Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• “Arts Access Victoria - Access Newsletter Spring 1999”
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2011"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2011 - Board and Staff, Supporters and Volunteers, A Message from our Patron, About Arts Project Australia, President's Report, Executive Director's Report, Artists, Exhibitions Report, Financial Statements, Independent Audit Report, Wilfred Clarke Obituary - reads, in part "There is still a high level of demand for participation in the studio program, and we have a waiting list to which we endeavour to respond as soon as places are available."
• "Interview with Paul Constable Calcott"
  Uncle Paul Constable Calcott is a proud Wiradjuri man and artist living with a disability on Gubbi Gubbi country….. Uncle Paul uses his art to share stories of his journey as an aboriginal gay man living with a disability in urban Australia. Interview Summary Uncle Paul Calcott is a proud Wiradjuri elder and disability advocate who contracted polio as a child. During the interview, Uncle Paul discusses becoming an artist later in life through the encouragement of his husband and influenced by the storytelling of his culture. He embraces his identity as an Aboriginal, gay man living with disability. He talks about his artwork aiming to celebrate the achievements and contributions of people with disabilities, using traditional symbols to tell new stories, particularly about disability within Indigenous communities. Although there has been increased visibility and acknowledgment of disability arts in Australia, Paul notes that there's still a long way to go in terms of policy, funding, and public recognition. Uncle Paul says art can reflect political and social issues, and he proudly identifies as an artist with a disability and believes in the significance of diverse stories being told through the arts.
• "Access Arts - Grants"
  Website reads "Access Arts can help you make the first, or next step through one of our grant funding opportunities. Provided with support and in partnership with other arts organisations, our grants and awards fund the development opportunities, guidance, and exposure artists with disability or disadvantage need to pursue their artistic practice."
• "Sarah Austin, Chris Brophy, Lachlan MacDowell, Edward Paterson, and Winsome Roberts (2015) Beyond Access: The Creative Case for Inclusive Arts. Melbourne: Arts Victoria."
  Reads, in part "Beyond Access sought to create an evidence base for the creative case for inclusive arts practice to support greater recognition for artists with a disability by transforming and extending notions of what art is and who produces it."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Access Newsletter Spring 1993”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Access Newsletter Winter 1993”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Access Newsletter Spring 1994”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Access Newsletter Summer 1994-95”
• "Arts Access Victoria - Alter State, captured 2022"
  Arts Access Victoria - Alter State - reads, in part "Alter State is a celebration of disability, creativity and culture."
• "Tutti Arts - Stand and Deliver Showcase - Program"
  Tutti Arts - 'Stand and Deliver Showcase' 2019 Program - reads, in part "ABOUT STAND & DELIVER In 2019 Tutti Arts received NDIS ILC grant funding to run a program called Stand & Deliver which aims to increase the capacity of individual artists or groups of artists with disability to promote their work to the world. The program was tailored to the goals and skills of individuals and offered a mix of one-on-one and group sessions."
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1999"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1999 - Management Committee, Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Director's Report, Studio Workshop Program, Outreach Program, Exhibitions, Financials - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia celebrated its 25th anniversary in' 1999. Since its inception, Arts Project Australia has gone from strength to strength and has enriched the lives of·all those wbo have been privileged enough to be involved with it"
• "Tutti Arts - 15th Anniversary Christmas Concert - Program"
  Tutti Arts '15th Anniversary Christmas Concert' 2012 Program - reads, in part “For fifteen years the Tutti Choir has been a passionate force for change through the creation of extraordinary art which surprises, entertains and reveals a different world view. Since 2001, the collaborative relationship between singers with a disability, singers from the wider community and professional composer/conductors has supported the development of several award winning music theatre works and led to exhilarating performances here and overseas. It has also led to the formation of three choirs who are all performing this afternoon; the original Tutti Choir of up to 71 singers, Poco Tutti, a small choir for advanced singers, and Club Tutti, for those who enjoy social singing.”
• "Tutti Arts - Website - History, captured 2008"
  Tutti Arts Website History captured 2008 - reads, in part "“Founded by South Australian playwright/composer Pat Rix, Tutti began as a small singing group for people with an intellectual disability at Minda Inc in August 1997."
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1984-85"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1984-85 - discusses functions and objectives, structures, process and membership of Council, Council Committees and members, Board Members, Assessment panels, staff lists, organisation chart, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including increased artist fees working with minority groups including disabled, fees and costs for artists in Arts Access Society, costs of program for Access Arts (National) cost of playwrights for disabled theatre, and theatre of the Deaf with additional grant support and tours of NSW regional areas for Theatre of the Deaf (NSW).
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1990"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1990 - includes Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Program Director's Report Exhibition Program 1990, What do you think of Arts Project?, Financial Reports, Acknowledgements and Thanks - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia began in 1974 as an arts-based advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities"
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter December 2010"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter December 2010 - profile of artist James Kurtz, 2010 events, updates from President and General Manager
• "Arts Project Australia - Artist Videos, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Artist videos - reads, in part "Featuring behind the scenes footage of Arts Project Australia artists in conversation with some of Australia's leading artists and arts professionals."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter October 1986”
• Will Thorne
• William Thorne
• Chrissie Tucker
• “The Victorian Government commissions ‘Picture This: Increasing the Cultural Participation of People with a Disability in Victoria’”
  In 2008, ‘Picture This: Increasing the Cultural Participation of People with a Disability in Victoria’ was published. The report was commissioned by the Victorian Government, specifically the Victorian Office for Disability in partnership with Arts Victoria and Disability Services Division and written by Kim Dunphy and Petra Kuppers. It focussed on methods to increase participation by people with disability in the arts as artists and audience members.
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter June 1987”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter December 1987”