Items · Disability Arts History Australia

“Perth International Arts Festival partners with DADAA to promote the inclusion of Deaf and disabled artists”

As the Artistic Director of the Perth International Arts Festival (PIAF), Wendy Martin enabled first significant inclusion of Deaf and disabled artists. This inclusion was driven by a partnership (2016-19) between PIAF and DADAA (Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, WA).

“Sit Down Shutup and Watch, a screen festival for people with learning disabilities, is launched in 2014”

In 2014, Tutti Arts launched Sit Down Shutup and Watch (SDSW). SDSW is a collective led by people with learning disabilities; They present a biennial international screen festival which features the work of disabled creators. The committee also hosts workshops and online resources.

"Bree Hadley (2022) Disability and the Arts, Creative, and Cultural Industries in Australia. Australian Academy of Humanities"

Reads, in part "There are five interrelated factors that support arts workers, arts organisations, and the arts sector at large to develop improved policy, protocol, and training practices."

Sit Down Shut Up and Watch Film Festival

DADAA

Australian Network for Art and Technology

Arts Access Australia

Access Arts Darwin

Queensland Theatre Company

Queensland Music Festival

Brisbane Festival

Film Victoria

State Library of Victoria

Alter State

Flow Festival