Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• “Arts Access Victoria – 1993 Program Update”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Heavens About Café 1993 - Invitation - Promotional Flyer"
• "Access Arts - Final Touches"
  Exhibition Catalogue reads “Final Touches celebrates disability and its culture, with the unique representation of Brisbane and regional based artists.”
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1993"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1993 - inludes Aims and Objective's, President's Report, Director's Report, Exhibition Report, Financial Statements, Management Committee 1993, Acknowledgements
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1992"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1992 - includes Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Director's Report, Scenes from the Studio Workshop, Financial Reports, Acknowledgements and Thanks, images of artists
• "Tutti Arts -Tutti Kids - Kids and Youth Program Showcase 2017 - Program"
  Tutti Kids and Youth 2017 Showcase Program – reads, in part "The Tutti Kids and Youth Program provides Adelaide's only out of school hours arts program where young people living with disability are invited to develop their creativity through singing and song-writing, music, dance, movement, drama and theatre skills.”
• "Tutti Arts -Tutti Kids - Kids and Youth Program Showcase 2016 - Program"
  Tutti Kids and Youth 2016 Showcase Program – reads, in part "The Tutti Kids and Youth Program provides Adelaide's only out of school hours arts program where young people living with disability are invited to develop their creativity through singing and song-writing, music, dance, movement, drama and theatre skills.”
• "Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 4 2006"
  Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 4 2006 - reads, in part "For the last two years, the Tutti Office and Tutti Arts have been based at the Rogerson Building at Minda. During September and October, with the help of many Tutti volunteers, we prepared and painted the rooms in Galway House and made our new home attractive and comfortable for Pat, Rachel, Myf, Annalies, tutors, and volunteers who, with our talented artists, make everything work so well."
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1979-80"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1979-80 discusses members of council, standing committees and board reports as well as financial statements, grants lists, planning for the nternational Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) 1981 including publications of a study to identify options of disabled gaining greater access to the arts and programs and grants for Braille and Talking Book Library for its Braille Book of the Year, salaries of staff and funding for production of “The Threepenny Opera”, workshops and travel costs of NSW Theatre of the Deaf, funding for residents of the Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home for the intellectually handicapped who gave a performance at the Sydney Opera House
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1981-82"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1981-82 - discusses objectives, members of council, board members, organisation chart, staff list, council report, programs, board reports, financial statements, publications and grant lists incuding Arts Access Society (Vic) theatre performance of “Theorem” as well as funding for workshops in Artreach, Southern Media Co-operative, disabled playwright in residence, travel costs and artists fees as well as salaries of deaf artists and mime directors and research publication.
• “Studio A established in 2000”
  Studio A (NSW) was established in 2000 to create access and opportunities for visual artists with intellectual disabilities; their in-house artists’ “practices range from painting and drawing to sculpture, textiles and digital media”. In their own words, “At Studio A, we are dedicated to professionally empower artists with disability and have their voices heard within contemporary Australian culture.”
• “NuunaRon (QLD) is established in 2018”
  NuunaRon (QLD), "a group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait artists and emerging artists living with disability," was established in 2018. The name NuunaRon is a portmanteau in honour of two disabled artists, Elders Aunty Nuuna (a saltwater Noonuccal woman) and Uncle Ron (a Kamilaroi man). The organisation is supported by Elders Living With Disability Australia (ELDA). NuunaRon “provides a safe space for people to share stories of resilience and keeping strong via yarning, painting and creating art.”
• "DADAA Inc. (2014). An evaluation of a year-long mentoring program for artists with disability in western Australia. Perth, Western Australia: Department of Family and Community Services."
• "Amanda Cachia (2022) Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation. London: Routledge"
  Reads, in part "This book is an interdisciplinary collection of twenty-four essays which critically examine contemporary exhibitions and artistic practices that focus on conceptual and creative aspects of access."
• "David Throsby and Virginia Hollister (2003) Don't give up your day job: an economic study of professional artists in Australia, Australia Council"
  Australia Council- Don’t give up your day job: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia' (Throsby and Hollister 2003) based on 2002 Survey - The website reads “The 2002 Australia Council artists survey, Don't give up your day job collected information relating to practising professional artists in Australia…..According to Don't give up your day job, about 10 per cent of practising professional artists live with a disability.”
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2010-11"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2010-2011 – discusses year in review, letter from chairman, vision, list of council staff, message from the CEO, Strategic priorities, funding overview, statement of outcome, about the Australia Council including governance, boards, organisation, accountability, workplace; financial review and discussion of the Commonwealth Disability Strategy with a review of how the Disability Action Plan 2008–2010 addresses Australia Council roles of policy adviser, purchaser, provider and employer and how Council is committed to the National Arts and Disability Strategy adopted in October 2009 with ministers agreeing on four priority areas of action -addressing barriers, supporting practice, developing audiences and improving policy.
• "Interview with Mike Moshos"
  Mike Moshos is a creative director, writer, actor and disability advocate. Interview Summary Mike Moshos is an arts worker and creator living with achondroplasia who provides support to young adult artists with disabilities and engages in community theatre and interactive performances for children with special needs. His personal experiences and growing political awareness have led him to advocate for the rights of disabled individuals and strive for equity in the arts. Mike has a deep passion for storytelling and is currently writing a science fiction novel while enjoying his role as Bing in an interactive children's show. He believes that all art is inherently political and that every piece of work, whether overtly or subtly, expresses a stance on societal issues.
• "Interview with Andy Jackson"
  Andy Jackson is a published poet focusing on disability and difference, has completed a PhD and is a lecturer of poetry and creative writing. INTERVIEW SUMMARY This is an oral history interview with poet Andy Jackson. Andy, who has Marfan syndrome, discusses how disability and visible difference have shaped his writing and poetry, explaining that he often writes about the meaning of the body within society. He emphasizes the importance of Disability Arts, noting a growing community of disabled writers and expressing the need for both disability-specific literary spaces and mainstream recognition. Andy also highlights the transformative role of online communities in creating networks for disabled individuals and the emergence of disability-focused literary journals, anticipating an anthology from a collaborative writing project he is involved with.
• “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.”
• Akash Temple
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Be My Brother by Genevieve Clay (2008)"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Be My Brother by Genevieve Clay (2008) - reads, in part "A young man's charm and charisma enchants a stranger at a bus stop. But someone else's heart is at stake."
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Blink by Kyra Kimpton and Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart (2009)"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Blink by Kyra Kimpton and Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart (2009) - reads, in part, "A young woman transforms a simple moment in time into a surreal fantasy. A film that pushes hard against the limitations of makeup."
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Anything You Can Do by Emma Buckley (2009)"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Anything You Can Do by Emma Buckley (2009) - reads, in part "Game on! Two boys face off in a back room. The competition is fierce. Faces are pulled and burps unleashed. But when victory is at hand, will it still taste sweet?"
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Necessary Games by Sophie Hyde (2009)"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Necessary Games by Sophie Hyde (2009) - reads, in part "A triptych from Restless Dance Company about our human need to connect and the urgent games we play."
• Quentin Kenihan