Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• Allan Liebe
• Alan Liebe
• Ali Brasted
• Alistair Brasted
• Alison Hayles
• Alex Crombie-Van Ewyk
• Alex Crombie
• Alan Davis
• "Interview with Kath Duncan"
  Kath Duncan is a writer, a director, a provocateur, a visual artist, a comedian, a producer, a journalist, a radio broadcaster and disability advocate. Interview Summary Kath Duncan is an experienced and prominent figure in the disability arts community with a passion for experimental performance arts, having witnessed the beginnings of the disability arts movement in Australia and participated in its evolution. Her art is inherently political, shaped by her unique perspective as a congenital amputee. Kath firmly believes in the inherent creative revolutions and endless inspiration within all impairments. Kath highlights the ongoing struggles within the disability arts sector, including high unemployment rates for disabled individuals, systemic barriers, and the need for disabled leadership in arts organizations. While cherishing the milestones and transformative experiences she's had, Kath calls for significant systemic changes, emphasizing the importance of team playing and collective work to support and grow the disabled artist community.
• Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home
• "Artability - Access Arts' Programs, Practice and Perspectives"
  Explains history, members rights, policies, arts pathways, training, classes, and planning to support these activities, plus information on programs – including Caberet Erratica, Cartoon Advocacy, Melrose Park Project, New Farm Park Mosaics, Visual Arts Exhibition, Explaining Discrimination Video Project – and examples of writing by Access Arts members
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2016"
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2013"
• Peter Ross
• Colin Allen
• "Australia Council - Creating Pathways: Insights on support for artists with disability - 2018"
  Reads, in part "This report brings together findings and insights from a range of research undertaken in 2017–18 to inform the Council’s approach to future support for artists with disability."
• “2023 Screen industry report ‘Disability and Screen Work in Australia’ finds disabled people fulfil a range of roles in the screen industry, despite facing prejudice and exclusion, and should be treated as experts of their access requirements”
  ‘Disability and Screen Work in Australia: Report for Industry’ (2023) was compiled by researchers Radha O’Meara, Laura Dunstan, Anna Debinski and Catherine Ryan. The study was supported by Melbourne Disability Institute and A2K Media. The authors summarise that disabled people fulfil a range of roles in the screen industry, despite facing prejudice and exclusion, and should be treated as experts of their access requirements. They find that “Disabled people experience a more precarious, lower paid, and less powerful position in the screen industry than their non-disabled counterparts.” O’Meara and her colleagues call for widespread change in the industry to expand access.
• "Juliet London and Des Walsh (1995) Arts & Disability: Report Australia Council: Surry Hills."
  Juliet London and Des Walsh - Arts & Disability, Australia Council 1995 - Reads, in part "The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that 18 per cent of the Australian population has a disability. There is a basic lack of data on participation in the arts by artists with a disability. No figures were available on the number of people with disabilities applying for grants from the Australia Council or from State or Territory arts agencies. The current dearth of statistical information needs to be overcome by systematic and sustained research."
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1981-82”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1982-83”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1984”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1986”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1987”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1988”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1989”