Disability Arts History Australia

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• “Australia Council - People with a disability - attendance at cultural events 2008"
  Australia Council - People with a disability - attendance at cultural events 2008 - reads, in part "A 2003 survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that over 40 per cent of people with a disability went to the cinema. According to the 2003 Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers, one in five people in Australia reported that they had a disability which restricted their everyday activities and which had lasted, or was expected to last, for at least six months."
• “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 - 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."
• "Writeability website, captured 2013"
  Webpage reads, in part "Arts Access Victoria, in partnership with Writers Victoria, is pleased to announce the launch of Write-ability, a new pilot project to support writers with a disability wishing to advance their writing practice"
• "Rawcus Website, captured 2014"
  Rawcus website, captured 2014, reads, in part, "Rawcus is an ensemble of performers with and without disabilities. Collaborating with a core creative team led by Artistic Director Kate Sulan, Rawcus aims to devise new work that expresses the imaginative world of the ensemble. Drawing on dance, theatre and visual art disciplines, the work is crafted with a precision that supports the performers but allows space for their inherent sense of anarchy. A series of moving pictures, Rawcus’ work is sculptural, unexpected, beautiful, funny and tender."
• “Australia Council - Artists with Disability Program 2014”
  The website reads “The Artists with Disability Program provides funding for Australian artists with disability (including Deaf artists) to create, develop, present, produce, exhibit and/or tour their work”
• "Access2Arts Artist Space artist development program as first added to website 2016"
  Access2Arts Artist Space, 4 March 2016.Includes information about Access2Arts "Artist development program creates activity and opportunities to support and stimulate Deaf and disabled artists’ professional practice and develop arts projects that explore new territory. Access2Arts supports emerging and professional artists in the following areas: Contemporary arts practice; Deaf arts and disability arts; Professional skills development; One-on-one artist consultations; Innovative arts projects; Information, forums, training; Auspicing services"
• "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
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2017"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2017 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is the big party where everyone scores an invite! The festival programs provocative international and Australian cinema about the lived experience of disability and the Deaf community." - with links to About and Program pages.
• "Igneous - Mirage"
  Reads, in part "A movement-based performance installation with video art, sound art and a series of mirror-booths. Taking phantom-limb sensation as a “body-mirage”, and inspired by the work of neurologist V. Ramachandran, Mirage plays on perceptual illusion, the construction of hybrid forms, and the real and virtual fusing and separating. It is an interactive labyrinth of perceptual illusion with the performer in a reflective pool amongst multi-dimensional projections. Mirage was created in the context of a fellowship awarded by The Australian Choreographic Centre to James Cunningham and Suzon Fuks."
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - Productions"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company Productions 2009-2017, including Orpheus and Eurydice with Opera Queensland (2016), The Bulimba Opera with Opera Queensland (2015), a new touring Commedia dell’Arte production Hotel Pantelone (2015), a street theatre ensemble A Waddle of Ducks (2015), Song Circle with Opera Queensland (2014), parody, satire and music performance Darcy O and the Browbeat Factory (2013), small scale touring Commedia dell’Arte group production Capitano Pretends Again (2013), Flood Country (2012), The Last Night at the Grand (2011), Sugar Cane Ball (2010), and Lily Pilly Letters (2009)
• "Incite Arts - News, captured 2018"
  InCite Arts News, captured 2018 – Awards, Announcement of plan to host Arts Access Australia Meeting Place Arts and Disability Forum in 2018, new ‘Sounds Good to Me’ music program, visit from Tutti Arts’s Choir and Sisters of Invention music group, and ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble
• "Unbroken Land - review by Dani Powell 2016, captured 2018"
  Review of Unbroken Land (InCite Arts/Red Hot Arts Central Australia) by Dani Powell in Limelight Magazine, 18/09/2016, reads, in part “According to Co-Artistic Directors Jenine Mackay and Virginia Heydon, the show endeavoured to “share the stories of how we feel and experience connection to nature, place and belonging”.”
• "Quippings presents Risky Business"
  Reads, in part "Risky Business is the Quippings crew daredevils taking over the Melba Spiegeltent with our cabaret wordfest game show extravaganza!"
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2019"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2019 - reads, in part "Since 2004 The Other Film Festival has been an agent for change and the first international disability film festival in Australia." - with links to About, Program, Tickets, Access, and Archive pages
• "Crossroad Arts Website 2021"
  Crossroad Arts Website, captured 2021. Includes home, employment, about us, programs, blog, partners, videos, outreach, contact us, and support us links, and information about “what we do,” “how we do it,” who we work with,” and “why we do it,” with the latter stating “We want to challenge the traditional spaces where art making takes place; and to challenge the notion of who participates in that process and how they participate.”
• "Crossroad Arts About 2021"
  Crossroad Arts About page, Crossroads Arts website, captured 2021. Includes information about Crossroad Arts Vision, Mission, and Values, across “Artistic Development,” “Community Development,” and “Outreach” pillars, and an Auslan Described and Captioned “Community Voices” video about the company’s work (Crossroad Arts Vimeo available here https://vimeo.com/crossroadarts?msockid=07261a89129e61112e290e3e137360f5 as at 2024). Includes link to information about past projects 2015-2020, and images of past projects 1996-2020.
• "Australia Council - Awards - National Arts and Disability Awards 2019-2021"
  The website reads “The Australia Council National Arts and Disability Awards 2019-21 celebrate the work and achievements of both established and young artists, and the significant contribution of artists with disability to the vibrancy of Australian arts”
• "Bec Young Chief Executive"
  Announcement of new CEO of Access2Arts, South Australia, Rebecca (Bec) Young, in 2022
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2022"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2022 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led initiative that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. Founded in 2004, it is Australia’s first international disability film festival and is a major artistic program of Arts Access Victoria."
• "The Other Film Festival - Creating Change"
  The Other Film Festival Creating Change webpage, captured 2022 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led program that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. The days of Deaf and Disabled people being erased, misrepresented or under-employed by the mainstream have gone. We encourage the screen sector to embrace inclusive production structures and processes, including paid employment opportunities and career pathways for Deaf and Disabled screen practitioners and performers."
• The Other Film Festival - Past Festivals, captured 2022"
  "The Other Film Festival - Past Festivals, captured 2022, includings programs 2004 to 2022
• "The Other Film Festival - Writing on Film and Disability - Online"
  The Other Film Festival Writing on Film and Disability - includes ‘Mind’s Eye” Re-envisioning Mental Health in the Arts’ by Adolfo Aranjues; ‘I know it shouldn’t matter, but do you think I’m pretty’ by Naomi Chainey; ‘The Other Film Festival – Disability, Comedy & Subverting Expectations’ by Alastair Baldwin; ‘Filmdis Q&A with Dominick Evans’ by Jax Jacki Brown
• "Accessible Arts - Career Advancement, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Career Advancement - reads, in part "We’re here to empower the creativity and careers of arts practitioners with disability right across NSW. We do this by providing a range of professional development programs for both artists and arts workers."
• "Accessible Arts - Arts Activate, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Arts Activate - reads, in part "Arts Activated is one of Australia’s leading national forum for arts, culture and disability."