Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Interview with Alison Richardson"
  Alison Richardson is an ally and advocate for people with disability with experience as an inclusive arts organisation artistic director and access and inclusion officer. Interview Summary Alison Richardson, artistic director and CEO of Crossroad Arts at the time of the interview, has had a 25-year journey through the fields of drama, theatre, and inclusive arts, starting in Sydney and leading to her role in Mackay, Queensland. Her work began by engaging with diverse young people and evolved into a focus on disability arts, recognising a gap in services and opportunities for people with disabilities in artistic expression. Throughout her career, she has witnessed and contributed to the gradual increase in visibility and opportunities for artists with disabilities, acknowledging the fluctuating support and funding in the sector. Despite challenges, Alison has observed progress in how disability arts are valued and the emergence of conversations around identity and representation within this community.
• "Interview with Matthew Shilcock"
  Matthew Shilcock is a stage and film performer, dancer, director, choreographer, producer, project planner, manager, consultant and disability advocate. Interview Summary Matthew Shilcock, a contemporary dancer, lives with osteogenesis imperfecta, a condition that led him to discover dance as an affordable alternative to physiotherapy. His 12-year dance career has been shaped by working with both disabled and non-disabled artists, including elite companies and individual dancers, where he found a passion for the unique problem-solving and rewarding experiences that come with working with disabled dancers. As he transitions from performer to dance maker, Matthew's motivation has shifted from personal excitement and self-discovery to a focus on the next generation, aiming to pass on his unique experiences and methodologies. He acknowledges that while being on stage as a disabled artist can be inherently political, he values his authenticity and the impact of his work over the perceptions and labels placed upon disability in the arts.
• Arts Project Australia
• Screech Theatre
• "Undercover Artist Festival Program 2023"
  Undercover Artist Festival Program 2023 – Curated by Festival Director Madeleine Little - ‘Breathe In: Multilingual Storytelling in Performance’ by Crossroad Arts, ‘Sleep and the City’ by Emma-June Curik, ‘Sheltered’ by Kathryn Hall, ‘Betsy and I’ by Alexandra Ellen, ‘type-a-poet’ by Andi Snelling, ‘Are You Pulling My Leg?’ with Accessible Arts and Crips & Creeps, ‘The Jingo Brothers’ with Jolly Jingo and Steady Eddy, ‘Otherwise’ by Access Arts, ‘Celebrate All’ by Donna Dyson, ‘Blind in the Rabbit Hole’ by Screech Arts, Embrace’ by lnsideOutside Dance, Club Undercover with Deaf Indigenous Dance Group and Goddess Naavikaran, and WunderSounds with Aspy Jones and Eliza Hull.
• "Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 4 2003"
  Tutti Ensemble Newsletter Term 4 2003 - information about new Patron Scott Hicks, Australia Council and Arts SA funding to develop work for High Beam Festival, invitations to Awakenings Festival and Wataboshi Music Festival, and Drama, Movement, Music, and Songwriting workshops
• Heidi Everett
• “Tutti Arts is founded in Adelaide by Pat Rix in 1997”
  Tutti Arts was founded in Adelaide by Pat Rix in 1997. Initially a choir of people with and without disabilities, it quickly added a focus on visual arts. Tutti has since expanded to offer programs in dance, screen, music, acting, and visual arts, and its choir continues. Programs are on offer in Brighton, Port Adelaide, and in the Barossa Valley, for adults as well as kids and youth. Tutti has performed both nationally and internationally, and has taken part in significant co-productions. Tutti Arts and KickstARt 2 Choir presented Up and Away for the KickstART Festival in Vancouver, Canada in 2004. Tutti’s international performance of 'Between the Worlds' in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2007) was remounted as a coproduction with Interact Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. Tutti returned to Minneapolis in 2009 to perform ‘Northern Lights, Southern Cross,’ which they first performed in 2007 for Adelaide Fringe. It was a collaboration with Interact, which brought together Aboriginal, Native American and Disabled Artists from the Northern and Southern hemispheres “to explore personal, racial and environmental trauma.” In 2009, Tutti Ensemble performed with the State Opera of South Australia to present ‘The Shouting Fence’.
• "DADAA Annual Report 2003-2004"
  DADAA Annual Report 2003-2004 - information about Vision, Mission and Goals, Chairperson and Executive Director’s Reports, Staff list, Demographics and scope of work, Programs including 24/7 Festival, FOCUS, FRIEGHT Gallery, Art Link Be Active Children’s programs, Aging & Disability, and Regional Development and Consultancy, Partners, KPIs, and Financials
• "DADAA Annual Report 2015-2016"
  DADAA Annual Report 2015-2016 - Chairperson and Executive Director’s Reports, New premises, NDIS, Workshops, Exhibitions, Performances, Screenings, Freight and Focus Galleries, Online Gallery, Online Broadcasts, stARTSpeak, Art Link Programs for Children and Young People, Awesome Festival, Nexus Arts Grants, Professional Mentorships, Financials
• "IMDB Sparkles"
  Reads, in part "A 30-something-year-old Down syndrome woman leaves her past behind, and runs away from a small country town. Along her journey, she makes an unlikely friendship, teaching us all not to be afraid to celebrate who we are."
• "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."
• "Interview with Kath Duncan"
  Kath Duncan is a writer, a director, a provocateur, a visual artist, a comedian, a producer, a journalist, a radio broadcaster and disability advocate. Interview Summary Kath Duncan is an experienced and prominent figure in the disability arts community with a passion for experimental performance arts, having witnessed the beginnings of the disability arts movement in Australia and participated in its evolution. Her art is inherently political, shaped by her unique perspective as a congenital amputee. Kath firmly believes in the inherent creative revolutions and endless inspiration within all impairments. Kath highlights the ongoing struggles within the disability arts sector, including high unemployment rates for disabled individuals, systemic barriers, and the need for disabled leadership in arts organizations. While cherishing the milestones and transformative experiences she's had, Kath calls for significant systemic changes, emphasizing the importance of team playing and collective work to support and grow the disabled artist community.
• “Restless Dance – Counterpoise: Dancing Against The Odds Program"
  Restless Dance Theatre ‘Counterpoise: Dancing Against The Odds’ Program 2023 – reads, in part “The work features 9 artists with and without disability from two ground-breaking companies, 'Restless Dance Theatre' and '29Dong Dance Theater', KOREAN MUSIC PROJECT collaborating on music. The collaboration process is documented by 'University of South Australia Connect2Abilities', for submission and screening at the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival.”
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2016"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2016 – President’s, Artistic Directors, Disability & Quality Manager's, Arts Manager Reports, information on Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film and New Media and Choral and Kids & Youth Programs, Projects, and Exhibitions, including information BEASTLY! International, Day of Song, Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, The Sisters of Invention, Company AT, Financials, Staff and Board Members, Supporters
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2019"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2019 – Highlights, President’s, Artistic Director & Ceo’s, Disability & Quality Manager’s Reports, information on Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film and New Media and Choral and Kids & Youth Programs, Projects, and Exhibitions, including information on Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, The Sisters of Invention, Company AT, Financials, Staff, Supporters
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2020"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2020 – Highlights, President’s, Artistic Director’s, General Manager’s Reports, information on Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film and New Media and Choral and Kids & Youth Programs, Projects, and Exhibitions, including Stand & Deliver Showcase, Impersonal Space tour, The Sisters of Invention appearance at Undercover Artist:Online, information on Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, The Sisters of Invention, Company AT, Financials, Staff, Supporters
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Call For Entries 2014 - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch' 2014 Call For Entries - reads, in part "The first disability-led film festival in the southern hemisphere"
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Promotional Flyer 2018"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch 2018 Promotional Flyer - reads, in part “Sit Down Shutup and Watch Australia's premier learning disability led film festival 19-20 October 2018 Angaston, Barossa Valley Two days of short films, talks, workshops and activities with a spotlight on immersive technologies."
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Promotional Flyer 2022"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch 2022 Promotional Flyer - reads, in part “Sit Down, Shutup & Watch is Australia’s first international film and new media festival featuring work made by people with a learning disability.”
• Jodee Mundy Collaborations
• Eva Sifis
• David Doyle
• Emma Butler
• Jianna Georgiou