySuits, toured nationally between 1997 and 1999. It was curated by Jane Trengove. This resulted in commissions and new opportunities for artists. Arts Access Victoria published a catalogue for the exhibition in 1997; the exhibition showed in Melbourne from 5 July - 2 August 1997 at 200 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy (a location now known as Gertrude Contemporary).
• Dion Beasley
• "SENSORIA: Access & Agency. ArtLink Magazine Issue 42.2, Spring 2022."
  Reads, in part "This issue platforms a range of contemporary art practices and debates written by and with artists who identify as part of the disabled, d/Deaf, vision impaired or neurodiverse communities. The commissioned essays, profiles and conversations offer diverse perspectives of lived experience and (in)visibility in the art worlds of Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and the UK."
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2017"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2017 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is the big party where everyone scores an invite! The festival programs provocative international and Australian cinema about the lived experience of disability and the Deaf community." - with links to About and Program pages.
• "Arts Project Australia - Satellite Arts, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Satellite Arts - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia's latest creative and accessible program supports artists living with an intellectual disability with remote online access to the supportive studio."
• Fiona Sutherland
• "Accessible Arts - Sound Circles - a sound and movement workshop for communities - Promotional Flyer"
  Accessible Arts - Sound Circles - a sound and movement workshop for communities - Promotional Flyer
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1991"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1991 - includes Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Program Director's Report, 1991 Exhibition Report, Scenes from the Studio Workshop, Financial Reports, Acknowledgements and Thanks - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia began in 1974 as an arts based advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities. A major reason for the formation of "the Art Project" (as it was then known) was the insight on the part of its members that many people who have an intellectual disability displayed aptitude and talent in the visual arts, and that the flexible conventions of these arts forms could provide access to a variety of means of expression and communication, even when more common forms, particularly linguistic, were difficult for them to utilise."
• "Ted Evans, Michelle Bellon, Brian Matthews (2017). Leisure as a human right: An exploration of people with disabilities’ perceptions of leisure, arts and recreation participation through Australian community access services. Annals of Leisure Research, 20(3), 331–348."
  Reads, in part "Community Access Services (CAS) are defined as ‘Services designed to provide opportunities for people with disability to gain and use their abilities to enjoy their full potential for social independence’ [Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 2015. Disability Services National Minimum Data Set Collection: Data Transmission and Technical Guide. Canberra: AIHW]. A notable absence of international research regarding leisure, arts and recreation through CAS exists. This study explores perceptions of people with disabilities on their participation in leisure, arts and recreation through Australian CAS."
• "Incite Arts - Meeting Place Arts and Disability Forum Poster"
  Poster for Meeting Place Arts and Disability Forum, hosted by InCite Arts and Arts Access Australia in Alice Springs in 2018
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2012"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2012 - Board and Staff, Supporters and Volunteers, A Message from our Patron, About Arts Project Australia, President's Report, Executive Director's Report, Artists, Exhibitions Report, Financial Statements, Independent Auditor's Report, Vale Richard Hung and Dawn Edward
• Alexandra Ellen
• Paul Summers
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Kiersten Fishburn - Article: Access Busters Seminar - 2002 Nov, Pg15-18"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Kiersten Fishburn - Article: Access Busters Seminar - 2002 Nov, Pg15-18
• "Tutti Arts - Amalgumation Arts Festival - Promotional Flyer"
  Tutti Arts - 'Amalgumation Arts Festival' 2006 Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "The program starts with the screening of a short comical film entitled 'Wheel Love' by Emma Butler from Launceston. Then follows 12 personal digital stories,Telling Tales, produced by Arts Access Victoria and the Australia Centre for the Moving Image The final film features Bronwyn Hayward from New Zealand, who wants to become a dancer but is told that she cannot because of her disability. The story tells her journey to become a dancer."
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2013"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2013 - Patron's Forward, Mission, President's Report, Social Impact Study, Executive Director's Report, Exhibition's Report, Staff, Board, Volunteers and Artists, Financials
• Patricia Cornelius
• Richard Bell
• Philip Channells
• "High Beam Festival 1998 Flyer"
  High Beam Festival Flyer 1998 reads "This is the first High Beam disability inclusive festival in Australia. It is happening in South Australia and its your opportunity to be involved so don't miss out. … HIGH BEAM FESTIVAL INCLUDES: • A spectacular opening night of celebration. • A lively Cabaret/Porty featuring some of Australia's top entertainers. • Two days of stimulating seminars with topics covering arts, disability and healthy communities. • A week-long program of disability inclusive events at The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. • A promotional campaign that will attract people from around Australia. • Multi-media promotional opportunities including free entry in the official festival program."
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Dave King - Article: DADAA - Disability in the Arts/Disadvantage in the Arts- Iss5, Pg3"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Dave King - Article: DADAA - Disability in the Arts/Disadvantage in the Arts- Iss5, Pg3reads, in part "DISABILITY IN THE ARTS/DISADVANTAGED IN THE ARTS AUSTRALIA (DADAA) is a group of artists/art workers who represent the states and territories of Australia. Its members are representatives from those groups who work towards artistic empowerment and filling the creative needs of people with disabilities - that is to name a few, ACCESSIBLE ARTS and ARTS ACCESS. All the current members attended a meeting in July. They all work with people with disabilities and three have disabilities. The inaugural meeting was held in late 1990. This group was formed to facilitate and maintain a responsive external overview of the trends in the arts for those experiencing disadvantage or a disability."
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2013"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2013 - with an Auslan welcome, About, Program, Tickets, and News links, including news of a recent screening in New York which included BEAUTIFUL (Australia, Dir: Genevieve Clay-Smith) and JUST BE FRANK (Australia, Dir: Elise Bialylew)
• "Arts Project Australia - Revealing The Human Exhibition 2009 - Program"
  Arts Project Australia - Revealing The Human Exhibition 2009 - Program - reads, in part "A significant exhibition of international and local artists exploring the human figure Curator Professor Colin Rhodes, Dean of Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney"
• "Arts Project Australia - Video Doctor Exhibition 2013 - Promotional Card"
  Arts Project Australia - Video Doctor Exhibition 2013 - Promotional Card - reads, in part "Working in collaboration with Arts Project Australia and Electronic Arts Intermix New York, Video Doctor brings together works by international and Australian artists. The title of the exhibition takes its cue from early VHS or Beta Max head cleaning tapes. Just as the 'doctor' would revive the clarity of the picture, the idea of revival is a key theme shared by the artists invited to be part of the project."
• Access Arts Darwin