Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Tutti Arts - Mosaic Clouds Exhibition 2008 - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'Mosaic Clouds' Exhibition 2008 Program
• "Tutti Arts - A Very Tutti Christmas 2011 - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'A Very Tutti Christmas' 2011 Program - reads, in part "Pat Rix founded Tutti in 1997 as a small singing group for people with a disability. From the begmnmg Tutti has pursued a national agenda, daring to dream, that universal_access to rich choral performances for disabled and disadvantaged people will one day be the norm rather than the exception."
• "Tutti Arts - Natural Imaginings Exhibition - Invitation"
  Tutti Arts - Natural Imaginings Exhibition Invitation Card 2007
• "Tutti Arts - Paul Hoban & Scott Pyle - Orange Wrappers - Promotional Postcard"
  Tutti Arts 'Paul Hoban & Scott Pyle - Orange Wrappers' 2013 Promotional Postcard
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Choir - Happy Together - Promotional Poster"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Choir 'Happy Together' 2010 Promotional Poster
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Choir - Happy Together - Promotion Card"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Choir 'Happy Together' 2010 Promotion Card
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.- EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter June 1990”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter June 1990 - Venue notes for the Meat Market Craft Centre
• "Tutti Arts - Sisters of Invention Debut Album Launch - Promotional Poster"
  Tutti Arts - Sisters of Invention Debut Album Launch Event Promotional Poster
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Choir - Let It Shine - Promotional Program 2019"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Choir 'Let It Shine' Promotional Program 2019
• "Tutti Arts - Let It Shine Concert 2009 - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - 'Let It Shine' Concert 2009 Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - The Magic Flute - A Magical Meal With Maggie - Invitation"
  Tutti Arts 'The Magic Flute' 2011 - A Magical Meal With Maggie Special Event Invitation
• "Tutti Arts - Saltwater Songs Concert - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Saltwater Songs' Concert 2013 Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - A Very Tutti Christmas 2011 - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'A Very Tutti Christmas' 2011 Promotional Card
• "Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20130530"
  Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20130530
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1980-81"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1980-81 - discusses members of council, standing committees and board reports as well as financial statements, grants lists, publications and programs particularly focused on the 1981 International Year of the Disabled Person (IYDP) including accessibility, integration and raising awareness of barriers of disability in arts, with funding for research, art exhibitions, theatre, film (“Stepping Out”), dance (“Life, Images and Reflections”), craft, and literature; conference, seminar celebrating IYDP.
• "Interview with Alison Bennett"
  Dr Alison Bennett is a senior lecturer in photography at RMIT School of Art specialising in expanded photography, webXR, queer and feminist creative practices. Interview Summary Alison Bennett, an artist and academic, spoke about her work in expanded photography, their experiences with autism, and the intersection of disability discourse with queer activism in their life and work. Their current project, vegetal/digital, arose from their experiences during the pandemic and connects audiences with plant sentience through interactive digital art. Alison also discussed the political nature of their work, aiming to shift ontological frameworks and exploring new modes of engagement through art. They reflected on the significant cultural changes regarding neurodiversity in the last few decades, highlighting the growing self-advocacy among autistic artists and their increasing impact in the arts.
• "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
• "Access2Arts Project Archive"
  Access2Arts programs as at 2022
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1977-78"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1977-78 discusses membership, members of boards, senior staff list, report of Ten Years in the Arts, financial statements, grant lists and programs including funding for arts of deaf children, travel of mime artist to work with deaf artists, salaries of staff, production and presentation costs of Theatre of the deaf staff and production costs for Braille and Talking Book for 1978
• "Arts Project Australia - Manifesto, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Manifesto - reads, in part "Fuelled by an unwavering belief in our artists, we’re buoyed by the creativity and authenticity that exists in our space and heartened by those who delight in sharing it. We believe that art is serious, but making it can be fun. The individual creativity triumphs over conformity and divergent voices make life much more interesting. That art is about revealing ourselves and creating meaningful connections – between artists, staff artists and art lovers. Our experience will always be shared, our knowledge passed on and our studio, bound by creativity, integrity and generosity in equal measure."
• "A Month Of Mayhem"
  RealTime article on A Month of Mayhem, "A program of screenings, exhibitions, performances, seminars, and workshops by Deaf and colourblind artists for all audiences," presented by Access2Arts, in partnership with Adelaide Film Festival, Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), Arts Access Australia, Unlimited UK, Tutti Arts, Sit Down Shut Up and Watch Film Festival
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1976-77"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1976-77 discusses membership, the year in review including NSW Theatre of the Deaf as the only funded organisation working in nonverbal theatre with production of “King Lear”, and grants paid by Australia Council including Salaries, travel and costs for NSW Theatre of the Deaf and Braille Book of the Year Award, funding the program of entertainment for the old, sick and handicapped in homes, programs including salary and costs for Arts Access Society (Victoria) and performances by Arts Access Society and Arts Council of Australia (Victoria).
• "Interview with Tim McCallum"
  Tim McCallum is a singer, performer and speaker and disability advocate. Interview Summary Tim McCallum is a performer who specializes in singing and acting, with singing being his foremost talent. Having sustained a spinal cord injury resulting in quadriplegia before beginning his studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Tim's childhood passion for the performing arts has continued to motivate his career. Through his experiences, both positive and negative, regarding inclusion and discrimination in the arts, Tim has become determined to challenge preconceived notions and make disability a visible and celebrated aspect of performance. He is a strong advocate for the representation of artists with disabilities in leadership roles within arts governance, stressing the importance of lived expertise over tokenism for lasting change in the industry.
• "Tutti Arts - The Black & White Project Exhibition - Program"
  Tutti Arts - 'The Black & White Project' Exhibition 2020 Program - reads, in part "The Black & White Project is a visually dramatic exploration of polarities by artists based at Tutti Arts Brighton studios. Works chosen reveal how individual artists have employed imagination and a broad range of mediums to create an exciting contemporary exhibition about contrasts that is both sophisticated and striking."
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1974-75"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1974-75 lists funding to Spectrum Films for a screenplay on social pressures of deaf mute, grant to Lloyd Nickson to attend theatre for deaf children (USA & UK), funding to Wheelchair and Disabled Association (as it was known 19for jewellery making tools and equipment, and Arts Council of Australia/Victoria (as it was known 1966-1998, before name changed to Regional Arts Australia) for salary of assistant and utilities for Arts Access Program