Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Filmmaking Workshop 2016 - Press Release"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch Filmmaking Workshop' 2016 Press Release - reads, in part “ On October 21 the second Sit Down Shutup and Watch [SDSW] Film New Media Festival will happen in the Angaston Town Hall. The festival is the brainchild of seven talented young film makers with learning disability form Regional South Australia and Adelaide. Their first festival, held in October 2014 was a fabulous success with over 40 films screened from all over the world and nearly 500 people attending. In the lead up to our second Festival, we are delivering a series of 4-day film-making workshops for people with learning disabilities across regional areas of South Australia to ensure we have plenty of South Australian films in the mix. The first of these is the Renmark / Riverland workshop to be held from Tuesday 8th March - Friday 11th March, at the McCormick Centre, Rau Rau Ave, Renmark.”
• "Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 1 2006"
  Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 1 2006 - reads, in part "The Tutti Arts Launch showed that Tutti Ensemble Inc is a key driver in the creation of a truly enterprising direction for inclusive community disability culture in SA. From the outset, Tutti has proved itself to be driven by innovation, and with a strategic plan and vision, we have every opportunity to continue showcasing our work internationally and also to export the model we have created."
• "Tutti Ensemble - Holdfast Bay Community Choir Newsletter - Newsletter One - 1999"
  Tutti Ensemble, Holdfast Bay Communitty Choir, first newsletter distributed by Tutti Ensemble and Minda Inc disability service organisation in 1999 - reads, in part "Welcome to our first newsletter. We hope this is the first of many to come. We intend to put out a newsletter every two months to keep people informed on what is happening in the choir. Articles or information from choir members are welcome."
• "Arts Disability Technology Library Workshop"
  Internet demonstration; imaging and photography; creative adventures with computer technology; music (includes performance and demonstration by Chris Finnen)
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1992”
• "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.
• "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
• "Kevin Cho (1980) 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons. Melbourne, Australia: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology."
• "Parkinson's Queensland (2015) Research Study finds Dance has positive benefits for people with Parkinson’s, 4 March 2015, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20150311153726/http://parkinsons-qld.org.au/danceforpd/"
  Parkinson's Queensland -Research Study finds Dance has positive benefits for people with Parkinson’s (2015) - reads, in part "Now, in exciting research findings, Parkinson’s Queensland, in conjunction with Queensland Ballet and research undertaken by QUT and The University of Queensland (UQ) demonstrate that Queensland Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s program had positive physical, social, cognitive and emotional benefits for participants affected by Parkinson’s."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter June 1991”
  Arts Access Arts Access Society Access Newsletter June 1991 –Integration through the Arts for adults with Intellectual Disabilities, Community Health Centre singing, Acting Executive Director Message, Special Accommodation Project update, National Gallery of Victoria – meeting to develop art programs for older adults, Host Artist Scheme, Regional Development Program, staff development skills, Special Accommodation music program, Art Discussion project, Visual Arts exhibition participation invitation, Eaglemont Private Nursing Home textile mural, Peak disability arts organisations to form national body, AIDS awareness session for artists working in community projects, September workshops, membership
• "Accessible Arts - What's On - Program"
  Accessible Arts - What's On 1992 - Program
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1979-80"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1979-80 discusses members of council, standing committees and board reports as well as financial statements, grants lists, planning for the nternational Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP) 1981 including publications of a study to identify options of disabled gaining greater access to the arts and programs and grants for Braille and Talking Book Library for its Braille Book of the Year, salaries of staff and funding for production of “The Threepenny Opera”, workshops and travel costs of NSW Theatre of the Deaf, funding for residents of the Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home for the intellectually handicapped who gave a performance at the Sydney Opera House
• "Noise - IMDB"
  Noise' Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry - reads, in part "This is a story about the wrong person in the right place at the wrong time. Two heinous crimes have left a suburban town reeling." Simon Laherty plays a young man with a mental disability and another character suffers from tinnitus.
• "Back to Back Theatre - Website - About, captured 2008"
  Back to Back Theatre 'About' page, captured 2008 - reads, in part "Back To Back Theatre is a pioneering contemporary theatre company based in Geelong with a full-time ensemble of five actors considered to have an intellectual disability."
• "Queensland Ballet - Dance for Parkinsons"
  Queensland Ballet 'Dance for Parkinsons' 2015 - reads, in part "Dance can offer physical and social benefits for people of all ages. At Queensland Ballet we invite members of the community affected by Parkinson's Disease to join us for specialised dance classes."
• Melbourne Fringe Festival
• "Fusion Theatre - Perfectly Imperfect"
  Promotion for Fusion dance theatre performance 'Perfectly Imperfect' on disability and parenthood, reads, in part "This highly emotive dance-drama takes a no-holds-barred look at the question of parenthood for women with disability."
• "Dot2Dot - Working in the arts with young people with and without disability"
• "Arts Project Australia - Sidney Myer Fund Permanent Collection Exhibition 1999 - Program"
  Arts Project Australia - Sidney Myer Fund Permanent Collection Exhibition 1999 - Program - reads, in part "The Sidney Myer Fund Permanent Collection is one of the only collections of artwork by people with intellectual disability in Australia."
• "Tutti Arts - Mix Up World Exhibition - Promotional Flyer"
  Tutti Arts 'Mix Up World' Exhibition 2015 Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "AN EXHIBITION of comic landscapes and new media art works by a group of artists with learning disability. working in the Tutti Studio."
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Promotional Poster 2022"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch 2022 Promotional Poster
• Australian Network for Art and Technology
• "Tutti Arts Newsletter Term 1 2005"
  Tutti Arts Newsletter Term 1 2005 - reads, in part "Tutti Arts, the first vocational program for young artists with a disability in Australia began last October in partnership with Minda Inc."
• "Access to the Arts for People with Disability"
  Postcard, reading 'Arts Access South Australia' and 'Access to the Arts for People with Disabilities' on the front, with space on the back for the user to write a message and send to a receipient.
• "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)."