Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• “Arts Access Victoria – Way Out West - Promotional Flyer"
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter September 1987”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter October 1986”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter December 1987”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter Vol.1 August 1985”
  Arts Access Arts Access Society Access Newsletter Vol.1 August 1985 - The Wider ContextCrafts Research – Aardvark Project, Reaching Out conference in Washington DC, conference in Bellagio, Italy, Programme - "A Day in the Life of Parkville Psychiatric Unit” video, Community programmes including Reaching out Cartwheel – Access Arts QLD - 'Cast Off' production, project – “Fair Play”, Arts Access Committee - Melbourne Zoo programme, Activities
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter December 1986”
• "Arts Access Victoria - The Delta Project - Under My Skin - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria The Delta Project Under My Skin 2016 Promotional card – reads in part “A development showing of a new dance work from The Delta Project, a Melbourne based dance company of deaf and hearing performers. Under my Skin brings together two worlds through visual and sound, creating a performance accessible for both deaf and hearing audiences”
• “Arts Access Victoria – The Present and the Future (2020 – present)”
  Arts Access Victoria – The Present and the Future (2020 – present)- increased technology and digital literacy training and online programs and projects including Alter State Festival and celebrated 50 years in 2024
• “Arts Access Victoria – On Tour (mid – late 1990s)”
  Arts Access Victoria – Sharing knowledge (early – mid 1990s) – growth in programs, training, consultancy and developed the first AAV website. Weave Movement Theatre and Club Wild (Wild at Heart) emerged and toured exhibition of “BodySuits” created new artist commissions and opportunities.
• “Arts Access Victoria – A New Millennium (early – mid 2000s)”
  Arts Access Victoria – A New Millennium (early – mid 2000s)– online artist’s register, “Artability” festival, Deaf Arts Network started in 2001, new programs including regional areas, audio description of first TV production, AAV hosted Inclusion International World Congress, The Other Film Festival started,
• “Arts Access Victoria – Leading Change (2005-2009)"
  Arts Access Victoria - Leading Change (2005-2009) - During the mid to late 2000s, Arts Access Victoria (AAV) was recognised by Australia Council for the Arts as a key producer, supported the Deaf Arts Network (DAN), ran The Other Film Festival (TOFF),
• "Arts Access Victoria - History, captured 2011"
• "Australian Theatre of the Deaf - Company History"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Company History, on Arts Access Victoria website, captured 2015 - Includes information on history, from funding from the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust and the Australia Council for the Arts to support Nola Colefax, Adam Salzer, David London, and Colin Allen to start the Theatre of the Deaf in the 1970s, to highlights in more recent work in the 1990s and 2000s - for example first Australian Deaf musical “The Sign of the Phantom” (1995); bi-lingual play “Deaf and Gay” at Sydney Mardi Gras Festival (1999); Deaf cabaret show “Dislabelled” at Adelaide Cabaret Festival (2002); production of “There and Back” at Sidetrack Theatre (2005); commissioning and production of “The Cat Lady of Bexley” by Sofya Gollan and directed by Caroline Conlon (2006)
• "Arts Access Victoria - Annual Reports 2006 - 2014, captured 2022"
  Arts Access Victoria - Annual Reports 2006 - 2014
• "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."
• "Arts Access Victoria - The Other Film Festival, captured 2022"
  Arts Access Victoria - The Other Film Festival - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led initiative that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. Founded in 2004, it is Australia’s first international disability film festival and is a major artistic program of Arts Access Victoria."
• "Arts Access Victoria - News 2019 - 2024, captured 2024"
  Arts Access Victoria - News 2019 - 2024 - includes updates on announcement of new CEO Josh Pether, Nebula, Stella Young Award 2024, Transmit Futures, AAV Flashback, Making Space grants
• "Arts Access Victoria - Website - About, captured 2024"
  Arts Access Victoria - Website - About, captured 2024 - Information about Arts Access Victoria (AAV) advocacy, programs, services, to increasing access and participation in the arts for people with disabilities.
• "Arts Access Victoria - Resources, captured 2022"
  Arts Access Victoria - Resources - includes links to Music Makers: Disability in the Music Industry Research Abridged, AAV Annual report 2021, Annual report 2020, TOFF 2020 Revisited, The Other Film Festival 2021 Revisited
• "Arts Access Victoria - What's on, captured 2022"
  Arts Access Victoria - What's on - invitation to join AAV 'The Gathering' session in October 2022
• "Rawcus - Small Odysseys - Program"
  Program for Rawcus work 'Small Odysseys, reads, in part, "Small Odysseys grew out of an interest in working with scale and how our sense of our own size, significance and power can shift sometimes very quickly. We have been inspired by the sculptural work of artists Ron Mueck and Slinkachu (Little People in the City) , both of whom employ scale to reveal the emotional world of their subjects and inform our relationship to them."
• "Rawcus - Small Odysseys"
  Information about Rawcus work 'Small Odysseys, reads, in part "Small Odysseys is a work of grit and tenderness. It tells stories both intimate and vast."
• "Rawcus - The Heart of Another is A Dark Forrest"
  DL promotional card for Rawcus work 'The Heart of Another is a Dark Forrest'
• "Rawcus - The Heart of Another is A Dark Forrest - Melbourne Fringe Festival Program Entry"
  Melbourne Fringe Festival program entry for Rawcus work 'The Heart of Another is a Dark Forrest'
• "Rawcus - Song for a Weary Throat - Program"
  Program for Rawcus work, presented at Theatreworks, 'Song for a weary throat' reads, in part, “What is it that propels us to get up after loss, after heartbreak, after failure? Fifteen performers surface from the aftermath, the wake of a disaster, in the haunting SONG FOR A WEARY THROAT, as live music from the critically-acclaimed contemporary vocalists Invenio Singers is contrasted with disquieting, yet poetic imagery from Rawcus.”