Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2017-18"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2017-2018 – discusses Rawcus and Julia Hales as examples of highquality work - reads, in part "Through our Disability Action Plan we continued to build the capability of our staff, including Easy English and the continuity of our audio description group. "
• “Australia Council – The Arts, captured 2010”
  Website includes: The arts, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, Artists and organisations, Community partnerships, Dance, Inter-arts, Literature, Market development, Music, Theatre, Visual arts
• “Australia Council - Events, captured 1998”
  Australia Council (Creative Australia) events captured December 1998, including Online Australia Day, National Arts Awareness Research and Strategy, Next Stage - The Performing Arts in the 21st Century Forum, 30th Anniversary, Media Releases and Artforce
• "Australia Council - Access and audience development in Australia"
  Australia Council - 'Access and audience development in Australia' reports - reads, in part "These reports were commissioned in 2004 to assess what is currently being done, and what needs to be done, to increase access to the performing arts and museums & galleries in Australia for people with a disability."
• "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"
• "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
• "Australia Council for the Arts (2014) A Million Dollar Commitment to Artists with Disability. Australia Council for the Arts. 28 October 2014"
  Reads, in part "Australia Council Chief Executive Officer Tony Grybowski made the announcement today at the Arts Activated Conference in Chatswood, Sydney. Mr Grybowski said the decision to extend the dedicated arts and disability funding was made after a successful pilot was run earlier this year."
• "Australia Council for the Arts (2014) Australia Council Promotes Disability Leadership in the Arts. Australia Council for the Arts. 25 June 2014."
  Reads, in part "The Australia Council for the Arts is presenting a suite of activities from next month to develop the leadership skills of people with disability and enhance their access to leadership roles across the cultural sector."
• "Ruth Rentschler, Boram Lee, Ayse Collins, Jung Yoon (2023) ‘I am a professional dancer’: A case study of performing artists with disability. In Wyszomirski, M. J. & Chang, W. (Eds.), Building professionalism in the creative sector. Oxon: Routledge, 227-246"
  "The demand for professional recognition for artists with disability is growing. There is little research, however, on the ways in which disability arts are associated with professionalism. This study examines professionalization in disability arts by comparing it with the concept of professionalization in the arts generally. It identifies three components of professionalization in disability arts by means of a case study of an inclusive arts organization. This qualitative study entails 17 semi-structured interviews with artists, staff members, and other stakeholders both with and without disabilities."
• "Boram Lee, Ruth Rentschler, and Shin-Eui Park (2022) Connect2Abilities: Staging Virtual Intercultural Collaboration during COVID-19 in Amanda Cachia ed. Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation. London: Routledge, 45-58"
  Reads, in part "As a pilot project, Restless Dance Theatre in Adelaide, Australia and SNU MUSIC in Seoul, Korea collaborated to create a digital performing arts piece entitled Dialogue for Six Strings."
• "Fayden D'Evie (2022) From Dust to Dust: Hallucinating the Absent Exhibition, in Amanda Cachia ed. Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation. London: Routledge, 87-98"
  Reads, in part "Over several months in 2018, I developed a hybrid artist-curatorial project for the Old Castlemaine Gaol, with the working title From Dust to Dust , which sought to invert the site’s association with the sensorial policing of bodies."
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2018-19"
  Australia Council - Annual Report 2018-19 - reads, in part "This year the Council made a new commitment of $750,000 over three years to support structured mentorships and two new national awards for artists with disability. Empowering and celebrating artists with disability is imperative in ensuring that Australia’s rich diversity is truly reflected across the breadth of our arts."
• "The Arts and Disability"
  This booklet/brochure provides images, descriptions of the work, and contact details and contact organisations for key organisations in South Australia including: Access2Arts; Bearded Dragon Gallery; Broughton Art Society; Community Bridging Services Inc. (CBS); Company AT; Learning Creative Skills; Lolly Jar Circus; mindshare; No Strings; Restless Dance Theatre; Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch Film and New Media Festival
• "The Arts and Disability"
• Carriageworks
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -2003 Dec - Iss27"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication Issue 27 March 2003 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "Back to Back Theatre - Light Letters"
  Back to Back Theatre Light Letters - artist statements, script sketches, and other materials - reads, in part “In mid-2007 Back to Back Theatre invited schools and community groups from the Corio Bay area to enter into collaboration with the company under the direction of Marcia Ferguson. The company was very excited to welcome into the creative venture Nelson Park Schol, Norlane West Primary School, Cloverdale Community Centre and Dorthy Thompson Centre as well as collaborating local Geelong artists Leane Stein, Ross Meuller, David Dellafiora, Mark Cuthbertson and Stephen Oakes.”
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -1998 Sum - Iss3"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication issue 2 Summer 1998 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -1997 Win - Iss1"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication issue 1 Winter 1997 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources, resources, Accessible Arts AGM
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -1999 Win - Iss4"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication issue 4 Winter 1999 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "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
• "The Arts and Disability No Date #2"
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• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1984-85"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1984-85 - discusses functions and objectives, structures, process and membership of Council, Council Committees and members, Board Members, Assessment panels, staff lists, organisation chart, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including increased artist fees working with minority groups including disabled, fees and costs for artists in Arts Access Society, costs of program for Access Arts (National) cost of playwrights for disabled theatre, and theatre of the Deaf with additional grant support and tours of NSW regional areas for Theatre of the Deaf (NSW).
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2013-14"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2013-2014 – discusses year in review, report from the CEO, Strategic priorities, funding overview, statement of outcome, about the Australia Council including The Governing Council and the Board, Structure of the Australia Council; financial review and discussion of funding for numerous programs including a new Artists with Disability Program grant which funded development opportunities and creative projects for practitioners with disability and the dance board funded development and presentation of new work, workshops and residency programs, and strategic initiatives that focus on leadership, development and collaboration with a highlight being the “Torque Show” supported for the Melbourne premiere of “Intimacy”, a collaboration with Michelle Ryan presented as part of the Unlimited Festival in London which celebrates originality of artists with disability.
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1988-89"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1988-89 - discusses objectives, Council Committees and members, board members, allocation chart, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for community cultural development traineeships, training, programs, projects, performances and promotion and publications including “The Arts and People with Disabilities: A code of practice for arts organisations.”