Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Tutti Arts - Kit Jury - World of Life Exhbition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - Kit Jury 'World of Life Exhibition' Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Lewis Constantine- Truly Scrumptious Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - Constantine Lewis 'Truly Scrumptious' Exhibition 2022 Promotional Card - reads, in part "Lewis Constantine's work has a bold and energetic abstracted style, combining raw and delicate linework with symphonies of bright colour reminiscent of stained glass windows. Lewis draws on themes such as M*A*S*H, Chitty Citty Bang Bang, and Adelaide landmarks."
• "Tutti Arts - Kurt Bosecke - Into The Sea You And Me Exhibition- Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - Kurt Bosecke 'Into The Sea You And Me' Exhibition 2019 Promotional Card - reads, in part "Dive into the watery depths of award-winning Tutti Artist Kurt Bosecke's imaginings and discover a bold and quirky world of intricately rendered sea creatures in the form of paintings and sculptures. These works will float in the serene surroundings of Folklore Cafe inviting you to linger in the blue."
• "Tutti Arts - Tori Bedford - Gathering The Scattering Exhibition - Promotional Poster"
  Tutti Arts - Tori Bedford 'Gathering The Scattering' Exhibition 2021 Promotional Poster
• "Tutti Arts and ACE Open - If The Future Is To Be Worth Anything Exhibition - Catalogue/Program"
  Tutti Arts and ACE Open - 'If The Future Is To Be Worth Anything' Exhibition 2020 Catalogue/Program - reads, in part "This catalogue has been published to accompany ACE Open’s most ambitious exhibition project to date, If the future is to be worth anything: 2020 Artist Survey. Over the last twelve months we have worked as a curatorial team, undertaking state-wide research studio visits in the pursuit of representing the breadth of art practice and critical perspectives emerging from South Australia’s artistic communities.”
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Tango Night - Fundraiser - Promotional Flyer"
  Tutti Arts 'Tutti Tango Night' 2006 Fundraiser Promotional Flyer
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Kids Launch - Program"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Kids Launch 2009 Program
• "Tutti Arts - The Black & White Project Exhibition - Program"
  Tutti Arts - 'The Black & White Project' Exhibition 2020 Program - reads, in part "The Black & White Project is a visually dramatic exploration of polarities by artists based at Tutti Arts Brighton studios. Works chosen reveal how individual artists have employed imagination and a broad range of mediums to create an exciting contemporary exhibition about contrasts that is both sophisticated and striking."
• "Tutti Arts - Ellese Mclindin - Strong - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - Ellese Mclindin debut solo exhibition 'Strong' 2020 Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Silent Auction - Promotional Card - 2012"
  Tutti Arts 'Silent Auction' Promotional Card 2012
• "Tutti Arts - Paint Draw Stitch Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Paint Draw Stitch 'Exhibition 2019 Promotional Card - reads, in part "Paint Draw Stitch is a collaboration of six Tutti Visual Artists - Banjobe Hunt, Megan Long, Grace Bell, Jessica Galea, Kurt Bosecke and William Gregory- with installation artist Jen Tranter to extrapolate elements of each artist's work and transpose them via embroidery onto denim jackets as wearable artworks."
• "Tutti Arts - One - Promotional Postcard"
  Tutti Arts 'One' 2011 Promotional Postcard - reads, in part "'One' is an exploration of what it means to be alone"
• "Tutti Arts - One - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'One' 2011 Program - reads, in part "Directors Notes: The idea of being alone for some people offers space. A space in which to hide, relax in, to get the job done, to escape or just sit with your thoughts with a good cup of coffee. For others it's a place you find yourself in without choice. A place that can consume you, where all you have is your own company to cuddle up to. When some people are left by themselves, things can get a little crazy"
• "Tutti Arts - 10 Ways To Love - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts '10 Ways to Love' 201o Promotional Card - reads, in part “10 Ways to Love is a tragicomic exploration of the ways in which young people with disabilities struggle to find love and companionship in a bleak world of tenements and pop songs.”
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2014-15"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2014-2015 – 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 capacity building programs in partnerships with artists with disabilities, increasing audiences of people with disabilities, programs of dance including a research project between QUT and UQ about Queensland Ballet collaborating with Parkinson’s Queensland, and the New York based Mark Morris Dance Group to deliver weekly dance classes for 500 people around Brisbane affected by Parkinson’s disease and a program run by Crossroad Arts for two major dance and photography projects in 2015
• “The Broughton Art Society is founded in 1965”
  The Broughton Art Society was established in 1965 by Ian Broughton (as The Arts Society for the Handicapped). Broughton, who had muscular dystrophy, was a resident at The Home for Incurables. BAS offers community-based art classes to adults living with disability.
• Theatre performance ‘Take Up Thy Bed & Walk’ integrates ‘aesthetic access’”
  The 2012 performance ‘Take Up Thy Bed & Walk’ designed by Gaelle Mellis and produced by Vitalstatistix proved that accessibility measures could be aesthetic. As Creative Australia describes it “is credited as Australia’s first performance work incorporating ‘aesthetic access’. It embedded the performer’s physicality and communication styles – and those of potential audiences – at the centre of the creative process. The work integrated audio description, captioning, sign language and interactivity uniquely into the core of the work.” Gaelle Mellis has said of the performance that “aesthetic access can be used in ways that add layer, texture, meaning and richness to a work. Art, at its simplest, is primarily about communication. Aesthetic access, at its simplest, is a form of communication that communicates to everyone.”
• "Accessible Arts - ACE - Exhibitions and Events"
  Accessible Arts - ACE - Exhibitions and Events 2002
• "Queensland disability fact book for arts and cultural organisations - DADAA National Network and Australia Council (1998)"
  https://disabilityartshistoryaustralia.net/s/DAHA/item/9586
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2012-13"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2012-2013 – 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 Access Champions group focused on key actions from the 2011–13 Disability Action Plan, including programs for increased participation by artists with disabilities and to develop technical capacity and digital literacy for both operational and artistic activities, funding for exhibition of artists with disability work, premises and Australia Council website accessibility, and participation at national and international arts and disability forums.
• Petra Kuppers
• “The Commonwealth Disability Services Act of 1986 replace the Handicapped Persons Assistance Act of 1974”
  In 1983, The Hawke Labour Government evaluated the initiatives created under the Handicapped Persons Assistance Act of 1974. The HPAA was replaced in 1986 by the Commonwealth Disability Services Act of 1986. Among other changes, this Act represents the shift in nomenclature from 'handicap' to ‘disability’.
• “Australia Council - People with a disability - artists 2003”
  Sourced from '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.”
• "Interview with Michèle Saint-Yves"
  Michèle Saint-Yves is a playwright, filmmaker, poet, and director. Interview Summary Michèle Saint-Yves’ background includes a colonial upbringing in Pacific territories, a Scottish boarding school education, and a complex personal journey of confronting her own inherent racism and colonial legacy, particularly through her writing. Her work as an artist with disability is deeply informed by her sense of otherness and focuses on creating inclusive performance-based work that challenges mainstream audiences and systems, aiming for transformative experiences that impact disability justice and community. Michèle actively embraced the social model of disability, which shifted her understanding of herself and her art, and has received recognition for her pioneering work with the prize-winning show "Clock for No Time." However, recognising the social model’s limitations, her current creative endeavours are concerned with 'access intimacy' and evaluating the lasting impact of her performances, in collaboration with other artists and through research grants.
• “Screen Australia commissions the reports ‘Seeing Ourselves’ (2016) and ‘Seeing Ourselves 2’ (2023)”
  In 2016, Screen Australia commissioned a report "Seeing ourselves: Reflections on diversity in Australian TV drama". The report highlighted the lack of characters on TV with a disability. When characters with a disability were part of the story they were played by actors without a disability and were portrayed as either unemployed or retired. Screen Australia commissioned a follow-up report in 2023 called "Seeing Ourselves 2 - Diversity, equity and inclusion in Australian TV drama". This report shows that, while diversity is a global conversation and there is an increase of disability representation, it remained significantly lower than the actual disabled population.