Disability Arts History Australia

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• Julian Martin
• Judy Morton
• "The first ACT DisAbility Arts Festival is held"
  In 2004, the first ever ACT DisAbility Arts Festival was held as part of International Day of DisAbility celebration.
• DADA Act
• DADAA Act
• ACT DisAbility Arts Festival
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - NSW Theatre of the Deaf - Double Act - Promotional Flyer"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf promotional flyer for NSW Theatre of the Deaf presentation two one plays, A HISTORY IN SIX SIDES and ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
• “Commonwealth Disability Strategy launched in December 1994”
  The Commonwealth Disability Strategy was launched in December 1994. The strategy was meant to ensure compliance by Commonwealth Departments with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) (passed in 1992). The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House reports that “Results have been uneven, especially in employment, but the Act has made some breakthroughs on education and disability access in new buildings.”
• "Australia Council - Making the Journey: Arts and Disability in Australia"
  Reads, in part "A collection of inspiring examples of how to include people with disabilities in the arts, as participants, creators and organisers"
• “Choose Art, the Australian accessible arts directory, is launched”
  The Australian accessible arts directory Choose Art was launched in 2019. It is an initiative of Arts Access Victoria, designed for and by Deaf and disabled people. Choose Art is a Commonwealth project supported by the Cultural Ministers of each State and Territory through Arts ACT; Arts Tasmania; Create NSW; Creative Victoria; Culture and Arts WA; Arts South Australia; Arts Queensland; Department of Tourism and Culture, NT and the Federal Minister through the Department of Communications and the Arts. Arts Access Victoria has created Choose Art in partnership with Arts Access Australia, Access2Arts, Access Arts, Accessible Arts, Arts Access Darwin, Belconnen Arts Centre, DADAA and Incite Arts.
• “Screen Australia launches an access coordinator training program”
  Screen Australia launched an access coordinator training program in 2023. “The Access Coordinator role is intended for people from the Deaf/Disabled and/or Neurodivergent (DDN) communities who are committed to improving disability representation and removing barriers to inclusion.” Screen Australia partnered with the following organisations for the initiative: the New Zealand Film Commission, Screen Queensland, Screen Tasmania, Screen Territory, Screenwest, VicScreen, the South Australian Film Corporation, Screen ACT, Screen NSW, and the Australian Film Television Radio School.
• "Bree Hadley, Eddie Paterson, Madeleine Little, Kath Duncan (2024) How Disability Performance Travels in Australia: The Reality Under the Rhetoric. In Czymoch, Christiane, Maguire Rossier, Kate, & Schmidt, Yvonne (Eds.) How Does Disability Performance Travel?: Access, Art, and Internationalization. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 62-76.”
  "The last three decades has witnessed the development of a distinct narrative about how disability performance has become a much celebrated component of the Australian theatre landscape. A central aspect of this narrative is the critical importance of festivals, events, and other industry initiatives that allow disabled performers to travel - both conceptually and corporeally - to meet and be mentored by other artists, and to present their work to new and more mainstream audiences, in new spaces and places, around the country, and around the world. In this chapter, we draw on historical data, collected as part of an AusStage ARC LIEF project designed to database information about disability drama, theatre, performance, and dance over the past 100 years, as well as the Last Avant Garde ARC Linkage project on disability performance in Australia, to unpack areas where the reality seems to challenge some of the dominant rhetoric."
• "Mary Hutchison (2005) Making the Journey: Arts & Disability in Australia. Sydney: Arts Access Australia."
  Reads, in part "A collection of inspiring examples of how to include people with disabilities in the arts, as participants, creators and organisers"
• “Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Winter 1994"
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Winter 1994 - Disability Discrimination Act advocacy service, Seminar on Americans with Disabilities Act, EASE Consumers Group advise on BASS ticketing system
• Open Art ACT
• "Accessible Arts - PromotionalFlyer - 1986-87"
  Accessible Arts Network - Promotional Flyer - 1986-87 - reads, in part "It is network's intention that Accessible Arts Network will act as a "springboard" from which people can develop ideas and projects and the confidence to pursue themselves."
• "Accessible Arts - ACE - Exhibitions and Events"
  Accessible Arts - ACE - Exhibitions and Events 2002
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -2001 Nov - Iss6"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication Issue 6 May 2001 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - Border Morning Mail"
  Letter from Theatre of the Deaf to Editor of the Border Mail regarding language use - Reads, in part “In a recent article in the your paper (The Silent Act, 16. 8. 85} members of Australia.' s Theatre of the Deaf were referred to as 'deaf and dumb'. It is a great shame that this archaic phrase is still so widely used, as it is both inaccurate and potentially insulting to members of the modern deaf community of Australia.”
• "Tutti Arts - End of Year Concert: Everything Changes - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'End of Year Concert- Everything Changes' 2015 Program - reads, in part "’Everythlng changes, seasons will come and go Life rearranges all that we think we know’ from The Six Swans, by Jehane Markham and Richard Chew Welcome to the 2015 Tutti Christmas Concert! The above words taken from the finale of The Six Swans, a one act opera Tutti performed with UniSA students in June this year means a great deal to Tutti as we work for social change. They also remind us of the deep meaning in the story of the birth of Jesus and the themes of redemption, hope, salvation and love associated with Christmas. Let's make Christmas 2015 a time of caring, a celebration of true emancipation of the earth from racial and ethnic hatred. Regardless of our religious ties or other belief systems, this Christmas let's all take time to envision what kind of world we want to live in, and do what we can in our own lives to restore peace, love and goodwill to Australia and the world.”
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1995-96"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1995-96- discusses functions, organisation chart, arts funding, audience development and advocacy with collaboration with various government departments to focus on advocacy for minority groups including people with disabilities, strategy and policy with Arts and Disability report, describing the barriers to intellectual and physical access to the arts experienced by people with a disability and the implications for arts organisations of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, projects, information and advocacy.
• "Interview with David Doyle"
  David Doyle is the Executive Director of DADAA and has spent over 30 years leading large-scale Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD) and arts projects globally and in Western Australia, significantly contributing to the arts and disability sectors through his work with DADAA and his dedication to community wellbeing and access to arts and culture. Interview Summary David Doyle, who originally trained in printmaking and ceramics with a background in community arts, has worked extensively in community arts and cultural development with a focus on addressing social issues through the arts. His experience with a disability from a young age and a deep understanding of power dynamics and privilege have influenced his motivation and commitment to disability arts in Australia. David highlights the significance of the Disability Discrimination Act and NDIS in empowering artists with disabilities and notes the uneven distribution of resources for disability arts across Australia. As the leader of an arts organization, he values the transition of power to individual artists with disabilities, stressing the importance of equipping them with the skills and contacts needed to lead and redefine the sector.
• ACE Magazine
• "Interview with Jess Cochran"
  Jess Cochran (they/them) is an actor, model, writer and disability advocate. Interview Summary: Jess Cochran is a queer, non-binary, neurodivergent, performing artist, advocate, writer, and consumer consultant with a background in both physical and psychosocial disabilities. Their journey into the performing arts began accidentally with a role in the Awards winning Melbourne Fringe Festival production, Qualia, which opened doors to more local and international Awards-winning work in film and stage. Jess identifies proudly with their disabilities and considers their art both a personal expression and a political act aimed at highlighting the issues faced by the disability community. Jess’s work spans across writing, modelling, and various performance arts, and they wish to see an increase of disability arts representation in mainstream media with authentic casting, opportunities and improved accessibility for disabled performers. Jess is also passionate about highlighting intersectionality in disability arts.
• "South Australian Film Corporation (2018) Disability Screen Strategy"
  Reads, in part "Launched in 2018 under the SAFC’s Delivering Diversity umbrella, FULL TILT is the SAFC’s initiative for an inclusive approach to skills development for screen content makers with disability, and a starting point for driving change across the industry to achieve greater inclusion for practitioners with disability to develop their craft."