Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Janice Rieger, Jasmien Herssens, Megan Strickfaden, Marianella Chamorro-Koc, Bree Hadley (2019) Vis-ability Exhibition."
  "The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD, 2016) foregrounds the importance of cultural participation to realise human rights for people with disabilities. The creative industries play a critical role in supporting and shaping these social attitudes towards inclusion. Through the theoretical foundation of Design for All (EIDD Stockholm Declaration, 2004) new engagement processes involving a transdisciplinary team from Australia and around the world converged at QUT to co-design more equitable and collaborative forms of knowledge and practice around inclusion. International universities, the EU Commission and the European Institute for Design & Disability collaborated and presented Design for All for the first time in Australia, positioning QUT leadership in this field and as the first non-European member of EIDD-DfA. Co-design methods were employed through, Vis-ability workshops, Making Visible workshops, tactile artefacts and audio description work in the VisAbility Exhibition. Innovative practice was through the Inclusive Film Screening and Wondrous Googles technologies. An innovative model of engagement was created through the DfA Week program and events across sectors. Knowledge was disseminated through academic articles."
• "A Month Of Mayhem"
  RealTime article on A Month of Mayhem, "A program of screenings, exhibitions, performances, seminars, and workshops by Deaf and colourblind artists for all audiences," presented by Access2Arts, in partnership with Adelaide Film Festival, Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), Arts Access Australia, Unlimited UK, Tutti Arts, Sit Down Shut Up and Watch Film Festival
• “Tutti Arts 10th Anniversary Concert Promotional Flyer”
  Tutti Arts 10th Anniversary Concert Promotional Flyer – reads, in part, “A night to remember with South Australia's acclaimed Tutti Choir conducted by Pat Rix, Philip Griffin, Richard Chew and Joel Hartgen.”
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter December 2009"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter December 2009 - reads, in part "It is great to be back in South Australia with the Tutti team who made the trip to Minnesota. Northern Lights, Southern Cross was a marvellous experience complete with huge challenges and moments of exhilaration, and it was wonderful working both with Interact and at the ultra-modern and very accessible Guthrie Theater. We were delighted that our South Aussie patron's film The Boys are Back opened around the same time and that both Scott and Tutti won critical acclaim from the Minneapolis press. In fact, Northern Lights, Southern Cross broke all box office records for the Guthrie and attracted a broad mainstream, Native American, and African American audience. Dozens remained behind after every performance for post-show discussions looking at themes of trauma and healing central to the show and by closing night Northern Lights, Southern Cross had truly succeeded in raising awareness about barriers that exclude. We also knew that audiences everywhere are hungry for original work created through the melting pot of radical inclusion."
• "Tutti Arts - The History of Autism - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'History of Autism' 2014 Promotional Card - reads, in part "In the Adelaide Fringe this year, Company@ Autistic Theatre, Australia's only theatre company for people on the autism spectrum, is presenting an exciting original work, History of Autism. Developed with actors on the autism spectrum, History of Autism was first performed at the 2013 Asia Pacific Autism Conference to standing ovations, drawing audience comments like "truly dynamic and highly entertaining" and "Chockablock full of endearing characters". Company@ is dedicated to presenting high quality authentic theatre which entertains and informs audiences and raises awareness about autism. Company@ works in partnership with renowned multi arts organisation Tutti Ensemble Inc. and is also proudly supported by Autism SA."
• Vitalstatistix
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2013"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2013 - Values, Artistic Director’s and President’s Report, Programs, Productions and Exhibitions, including ‘Their Shadows in Us’ and ‘Bangkok to Brighton’ Exhibitions, ‘The Square Project’ music and performance program, and Sit Down, Shutup & Watch Film Festival, Board, Staff, and Artists, Financials
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Promotional Flyer 2022"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch 2022 Promotional Flyer - reads, in part “Sit Down, Shutup & Watch is Australia’s first international film and new media festival featuring work made by people with a learning disability.”
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Promotional Flyer 2018"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch 2018 Promotional Flyer - reads, in part “Sit Down Shutup and Watch Australia's premier learning disability led film festival 19-20 October 2018 Angaston, Barossa Valley Two days of short films, talks, workshops and activities with a spotlight on immersive technologies."
• Adelaide Film Festival
• Adelaide International Film Festival
• "Tutti Arts Newsletter April 2005"
  Tutti Arts Newsletter April 2005 - reads, in part "Tutti Arts, the first vocational program for young artists with a disability in Australia began last October in partnership with Minda Inc."
• "Tutti Arts Newsletter Term 1 2005"
  Tutti Arts Newsletter Term 1 2005 - reads, in part "Tutti Arts, the first vocational program for young artists with a disability in Australia began last October in partnership with Minda Inc."
• Sue Armstrong
• "Interview with Tim McCallum"
  Tim McCallum is a singer, performer and speaker and disability advocate. Interview Summary Tim McCallum is a performer who specializes in singing and acting, with singing being his foremost talent. Having sustained a spinal cord injury resulting in quadriplegia before beginning his studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Tim's childhood passion for the performing arts has continued to motivate his career. Through his experiences, both positive and negative, regarding inclusion and discrimination in the arts, Tim has become determined to challenge preconceived notions and make disability a visible and celebrated aspect of performance. He is a strong advocate for the representation of artists with disabilities in leadership roles within arts governance, stressing the importance of lived expertise over tokenism for lasting change in the industry.
• Gaele Sobott
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2017"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2017 – President’s, Artistic Directors, Disability & Quality Manager's, Arts Manager Reports, information on Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film and New Media and Choral and Kids & Youth Programs, Projects, and Exhibitions, including information on Impersonal Space, Frozen Girl, Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, The Sisters of Invention, Company AT, Financials, Staff and Board Members, Supporters
• “Deaf activist and artist Asphyxia creates a music course and accessible music app for D/deaf people”
  Asphyxia, a profoundly Deaf Australian activist, artist, author and composer created a music course (2020) for people who are D/deaf and Hard of Hearing to write their own music. In 2023, Asphyxia also created an app called Amplio to make music more accessible to D/deaf people.
• "Victoria's Disability Resources Centre (DRC) created"
  1981 saw a number of Disability Activists create the first Australian Disability Resources Centre (DRC) for Victorians with disabilities.
• "Sally Northfield (2014) Canvassing the Emotions: Women, Creativity and Mental Health in Context" PhD Thesis Victoria University, Melbourne,  https://vuir.vu.edu.au/29985/, Australia, https://vuir.vu.edu.au/29985/1/NORTHFIELD%20Sally-thesis_nosignature.pdf "
  Reads, in part, "A multimedia movement-theatre show, incorporating dance, video- and slide- projections, a life-sized puppet and an original soundtrack. A diary come to life, portraying the true story of an Australian dancer who – after paralysing one of his arms in a motorcycle accident – journeys through the worlds of medicine, rehabilitation and disability, in recovery of self-expression. He finds new angles on perceiving the body, and new ways to move. "Body image" and concepts of "normality" are questioned."
• "Kevin Cho (1980) 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons. Melbourne, Australia: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology."
• "DADAA - Bridging the Gap: Process Evaluation"
  Bridging The Gap: Process Evaluation - Reads, in part "Results from early formative evaluation indicated that relationships among core partners were a key strategy in the success of Bridging the Gap. Based on this, the Project Reference Group was selected as a focus of the process evaluation."
• "Let Me See - review by Keiran Finnane 2015, captured 2016"
  Describes InCite Arts ‘Starts with D Performance Ensemble’ members Tiffany Malthouse, Matt Woodham, Brandon Williams, Martin Armstead and director Kat Worth’s production of ‘ Meet You at the Edge’, as part of ‘Let Me See’ produced by Red Hot Arts Central Australia at Araluen Centre for the Arts, including film, use of audio description, writing, and choreography
• "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."
• "Bec Young Chief Executive"
  Announcement of new CEO of Access2Arts, South Australia, Rebecca (Bec) Young, in 2022