Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Arts Project Australia - Love from the Studio, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Love from the Studio aarticles and interviews with artists - reads, in part "A series of stories bringing you behind the scenes of Arts Project Australia. "
• "Accessible Arts - Career Advancement, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Career Advancement - reads, in part "We’re here to empower the creativity and careers of arts practitioners with disability right across NSW. We do this by providing a range of professional development programs for both artists and arts workers."
• "High Beam Festival Program 2008"
  High Beam Program 2008 reads "Australia's international celebration of Arts and Disability - COMEDY | THEATRE| MUSIC | VISUAL ARTS | COMMUNITY EVENTS"
• “Arts Access Victoria – Queer Voices at Nebula 2022 - Promotional Flyer"
• "Arts Project Australia - At The Table Exhibition 2013 -Invitation - Promotional Card"
  Arts Project Australia - At The Table Exhibition 2013 -Invitation - Promotional Card - reads, in part "At the Table explores the theme of food, its domestic setting, its rituals and its symbols in the work of Arts Project Australia artists. From a chicken's egg to a coffee cup to a traditional still life, the subject of food can be intimate, beautiful, quirky, abstract and many things in between. "
• "Arts Project Australia - The Great un-Reveal Exhibition 2012 - Promotional Card"
  Arts Project Australia - The Great un-Reveal Exhibition 2012 - Promotional Card - reads, in part "The Great un Reveal proposes that art making is a vehicle for self revelation or it's elusion. Each exhibiting artist has proposed a new work to be created with The Sisters Hayes, sibling artists, known for their multidisciplinary approach to theatre and the visual arts."
• "Back to Back Theatre - Website - Shows, captured 2008"
  Back to Back Theatre 'Shows' page, captured 2008, with list of shows, and links to work from 1999 forward - Professional Productions (including ‘Big Bag’ 1987-88; ‘Stinking Houses’ 1989; ‘The Peg Machine’ 1990; ‘Everything and the Mermaid’ 1990, ‘I Don’t Want to Live in Lara Anymore 1991; ‘Yell Blue Murder’ 1991; ‘Woodenhead’ 1992; ‘The Adventures of Bobbi Dazzler’ 1992; ‘Voices of Desire’ 1993; ‘Freak Show with Circus Oz 1994; Back to Back in Shorts 1995; Road Movie with Melbourne Workers Theatre 1996; Minds Eye with Handspan Visual Theatre 1996; Peter Pan with Arena Theatre Company 1997; Mr September 1997; Boomtown with Snuff Puppets 1998; Mental 1999; Dog Farm 2000; Pornstar 2001; Soft 2002; Cow 2003; Small Metal Objects 2005), and Community Productions (including Ritual with Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College 1998; Push Push 1999; Drag Racers in Love with Nelson Park School 1999; Arnold 2000 Fishman with Theatre of Speed 2001; Inside the Angel House with Theatre of Speed 2003; Minotaur with Theatre of Speed 2005; DMI with Theatre of Speed 2007; Pod Residences with Night School, Awakenings Festival, Brr Theatre Group, Ants Pantz Arts, Break of Day Players, Theatre of Speed, Arts Action and Amalgamation Festival 2003-2006), and films (including Mullet (1995), White Maggots (1996), Spill (1997), Mark Deans Human Cannonball (1998), Underpants (1999), Backscratch (2000), Porn Star (2002), Rhian Hinkley Theatre of Speed vs. BOZ'n'HOK, vs. HUGE COVILL (2004), D9 (2005), Out of our Minds (2001)).
• "Interview with Martin Edge"
  Martin Edge is a visual artist whose colourful paintings depict everyday life Interview Summary Martin Edge, an artist and ambassador for Autism Queensland, has experienced a significant journey in disability arts, culminating in representation by prominent galleries and inclusion in major collections. Since starting his painting career accidentally in a TAFE course, Martin's technique has evolved from using primary colours to creating a unique palette with mixed hues, resulting in more detailed and refined works. People have responded positively to his vibrant and hopeful art, which he enjoys sharing to bring joy to others. Martin looks up to artist Ken Done, admiring Done's vivid use of colour and his contributions to Australian art even into his 80s.
• "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 - 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 - Promotional Card - 2018"
  Visual Arts and Galleries - reads, in part "Exhibited locally, international!y and collected by major Australian art institutions, Arts Project Australia artists work independently in a lightfilled Northcote studio."
• "DADAA - The Lost Generation Project"
  DADAA - The Lost Generation Project 2007 - reads, in part "The project was conceived from a partnership between DADAA and the WA Disability Services Commission, which began in 2002. After working on 15 small projects, the partners decided to develop a large-scale project in 2007 to continue developing arts and cultural interventions with and for people with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation across the Perth metropolitan area. The project's rich CACD strategy has seen numerous successful workshops, exhibitions and related projects come to fruition in partnership with local governments and other community arts organisations.?
• "High Beam Festival Program 2000"
  High Beam Program 2000 reads "High Beam 2000 will he launched with an opening parade and concert that promises to he LOUD. IARGE and LAVISH! Weaving a rhythmical and colourful journey along King William Street through to Elder Park where the entertainment will begin. AS 22% of South Australia’s population have a disability, High Beam 2000 Festival presents an inspiring and unique opportunity for all South Australians to discover the wealth of talent within our midst and from abroad."
• "Arts Access Victoria - The Delta Project - Promotional Flyer"
• "Restless in Alice - Media Release"
  Media release reads, in part, "Restless Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Michelle Ryan is visiting Alice Springs next week to work with InCite Arts and the ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble."
• "Igneous - Body In Question"
  Reads, in part, "A multimedia movement-theatre show, incorporating dance, video- and slide- projections, a life-sized puppet and an original soundtrack. A diary come to life, portraying the true story of an Australian dancer who – after paralysing one of his arms in a motorcycle accident – journeys through the worlds of medicine, rehabilitation and disability, in recovery of self-expression. He finds new angles on perceiving the body, and new ways to move. "Body image" and concepts of "normality" are questioned."
• "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.
• “Restless Dance – Howling Like A Wolf Program"
  Restless Dance Theatre 'Howling Like a Wolf' Program - reads, in part "In Howling Like A Wolf humans are both the observer and the observed. The work explores facial expressions, our body language and the way our brains process complex and subtle information. The performers have shared their experiences of connection and isolation, the joy and confusion of human interactions, and how we all prepare ourselves for "this terribly significant business of 'other people'."
• "Second Echo Ensemble - Chair's, Creative Producer's and Financial Reports 2020"
  Second Echo Ensemble Chair’s, Creative Producer’s and Financial Reports for 2020, including reports on work during the year (Let Me Dry Your Eyes, The CHAIN, What Makes You Beautiful), and reflections on the impact of Covid 19 Pandemic
• "The Other Film Festival Revisited 2021"
  The Other Film Festival 2021 Revisited - Information about the Festival, program, achievements, including in 2021 tour to Western Australia, Industry Resources, and Platforms for artists
• "InCite Arts - NT Arts Access Awards - Invitation 2011"
  InCite Arts - NT Arts Access Awards - Invitation 2011
• "Incite Arts - NT Arts Access Awards and Certificates of Commendation 2018"
  InCite Arts and Arts Access Darwin announcement of NT Arts Access Awards and Certificates of Commendation 2018
• "Incite Arts - NT Arts Access Awards and Certificates of Commendation 2019"
  InCite Arts and Arts Access Darwin announcement of NT Arts Access Awards and Certificates of Commendation 2019
• "YouTube - Take Up Thy Bed and Walk - presented by Vitalstatistix and Gaelle Mellis"
  YouTube of 'Take Up Thy Bed and Walk' (2013) by Vitalstatisix and Gaelle Mellis - "Take Up Thy Bed & Walk is a subversive performance about women, disability & fiction."
• "Rawcus Website, captured 2014"
  Rawcus website, captured 2014, reads, in part, "Rawcus is an ensemble of performers with and without disabilities. Collaborating with a core creative team led by Artistic Director Kate Sulan, Rawcus aims to devise new work that expresses the imaginative world of the ensemble. Drawing on dance, theatre and visual art disciplines, the work is crafted with a precision that supports the performers but allows space for their inherent sense of anarchy. A series of moving pictures, Rawcus’ work is sculptural, unexpected, beautiful, funny and tender."