Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Tutti Arts - Up Up and Away Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Up Up and Away' Exhibition 2022 Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - The Shadow In Us Exhibition - Catalogue/Program"
  Tutti Arts 'Their Shadows In Us' Exhibition 2013 Catalogue/Program - reads, in part "Tutti artists came to me in late 2009 (around the time of the planned redevelopment at Minda's Brighton site) with questions about the older Minda residents, who had come to Minda as children. Tutti artists were keen to interview and draw or photograph people, perhaps even make a movie, before everything changed."
• "Tutti Arts - Quirky Weird and Wonderful Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - 'Quirky Weird and Wonderful' Exhibition 2013 Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Lady Galway Gallery Launch Invitation - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - Lady Galway Gallery Launch 2013 Invitation - Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Greatest Hits Exhibiton - Promotional Flyer"
  Tutti Arts 'Greatest Hits Exhibiton' 2021 Promotional Flyer
• "Tutti Arts - Eye Music - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Eye Music' 2014 Promotion Card - reads, in part "SEX, RELIGION, MONEY, POLITICS How do you communicate about life's BIG QUESTIONS when you can't speak? EYE MUSIC is Adventurous Accessible music theatre inspired by a young man whose sole means of communication is through his eyes."
• "Tutti Arts - Eye Music - Promotional Poster"
  Tutti Arts 'Eye Music' 2014 Promotion Poster - reads, in part "SEX, RELIGION, MONEY, POLITICS How do you communicate about life's BIG QUESTIONS when you can't speak? EYE MUSIC is Adventurous Accessible music theatre inspired by a young man whose sole means of communication is through his eyes."
• "Tutti Arts - End of Year Concert: Everything Changes - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'End of Year Concert- Everything Changes' 2015 Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Davenport Lane Murals Launch - Invitation"
  Tutti Arts Davenport Lane Murals Launch Invitation 2005
• "Tutti Arts - Colourful Dreams Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Colourful Dreams' Exhibition 2005 Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Burst: Static Vibrations Exhibition - Program"
  Tutti Arts - 'Burst: Static Vibrations' Exhibition 2019 Program
• "Tutti Arts - Big Think - Promotional Poster"
  Tutti Arts 'Big Think' Promotional Poster - reads, in part "THINK BIG! is the culmination of work by Tutti artists experiencing the challenge of a blank state I and meeting it head on. Each artist successfully transitioned from small scale to large and the sheer size of the works demonstrates their triumph in transforming an empty space into a vibrant, motive piece of art."
• "Tutti Arts - A Day With Tutti In Rundle Mall- Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'A Day With Tutti In Rundle Mall' 2009 Promotional Card - reads, in part "Celebrating National Social Inclusion Week"
• "Tutti Arts - Choir - Unlocking Creativity - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Choir Promotional Card - reads, in part "Tutti Choir is an internationally recognised model ·of social inclusion and artistic excellence"
• “Tutti Arts – End of Year Celebration 2019 – Promotional Poster”
  Tutti Arts – End of Year Celebration 2019 Promotional Poster
• "Tutti Arts - Between the Worlds - Promotional Poster 2008"
  Tutti Arts - 'Between the Worlds' 2008 Promotional Poster
• "Tutti Arts - Between the Worlds - Program 2007"
  Tutti Arts - 'Between the Worlds' 2007 Program - reads, in part “The first stage of Between the Worlds In May 2004 was called Circles and was about relationships with significant people In our lives. The second stage development this year Involved Interviewing all our actors to explore deeper relationship themes. One of these interviews was with our talented male lead, Alistair Brasted who said: "I've always felt between the worlds, not knowing where I really belong". This Insight resonated with all our artists and became the theme of the whole script because they had all experienced feelings of exclusion. The story of Romeo and Juliet and their love which transcends hate and divisiveness served as inspiration for Between the Worlds. In our story the Innocence of Isabella and Oliver's love In the face of adversity has allowed us to explore universal questions of discrimination and difference which lie at the heart of violence. Such stories have been with us since the beginning of time. Like the script, the songs and music for Between the Worlds are the expression of the Individual voices of our actors.”
• "DADAA Annual Report 2022-2023"
  DADAA Annual Report 2022-2023 – Chair’s and Executive Director’s Reports, People, Partners, Arts and Client Services, Projects including 4:48 Psychosis, Digital Art for Life, Exhibitions, Financials
• “Writeability (VIC) is established in 2012”
  The Writeability program was established in 2012, beginning as a partnership between Writers Victoria and Arts Access Victoria. "Writeability program supports writers with disability wanting to develop their skills and writing careers." It aims to remove barriers and provide information, resources, and fellowships so disabled writers can “tell their own stories in their own way”.
• "Interview with Alison Bennett"
  Dr Alison Bennett is a senior lecturer in photography at RMIT School of Art specialising in expanded photography, webXR, queer and feminist creative practices. Interview Summary Alison Bennett, an artist and academic, spoke about her work in expanded photography, their experiences with autism, and the intersection of disability discourse with queer activism in their life and work. Their current project, vegetal/digital, arose from their experiences during the pandemic and connects audiences with plant sentience through interactive digital art. Alison also discussed the political nature of their work, aiming to shift ontological frameworks and exploring new modes of engagement through art. They reflected on the significant cultural changes regarding neurodiversity in the last few decades, highlighting the growing self-advocacy among autistic artists and their increasing impact in the arts.
• "Tutti Arts - Disability Club Night - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Disability Club Night' Promotional Card
• "Arts Disability Technology Library Program"
  Library access, equity, inclusion, and anti-discrimination seminar and presentation sessions
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2016-17"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2016-2017 – discusses purpose, reports from chair and CEO, 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 with new grants model; performance outcomes, manageability and accountability, financial statements and discussion of the final year of delivering $1.3 million over four years to support artists with disability with their careers and funding more organisations to support producing and touring disability-led and mixed-ability arts practice as well as mentoring arts leaders with disabilities and publication of the Council’s 2014–16 Disability Action Plan review.
• “Australia Council grants funding for projects about disability or for disabled participants throughout the 1970s”
  The 1974/75 Australia Council annual report states $1,350 in funding granted to Spectrum Films (NSW) to "develop a screenplay for a feature film of the social pressures on a deaf mute”, as well as a $4,500 travel/study grant to Lloyd Nickson (QLD) "to attend summer schools in children's theatre and theatre for deaf children (USA and UK) for six months". In the same year, the Council reported Bryan Gracey as one of numerous individuals in receipt of Experimental Film funding for his short film ‘The World of a Blind Child’ (1975) about the emotional and physical difficulties 10-year-old Peter faces and how he navigates his disability. In the 1974/75 financial year, Australia Council’s crafts board awarded $1,288 to the Wheelchair and Disabled Association (NSW) for "Jewellery making tools and equipment". The 1979/1980 Australia Council annual report describes the following funding: "As in previous years, a grant was given to the Braille and Talking Book Library for its Braille Book of the Year.”
• "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."