Disability Arts History Australia

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• “Arts Access Victoria – Art Everywhere (2010-2015)"
  Between 2010 and 2015, Arts Access Victoria (AAV) received $2.5 million to support audio description and captioning in film as part of its worth with The Other Film Festival, launched Write-ability with Writers Victoria, the mobile, accessible arts space Nebula in Melbourne’s Federation Square in 2012, and collaborated in research such as the ‘Beyond Access’ project with University of Melbourne and Dance Haptics with Deakin University.
• “Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Glenroy 1993 - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Glenroy 1993 - Promotional Flyer - Artists, Guest Artists, Participants, and Volunteers in Glenroy Creative Arts Program 1993
• “Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Glenroy - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Glenroy - Promotional Flyer - information about Creative Arts Program coordinated by Barbara Doherty at Glenroy Uniting Church Hall
• “Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Goonawarra - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Goonawarra - Promotional Flyer - Information about Creative Arts Program coordinated by Barbara Doherty at at Goonawarra Community Centre.
• “Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program North and West 1993 - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program North and West 1993 - Promotional Flyer - Information about Creative Arts Program (North & West) providing arts opportunities, via workshops in visual and performing arts, including painting, printmaking, drawing, mask making, ceramics, music, movement, dance, and drama, for adults with Intellectual Disability
• “Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Sunbury - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program Sunbury - Promotional Flyer - Exhibition after year one of the Creative Arts Program Sunbury, providing projects in ceramics, painting, drawing, and photography.
• "Access Arts - The Divine Kiss, website captured 2004"
  Access Arts - The Divine Kiss, website captured 2004"- reads, in part "The Divine Kiss - The Evil is Always and Everywhere - is a music theatre work exploring the imagery of the Seven Saving Virtues. This is not a traditional text driven narrative, but a collection and superimposing of images with text. Although the perimeters may seem fluid, the work is structured around a base of Seven Virtues with twelve images per virtue of either sound, light and/or singing. Seven sections equal the Seven Virtues, each section to explore one virtue in its quarternity. The sections build one on another using the device of a palimpset of images to reinforce and deepen the audience experience through thematic reiterations."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Dance Up - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Dance Up! - Promotional FlyerInformation about Dance Up! in Glenroy, coordinated by Barbara Doherty, at Corpus Christi Church Hall
• “Arts Access Victoria – Inclusive Arts Studio - Way Out West - Promotional Flyer"
• Deaf Arts Network (DAN)
• Melbourne Zoo
• "Access to the Arts for People with Disability"
  Postcard, reading 'Arts Access South Australia' and 'Access to the Arts for People with Disabilities' on the front, with space on the back for the user to write a message and send to a receipient.
• John Lane
• Connie Kramer
• Sally Chance
• "Tutti Arts - Rites Of Passage Concert - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'Rites Of Passage Concert' 2012 Program - reads, in part "Tutti is Australia's first Inclusive choir and takes its name from the musical term 'Tutti' meaning everyone. From Its origins as a small singing group at Minda, the original choir has grown into a vibrant independent multi arts organisation ( Tutti Inc), deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With Its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti Is both a grass roots nurturer of disabled artists and a creator and presenter of high quality work which brings disabled artists, diverse communities and professional artists together for high quality performances and exhibitions.”
• "Tutti Arts - I Want It All - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'I Want It All' 2014 Program - reads, in part "Tutti is Australia's first indusive choir and takes its name from the musical term. ‘'Tutti', means everyone. From its origins in 1997 as a small singing group at Minda, the choir has grown into a vibrant independent multi arts organisation, deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti is both a grass roots nurturer of disabled artists and a creator and presenter of high quality work which brings disabled artists, and community and professional artists together for performances and exhibitions.”
• “Tutti Arts – Tutti Choir – Christmas Celebration 2014 - No More Turníng Away - Program”
  Tutti Arts – Tutti Choir Christmas Celebration 2014 'No More Turníng Away' Program- reads, in part "“The Tutti Choir is Australia's first inclusive choir and takes its name from the musical term Tuti', meaning everyone. From its origins in 1997 as a small singing group at Minda, the choir has grown into a vibrant independent multi arts organisation, deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti is both a grass roots nurturer of disabled artists and a creator and presenter of high quality work which brings disabled artists, and community and professional artists together for performances and exhibitions.”
• “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.”
• “Incite Arts (NT) established in 1998”
  What would become Incite Arts (Northern Territory) was established in 1998, known at that time as the Alice Springs Youth Arts Group (ASYAG). “ASYAG was formed as a response to a locally identified need for a vehicle to express young people’s stories in a valid contemporary cultural context.” In 2004, the organisation adopted the name InCite Youth Arts Inc and was incorporated as a not-for-profit. The following year, they became the host and auspice of Arts Access Central Australia (AACA), an arts and disability committee. The organisation’s name was revised once again in 2013, becoming Incite Arts.
• “Accessible Arts (NSW) established”
  Accessible Arts (NSW) was established in 1986. "the peak arts and disability organisation in New South Wales. We advance the rights of, and opportunities for, people with disability or who are d/Deaf to develop and sustain professional careers in the arts and have equitable access to arts and culture across NSW".
• "Australia Government (2019) My Art Goals: NDIS and the Arts. Canberra: Department of Communication and Arts."
  Reads, in part "My art goals shows some of the ways National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants who have creative or cultural jobs, or who want to participate recreationally in the arts, can reach their goals. My art goals provides information about how the NDIS might support participants with arts goals, or about what supports or services might be available outside the NDIS."
• “Inaugural High Beam festival in 1998”
  High Beam was a biennial community-based disability arts festival. It was a joint initiative of SPARC Disability Foundation and Arts In Action (through the direction of Tony Doyle). (Arts in Action later became Arts Access SA.) The 10-day event was the first of its kind in the Southern hemisphere, attracting around 20,000 people at each festival. The festival showcased theatre, dance, comedy, and music. Some celebrity artists included Adam Hills and David Helfgott. The inaugural festival (1998) invited Swedish Disability Theatre Company Mooms Teatern to perform; the company also conducted workshops with a disability-led Australian theatre company, No Strings Attached. This first festival was also the site of Tutti's first public performance as a choir.
• “Crossroad Arts (Queensland) founded in 1996”
  Crossroad Arts (Queensland) was founded in 1996 by Steve Mayer-Miller. "Crossroad Arts collaboratively develops opportunities for people who experience a disability, to access and participate in the arts".
• "A contemporary visual arts exhibition, Connected 2008, is presented in 2008"
  In 2008, Arts Access Victoria produced Connected 2008, a contemporary visual arts exhibition attracting over 400 entries from artists with a disability across Victoria.