Disability Arts History Australia

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• “The inaugural Undercover Artist Festival, a biennial, disability-led performing arts festival, is held in 2015”
  In 2015, the inaugural Undercover Artist Festival took place. The festival was founded by Access Arts in consultation with Access Arts participants and a group of artists with disability. The festival has consistently been directed by leaders who identify as experiencing disability.
• Matthew Shilcock
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1998"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1998 - ACE Magazine, Issue 20, 1999, includes Strategic Plan, 1998 Annual Report, 1998 Accounts, What's on & Info, with Staff, Strategic Plan includes Guiding Principles and Key Directions, Annual Report includes Aims and Objectives, Chairperson Report, Treasurer Report, Executive Officer Report , Consultancy, Regional Networks, Partnerships, Resources, Administrator Report , Financials
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1990-91"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1990-91 - discusses objectives, organisation chart, year in review, support for artform development, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for Self Advocacy tor Intellectually Disabled, programs, artists and playwrights in residence and resource development and an increase of Australia Council staff with disabilities following Equal Opportunity Employment program.
• Scott Trevelyan
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Peter Ross - Article: Arts Extraordinaire -1993 - Iss8, PG14-17"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Peter Ross - Article: Arts Extraordinaire -1993 - Iss8, PG14-17 - reads, in part "Arts Extraordinary Celebrating Where The Arts Can Take You is Australia's first arts festival to celebrate the diverse creative talents and artistic skills of people with disabilities."
• "Screen Australia (2023) Seeing Ourselves 2: Diversity, equity and inclusion in Australian TV drama. Screen Australia"
  Reads, in part "Screen Australia has released new research into diversity on Australian screens, titled Seeing Ourselves 2: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Australian TV Drama. A follow up to the landmark 2016 study, Seeing Ourselves 2 examines the diversity of main characters in 361 scripted Australian TV and online dramas broadcast between 2016 and 2021, how this compares to the Australian population, and what has changed since the previous Seeing Ourselves report."
• "Arts in Action SA: At the forefront of the disability arts movement since 1989"
  Brochure, inviting South Australians to become members of or donate to Arts in Action, reading "Arts in Action has been at the forefront of the disability arts movement since its incorporation in 1989. As the peak organisation for arts and disability in South Australia we promote access and participation in the arts by all people with disabilities, and recognise that the arts have become the language of disability culture."
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Meekosha - Article: Challenging Disabling Images - 1994 - Iss9, Pg21pdf"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Meekosha - Article: Challenging Disabling Images - 1994 - Iss9, Pg21 - reads, in part "A new national research project has been set up to explore ways in which images of disability are created and used in the mass media"
• "DADAA Opportunity and Awareness Report"
  Opportunity & Awareness Report prepared by Gay McCormick-Saunders for Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts (WA) Inc. (DADAA) in 1995, includes information on Disabled artists in database, trainers willing to work with disability groups, accessible workshops, including organisations developing programs, support, resources, and funding required, and recommendations.
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -1998 Sum - Iss3"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication issue 2 Summer 1998 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "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.
• “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.”
• "Accessible Arts - Arts Extraordinare Festival 1993 - Promotional Flyer"
  Accessible Arts - Arts Extraordinare Festival 1993 - Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "Arts Extraordinaire -Celebrating Where The Arts Can Take You is Australia's first festival to celebrate the diverse talents and artistic skills of people with disabilities. "
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1982-83"
  Australia Council - Annual Report Australia Council Annual Report 1982-83 - discusses objectives, members of council, board members, organisation chart, staff list, council report, programs, board reports, financial statements, publications and grant lists including workshops, art production activities, production of magazine, award and performances.1982-83
• "High Beam Festival Program 2002"
  High Beam Festival Program 2002 reads "Welcome to High Beam 2002 Australia's international arts and disability festival, celebrating disability culture from around the globe. In our third biennial festival we explore the significance of the circle. In High Beam Festival 2002, that significance is represented through our international program, 'circular' Wheelie BIG Event, the online community of Tech Arts Express and over 40 companies, performers and community members who span the arts and the globe. High Beam is about showing that living with a disability does not exclude you from creating real, exciting, cutting edge art. High Beam is also about showing what it is like to live with a disability through the medium of art. Get out there and enjoy! We are thrilled to present Australia's own legendary pianist David Helfgott, UK comedian Mat Fraser, the amazing wheelchair dancers from Nepal as well as Belinda Mason - Lovering's Intimate Encounters - a landmark photo-graphic exhibition from Australia."
• "Interview with Michael Noble"
  Michael Noble is a professional dancer and performer and has been with Restless Dance Theatre since 2015. Interview Summary Michael Noble is an ex-foster kid turned contemporary dancer at Restless Dance Theatre, who started in arts as an outlet for expression. His dance style has evolved from literal interpretations to more abstract movements, as Restless has supported his growth and mental health needs. Being in a company that accommodates artists with disabilities has led Michael to explore his own neurodivergence, specifically relating to being on the autism spectrum. He believes art, including the political, is less about the message itself and more about being the messenger for another's vision or interpreting and sharing one's own perspectives.
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -1999 Win - Iss4"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication issue 4 Winter 1999 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -2001 Nov - Iss6"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication Issue 6 May 2001 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1999-2000"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1999-2000 - Chairpersons' Report, Treasurer’s Report, Executive Officer (Acting) & Project Officer Report, Consultancy, Regional Networks, Partnerships, Resources, Training, Financials
• "Accessible Arts - Inclusive Leadership: Innovation and Impact keynote address by Betty Siegel Director of Accessibility at the Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts in Washington - Promotional Card"
  Accessible Arts - Inclusive Leadership: Innovation and Impact keynote address by Betty Siegel Director of Accessibility at the Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts in Washington - Promotional Card
• “A national Disability Advisory Council is established in 1983”
  The national Disability Advisory Council (DACA) was established in 1983. Parliamentary information from 26 July that year reports: “Disabled people will form a significant majority on the new body. Announcing this today, the Minister for Social Security, Senator Don Grimes, said the new Disability Advisory Council of Australia represented an important breakthrough for disabled people. For the first time, an Australian Government will be looking to disabled people themselves for advice on government policy and programs affecting them.”
• "Access2Arts - You Tube - Access2Arts Video UNCRPD Article #27 Work and employment"
  Access2Arts - You Tube - Access2Arts video on United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Article #27 Work and employment - reads, in part "Article #27 of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities that deals withWork and employment, told by Deaf and disabled people. An Access2Arts Production made possible with support from the City of Adelaide."
• "Access2Arts - You Tube - Access2Arts Video UNCRPD Article #5 Equality and non discrimination"
  Access2Arts - You Tube - Access2Arts video on United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities Article #5 Equality and non discrimination - reads, in part "Article #5 of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities that deals with Equity and non-discrimination, told by Deaf and disabled people. An Access2Arts Production made possible with support from the City of Adelaide.
• "Access Arts Annual Report 2006"
  Access Arts Annual Report 2006 - Indigenous Projects Report, Events, Workshops, Brisbane Outsider Artists Studio (BOA), Sound Circles Project Report