Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Jodee Mundy Collaborations - Imagined Touch - IMBD"
  Reads, in part, "When two Deafblind women asked a theatre director to help them make a show about being deaf and blind, never in their wildest dreams did they imagine it would become an award-winning show."
• "Focus on Ability, Short Film Festival winners list 2022"
  Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, captured 2025 - webpage listing 2022 award winners - includes AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL SECTION (Bonnet Bay Public School (NSW) - The Marrakesh Treaty; East Hills Boys High School (NSW) – Resilience; St John Vianney's Primary School (QLD) - About Me; The Fabulous Players of the Mount Ommaney Special School Drama Elective (QLD)), AUSTRALIAN OPEN ENTRANTS (Nikhia Trask (QLD) - Rylan's Story - Autism is not a choice; Peter Renzullo (WA) - Note To Self; Lenny Seberry (QLD) - A Day in the Life of; Satara Uthayakumaran (NSW) - A Heavenly Piece of Art; Jessica Trueman in A Bold Choice; Ashleigh Smart - Not Your Average Joe; The Rogues Den Studios – Filmception; Emma Barry - Wait, What?)
• "Janice Rieger, Jasmien Herssens, Megan Strickfaden, Bree Hadley (2019) International Inclusive Film Screening, DfA Week (with films from Finland, Canada, China and Australia)."
  "The inclusive international film screening included films from Australia, Finland, Canada and China that represent different kinds of abilities, disabilities, inclusion and exclusion through material culture, architecture, urban spaces, landscapes and design. This screening was about access, inclusion and community outreach and included live audio descriptions and Auslan interpretation. The Film screening was separated into two parts with a total of 9 films screened: Part 1: ‘Seeing’ things from a Different Perspective, which included the films: Bakala, Australia (Aboriginal); Eske, (Finland); Musical Notes (Canada); Visitability #1 (Canada) Part 2: Part 2: Temporal and Embodied Encounters: Design, Disability and Slowing Down, which included the films: Smoke Time (Canada & China); Visitability #2 (Canada); Heel of a Time, Canada; Visitability #3 (Canada) ; Wandering on the Braille Trail (Australia)."
• "Access Arts - Brisbane Outsider Artists 2014"
  Access Arts Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA) Studio/Programs page, with information about artists, and exhibitions, and examples of work
• "Access Arts - Community Arts programs 2014"
  Access Arts Community Arts program. Page, reads, in part, "Access Arts’ Community Arts workshops provide members with a supportive, inclusive and creative environment to engage with various art forms, encouraging positive social interaction, a strong sense of community, and artistic expression of each individual." Information about workshops, exhibitions, events, and partnerships.
• "Access Arts - Website, captured 2001"
  Access Arts website, captured 2001, reads “Access Arts Inc is a non-profit, professional arts organisation working with people with disabilities and people disadvantaged by social conditions with the aim to assist them to fulfil their ambitions in the arts.” – links to History, Workshops, Projects, and Artists.
• "Let Me See - review by Keiran Finnane 2015, captured 2016"
  Describes InCite Arts ‘Starts with D Performance Ensemble’ members Tiffany Malthouse, Matt Woodham, Brandon Williams, Martin Armstead and director Kat Worth’s production of ‘ Meet You at the Edge’, as part of ‘Let Me See’ produced by Red Hot Arts Central Australia at Araluen Centre for the Arts, including film, use of audio description, writing, and choreography
• "Jodee Mundy Collaborations - Imagined Touch - Live Show"
  Reads, in part "Imagined Touch is a multi-sensory arts performance project exploring the fascinating world of Deafblind culture with its own tactile sign language, unique relationship to the senses, space and navigation of the world."
• "Jodee Mundy Collaborations - Imagined Touch - Documentary"
  Reads, in part "When two deafblind women Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens approached director Jodee Mundy to make a show, they pulled off the impossible. They turned their small community performance into IMAGINED TOUCH, a theatre production that became a sell-out success at the Sydney Festival, going on to win at the Victorian Green Room Awards. This documentary has followed Imagined Touch with cameras from the very beginning."
• "Crossroad Arts Website 2021"
  Crossroad Arts Website, captured 2021. Includes home, employment, about us, programs, blog, partners, videos, outreach, contact us, and support us links, and information about “what we do,” “how we do it,” who we work with,” and “why we do it,” with the latter stating “We want to challenge the traditional spaces where art making takes place; and to challenge the notion of who participates in that process and how they participate.”
• "Rawcus Archive 2013-2024, captured 2024"
  Rawcus Archive 2013-2024, captured 2024 - links to a decade's news and events
• "Rawcus Productions, captured 2024"
  Links to information about Rawcus Productions, from 2000 forward, captured 2024 - including Here We Are Amongst You, Glass, Song for a Weary Throat, Catalogue, Small Odysseys, Another Lament, The Heart of Another is a Dark Forest, Hunger, Collisions, Not Dead Yet, Box Set, Side Show, Born Rawcus, Designer Child, Flight
• "Rawcus Website, captured 2024"
  Rawcus website, captured 2024, reads, in part "Rawcus is a critically acclaimed long term ensemble of 14 performers with diverse minds, bodies and imaginations. For over 22 years, the company has been creating audacious performances and arts experiences." Links to productions, public program, watch, and archive sections.
• "Rawcus Reviews and Articles, captured 2024"
  Rawcus Reviews and Articles, captured 2024 - links to reviews and articles about Rawcus's work
• "Rawcus Public Projects, captured 2024"
  Links to information about Rawcus Public Projects, from 2006 forward, captured 2024 - including In the Making, A Resourceful Hero, Exquisite Chaos, Rawcus Engagement Program, Dance It Out, Portal, Fanaticus, Becoming, Symphonic Sites, Encounters, In Our Shoes, Now You See Me, Portraits, Singular, By You, Me and the Light, Cross my heart ( and hope), (it’s no) drama 2016, I AM, Beyond the Room, Shadow Tales, Imagine me there, Emporium of Treasures, Flashmob, Cherish, Sticky, RAWCUS at Artplay
• "Accessible Arts - International Day of People With Disability, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - International Day of People With Disability - reads, in part "The International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) on December 3 provides a valuable opportunity every year to acknowledge, honour and celebrate people with disability and the vital contributions they make to arts and culture here in Australia and throughout the world."
• "Second Echo Ensemble - People, captured 2024"
  Second Echo website 'People' page, captured 2024, with information about Ensemble, Provocateurs, and Board, and crew
• "Second Echo Ensemble - Performance, captured 2024"
  Second Echo website 'Performances' page, with information about past projects including 'The Stare', '[in]security', 'The Beauty Project, 'The Bridge', 'Outside Boy', 'Let Me Dry Your Eyes', 'The Chain', 'Right of Spring,' 'Contested Land', 'By My Hand'
• "Second Echo Ensemble - About, captured 2024"
  Second Echo website 'About' page, captured 2024 reads, in part, "At the heart of Second Echo Ensemble are the artists who make and perform the work. Some live with disabilities, and some do not. Our work is not simply about access or equality. We are about new ways of thinking and creating."
• "Second Echo Ensemble - Website, captured 2024"
  Second Echo website, captured 2024 - reads, in part, ‘We celebrate diversity’ ‘We challenge assumptions’ ‘We make things happen’, with links to About, Projects, and Pathways pages
• "Arts Project Australia - Artist & Artwork directory, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Artist & Artwork directory - includes list of artists
• "Arts Project Australia - Website, captured 2016"
  Arts Project Australia - Website, captured 2016 - includes Home, About, Studio, Artists & Art Gallery, Exhibitions & Events, Get Involved, Shop, Blog, Contact
• "Arts Project Australia - Studio Program, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Studio Program - reads, in part "Artists at Arts Project are encouraged to develop a visual art practice reflective of their interests and passions"
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Reports 2016-2021, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Reports 2016-2021 - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia is a creative social enterprise that supports artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for their inclusion in contemporary art practice."
• "Arts Project Australia - Gallery, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Gallery - website captured 2022 - reads, in part "HOW APA REPRESENTS AND SUPPORTS ITS ARTISTS Arts Project Australia advocates, supports and promotes studio artists within the broader contemporary arts sector nationally and internationally. The gallery promotes the work of its diverse group of emerging, mid-career and established Australian artists who work in the studio through the Collingwood gallery and national and international exhibitions, art prizes, and awards."