Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Ron Grainer and Doctor Who - Interview - NFSA"
  Australian composer Ron Grainer, disabled in WWII, wrote the theme song to Doctor Who.
• "YouTube - Take Up Thy Bed and Walk - presented by Vitalstatistix and Gaelle Mellis"
  YouTube of 'Take Up Thy Bed and Walk' (2013) by Vitalstatisix and Gaelle Mellis - "Take Up Thy Bed & Walk is a subversive performance about women, disability & fiction."
• "Tutti Arts - Website - History, captured 2008"
  Tutti Arts Website History captured 2008 - reads, in part "“Founded by South Australian playwright/composer Pat Rix, Tutti began as a small singing group for people with an intellectual disability at Minda Inc in August 1997."
• "Access Arts - Brisbane Outsider Artists 2008"
  Access Arts Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA) Studio/Programs page, with information about artists, and exhibitions, and examples of work
• "Arts Access Victoria - History, captured 2011"
• "Announcement of transition from DATT to Access2Arts"
  Announcement of transition from DATT (Disability and Arts Transition Team) to Access2Arts
• "Body Suits - 1997"
  Body Suits' 2004 - described in article in ArtLink https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060824102733/http://ArtLink.com.au/articles.cfm?id=361, reads, in part "Body suits, conceived by Jane Trengove of Arts Access Victoria, proposes the body as a site for investigation with the contributing artists being mostly people who experience 'bodily difference due to disability'."
• "Access2Arts Artist Space artist development program as first added to website 2016"
  Access2Arts Artist Space, 4 March 2016.Includes information about Access2Arts "Artist development program creates activity and opportunities to support and stimulate Deaf and disabled artists’ professional practice and develop arts projects that explore new territory. Access2Arts supports emerging and professional artists in the following areas: Contemporary arts practice; Deaf arts and disability arts; Professional skills development; One-on-one artist consultations; Innovative arts projects; Information, forums, training; Auspicing services"
• "Arts Project Australia - Website, captured 2016"
  Arts Project Australia - Website, captured 2016 - includes Home, About, Studio, Artists & Art Gallery, Exhibitions & Events, Get Involved, Shop, Blog, Contact
• "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.
• "Access2Arts Artist Profiles as first added to website in 2017"
  Access to Arts Artist Profiles as first added to website in 2017
• "Quippings presents Risky Business"
  Reads, in part "Risky Business is the Quippings crew daredevils taking over the Melba Spiegeltent with our cabaret wordfest game show extravaganza!"
• "Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre - Program 2018, captured 2019"
  Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre Program 2018, captured 2019 - ‘Share House’ at Anywhere Festival Brisbane, and Mullumbimby Drill Hall Theatre, ‘All Mised Up’ roving troupe performance at Summerland House grounds in Alstonville, performances at Lismore Lantern Parade, World Dance Alliance Adelaide, Gold Goast Disability Expo, end of year Gala
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2019"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2019 - reads, in part "Since 2004 The Other Film Festival has been an agent for change and the first international disability film festival in Australia." - with links to About, Program, Tickets, Access, and Archive pages
• "Restless Dance - Our Work"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, ‘Our Work,’ captured 2020 – links to pages on history, performances, workshops, resources, gallery, shop, and bequests – information about the core Company, workshop programs, and other opportunities
• "Restless Dance - Dot to Dot"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Dot to Dot', captured 2020 - reads, in part "The Dot To Dot project is a series of workshops aimed at broadening awareness, developing skills and teaching how to run accessible and inclusive performing arts workshops."
• "DADAA Publications Webpage, captured 2021"
  DADAA Publications Webpage, captured 2021 - Annual Reports 2014-2019, Newsletters 2016-2019, and research reports, including Art Works: Employment in the Arts for People with Disability (2012), and Same Drum CACD Project With Young People from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds (2018), Oddysea project with Sensorium Theatre (2014), the Lost Generation project (2011)
• "Access Arts - Grants"
  Website reads "Access Arts can help you make the first, or next step through one of our grant funding opportunities. Provided with support and in partnership with other arts organisations, our grants and awards fund the development opportunities, guidance, and exposure artists with disability or disadvantage need to pursue their artistic practice."
• "Undercover Artist Festival Program Released 2021"
  Undercover Artist Festival 2021, curated by Festival Director Madeleine Little, including Lauren Watson’s Nerve, Andi Snelling’s Happy-Go-Wrong, Naavikaran’s Brown Church, Oliver Hetherington-Page’s The No Bang Theory in the ‘Creative’ program track, and work by Timothy Orton, Mitchell Runcie and Allycia Staples from The Sunshine Troupe in the ‘Community’ track.
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Reports 2016-2021, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Reports 2016-2021 - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia is a creative social enterprise that supports artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for their inclusion in contemporary art practice."
• "Arts Project Australia - Studio, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Studio - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia offers creative and accessible spaces for artists with intellectual disability. Join the studio program at the Northcote building or via online platform 'Satellite Arts.'"
• "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."
• "Arts Project Australia - Publications, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Publications - Includes information about SINCERELY YOURS ZINE 2022, ART ET AL. BROADSHEET ISSUE 1 2021 (inclusive, curated international art platform that commissions and presents collaborations between artists from supported studios, artist peers and arts professionals), ANTIDOTE 2021, REACHING POTENTIAL (REPORT 2021 (including exhibition essay by Dr Marion Piper Words Make Worlds), A SENSE OF PLACE 2003 (including The Significance of Space, The Meaning of Place by Dr Cheryl Daye and Kitty Ginter), VALERIO CICCONE: PERIPHERAL OBSERVER 2012 (including Peripheral Observer catalogue essay ‘This is me – some thoughts on the art of Valerio Ciccone’ by curator Glenn Barkley pp. 8-10), VIDEO DOCTOR 2013 (including essay by Geoff Newton), SO FAR… eight artists / eight stories 2014, IT TAKES MORE THAN 140 CHARACTERS TO WRITE A NOVEL (2015 (Including exhibition essay by curator Dr Vincent Alessi), AUTO BODY WORKS 2018, FEM-aFFINITY 2019 (including FEM-aFFINITY catalogue essay If Collaboration is the Method, Activism is the Intention by curator Dr Catherine Bell pp. 19-24), POP UP STALL: The Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair
• "Arts Project Australia - Artist Videos, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Artist videos - reads, in part "Featuring behind the scenes footage of Arts Project Australia artists in conversation with some of Australia's leading artists and arts professionals."
• "The Other Film Festival - Creating Change"
  The Other Film Festival Creating Change webpage, captured 2022 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led program that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. The days of Deaf and Disabled people being erased, misrepresented or under-employed by the mainstream have gone. We encourage the screen sector to embrace inclusive production structures and processes, including paid employment opportunities and career pathways for Deaf and Disabled screen practitioners and performers."