Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "DADAA - The Lost Generation Project"
  DADAA - The Lost Generation Project 2007 - reads, in part "The project was conceived from a partnership between DADAA and the WA Disability Services Commission, which began in 2002. After working on 15 small projects, the partners decided to develop a large-scale project in 2007 to continue developing arts and cultural interventions with and for people with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation across the Perth metropolitan area. The project's rich CACD strategy has seen numerous successful workshops, exhibitions and related projects come to fruition in partnership with local governments and other community arts organisations.?
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2008-09"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2008-09 - discusses letter from chairman, year in review, from the CEO, How we achieved our outcomes, About the Australia Council, Governance, Organisation, Accountability, Workplace and Financial statements but no longer listing grants of organisations or individuals however discusses the DADAA WA radio play “The Proper Shoes” - a series of stories written by young women with a disability, was first broadcast nationally on ABC Radio and then invited to tour the play as part of the TRASNA Festival of Inclusive Theatre.
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter February 2009"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter February 2009 - "A new year, a new creative opportunity. Welcome to 2009 and the new look Tutti newsletter where we remember the highlights of 2008 and alert you to two exciting events coming up in the near future. The official launch of Tutti Kids in partnership with Novita Children's Services by the Honourable Jennifer Rankine, Minister for Disability, is on February 14th at the Odeon Theatre. In March, Tutti presents the Australian premiere of Richard Chew and Orlando Gough's radical community opera The Shouting Fence at the State Opera Studio for the Adelaide International Fringe Festival."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Access Newsletter Spring 1994”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Access Newsletter Winter 1994”
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1995"
• "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."
• "Accessible Arts - International Day of People With Disability, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - International Day of People With Disability - reads, in part "The International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) on December 3 provides a valuable opportunity every year to acknowledge, honour and celebrate people with disability and the vital contributions they make to arts and culture here in Australia and throughout the world."
• "Interview with Pat Rix"
  Pat Rix is a Disability Ally and Social Change advocate, and the recently retired Founder and CEO of TUTTI ARTS Incorporated. Interview Summary Pat Rix is an Artistic Director who has made extraordinary and sustained contributions to Australia’s cultural life through her artistic practice and leadership. A significant arts contributor since 1985, Pat made her early mark through plays and music-theatre productions which drew attention to social injustice and championed social inclusion. Her journey in disability arts began in 1997 with the formation of an inclusive choir at Minda Inc. which in 2001 incorporated to become the independent multi arts organisation known as ‘Tutti’ - embodying the inclusive Italian term meaning ‘everyone’. At a time when there were no vocational pathways for learning disabled and neuro divergent people, Tutti became a national trailblazer in creating a work environment where learning disabled and neuro diverse artists could create visual art, theatre, music, film and experimental art in a way that authentically nurtured their professional growth and recognition. Pat stresses the importance of disabled artists having control over their work. She believes that art is inherently political, and that it is finding your voice, being heard and being taken seriously that contributes to any artist's success. Pat looks forward to the future evolution of disability arts and the role of technology in enabling disabled artists to develop local and global partnerships which continue to provide exciting opportunities for artistic development.
• Betty Rankin
• Greg Sneddon
• Kate Brennan
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1989"
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1989 - Venue notes for Melbourne Town Hall, Updated venue notes for National Gallery of Victoria, FEIPP Programme Free and low-cost entertainment events in public places.
• “Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Ticketing Update December 1992"
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Ticketing Update December 1992
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter December 1989”
  Arts Access Arts Access Society Access Newsletter December 1989 – reads in part: “Projects including Moomba, the Paintings Prints and Poles and 'Closing the Gap' exhibitions, the Taste of Crime performances at Fairlea, the opening of the ACCESS Studio, the Sails project at the Austin Hospital and the production of the kit "Making The Arts Work for Everyone", new studio space, 'Making the Arts Work for Everyone' publication, visiting director of Arts for Health from Manchester led seminars, and the Victorian Orchestra for the Disabled was being established.
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1991”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1991 - Free concerns at Sidney Myer Music Bowl by Melbourne Symphony, Playbox and Melbourne Theatre Company 1992 seasons
• “Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1992-February 1993"
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1992-February 1993
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.- EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1990”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1990 - The Palais Theatre venue notes, Free events at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and Victorian Arts, including Melbourne Summer Music Series
• Bruce Gladwin
• Lisa Havilah
• "Arts Access Australia appoints Emma Bennison (2012) and Megan Shand (2017) as CEO"
  Prior CEO Kate Larsen statesin 'Disability Leadership: If You're Gonna Talk the Talk .... ABC: Ramp Up, 30 March 2012' - "Now, I love my job. I'm good at it. I think that I've been useful here. But on the same day I accepted the position last February I also did something else. I gave notice of my resignation, and undertook to hand over the organisation by the end of 2012. The reason? Because I believe that Arts Access Australia should be led by a person with disability."
• “Arts Access Australia releases the report Making the Journey: Arts & Disability in Australia”
  In 2005, Arts Access Australia commissioned a survey of the disability arts sector nationally. This survey resulted in the report, Making the Journey: Arts & Disability in Australia. The report was written by Mary Hutchison. It details 12 case study disability arts organisations.
• “Screen Australia commissions the reports ‘Seeing Ourselves’ (2016) and ‘Seeing Ourselves 2’ (2023)”
  In 2016, Screen Australia commissioned a report "Seeing ourselves: Reflections on diversity in Australian TV drama". The report highlighted the lack of characters on TV with a disability. When characters with a disability were part of the story they were played by actors without a disability and were portrayed as either unemployed or retired. Screen Australia commissioned a follow-up report in 2023 called "Seeing Ourselves 2 - Diversity, equity and inclusion in Australian TV drama". This report shows that, while diversity is a global conversation and there is an increase of disability representation, it remained significantly lower than the actual disabled population.
• No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability
• No Strings Attached