Disability Arts History Australia

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• "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.
• "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.
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2011"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2011 - including a links to 2010 Festival Program in standard, plain text and Vision Australia formats, and a report on the 2010 Festival
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2018"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2018 – Australian words screened include The Milky Pop Kid 2016 | 7min Johanna Garvin; Paul 2017 | 5min Kasimir Burgess; GEN(d)ERATION: ROMANY AND SASCHA 2018 | 3min Akasha Temple; Yulubidyi Until The End 2017 | 12min Nathan Mewett and Curtis Taylor; ODDLANDS 2017 | 28min Bruce Gladwin; re-cal-i-brate 2016 | 6min Brendan O’Connell; Halloween 2018 | 2min Thomas Iacono; A Royal Star 2014 | 17min Nicola Byrnes and Neil Triffett; Stim Your Heart Out 2018 | 4min Akasha Temple; Lipstick Fights 2017 | 3min Jon Mitchell; I see, You say... 2018 | 10min Ramas McRae; Jaspar 2018 | 7min Zoe Glen-Norman; All of You TV Show 2015 | 11min Artlife and Lindsay Cox; CAE Workshop films 2018 | 20min David Baker, Stacey Christie, Shea MacDonough, Shanah Robison, Philippa Nichol, Imogen Newhouse, Jonathon Goodfellow, Justin O’Brien; Love You Till I Die 2017 | 2min Rudely Interrupted; Gaslit 2018 | 9min Naomi Chainey; Defiant Lives 2016 | 1hour 24min Sarah Barton; Life is Short, Time is 2016 | 4min Constant aka LISTIC and Vanna Seang; Jeremy the Dud 2017 | 21min Ryan Chamley; The Holden Family 2014 | 4min Alex Skaftouros and Lindsay Cox; RADIAL - No Limits 2017 | 4min Festival & Theater Thikwa, Tamara Searle and Rhian Hinkley
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Blink by Kyra Kimpton and Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart (2009)"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Blink by Kyra Kimpton and Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart (2009) - reads, in part, "A young woman transforms a simple moment in time into a surreal fantasy. A film that pushes hard against the limitations of makeup."
• ”Bree Hadley, Janice Rieger, Sarah Barron, Sarah Boulton, Catherine Parker (2023) Codesigning Access: A New Approach to Cultures of Inclusion in Museums and Galleries. In Cachia, Amanda (Ed.) Curating Access: Disability Art Activism and Creative Accommodation. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 183-195.”
  "In museums and galleries, access is often designed and implemented by staff and informed by regulations and guidelines. Codesign approaches have the potential to shift this understanding away from designing access “for” visitors and toward access as a creative process developed “with” visitors. This chapter focuses on the exhibition and practice-led research project Vis-ability: Artworks from the QUT Art Collection, which was presented at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Art Museum in Australia in 2019. Vis-ability represented the culmination of five years of international research into access in museums and galleries for visitors who are blind or have low vision."
• "Writeability website, captured 2018"
  Webpage reads, in part "Write-ability aims to remove some of the barriers that have traditionally prevented people with disability from connecting with writing and publishing. It provides tools and information to support people with disability who want to tell their own stories in their own way. The Write-ability ethos has been based on the importance of self-told stories, disability-leadership and peer support, and the creation of opportunities for even the quietest voices to be heard."
• "Writeability website, captured 2019"
  Webpage reads, in part "Write-ability aims to remove some of the barriers that have traditionally prevented people with disability from connecting with writing and publishing. It provides tools and information to support people with disability who want to tell their own stories in their own way. The Write-ability ethos has been based on the importance of self-told stories, disability-leadership and peer support, and the creation of opportunities for even the quietest voices to be heard."
• Anne Townsend
• Kim Townsend
• "Writers Victoria profile postcards of Write-ability Fellows - Sarah Widdup"
• "Writeability website, captured 2015"
  Webpage reads, in part "Write-ability aims to support writers with disability wishing to develop their skills and writing careers. Our projects and activities change every year and can include workshops, writing groups and performances. In 2015 Melbourne writers with disability can join us for our fortnightly Write-ability Writers Group sessions from 1-3pm on the following dates. Please book one or more sessions."
• Ability Bunch Drama Group
• “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 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
• "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
• Rick Randall
• Richard Randall
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2016"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2016 – Australian works screened include The Globe Collector (2012) 7min Summer DeRoche; Super (2014) 7min Samara Hersch; Gimpsey (2015) 12min Sofya Gollan; All of the Above (2016) Distinctive Options 3min; Auslan Music video (2016) Arts Access Victoria 3min; Chop Secret (2016) Distinctive Options 2min; Mum's Place (2015) Brigid Canny 6min; Mrs Bean and the Security Guard (2016) Distinctive Options 3min; The Stars (2015) Heidi Everett 5min; Archie (2016)Heidi Everett 5min; The Darkness (2016) Paul Khoury 6min; Ballarat - My Town (2016) Barry Devine 5min; Listening Eyes at Manus and Nauru (2016) Selwyn Hoffman 4min
• "The Other Film Festival Revisited 2020"
  The Other Film Festival 2020 Revisited - information about the Festival, program, achievements, including in 2020 writers room activity, daily screen writing prompt tasks, and events relating to climate change
• "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
• Access2Arts
• "The United Nations makes comments on the rights of people with disabilities."
  In 1951, the United Nations made comments on the rights of people with disabilities."The focus of the United Nations on disability issues shifted in the late 1950s from a welfare perspective to one of social welfare."
• "DADAA Art Works Key Findings: Employment in the Arts for People with Disability – Current Status, Barriers and Opportunities (2012)"
  Reads, in part, "This document provides a short overview of the full Art Works report, which captures the results from national research into employment levels, barriers and strategies around employment in the arts for people with disability. The report was produced in response to one of the key focus areas of the National Arts and Disability Strategy, released in 2009."
• "Bree Hadley (2016) Cheats, charity cases and inspirations: disrupting the circulation of disability-based memes online. Disability and Society, 31(5), pp. 676-692."
  "With the increasing part online self-performance plays in day-to-day life in the twenty-first century, it is not surprising that critiques of the way the daily social drama of disability plays out in online spaces and places have begun to gain prominence. In this article, I consider memes as a highly specific style or strategy for representing disability via social media sites. I identify three commonly circulating categories of meme – the charity case, inspiration and cheat memes – all of which offer representations that people with disabilities find highly problematic. I then investigate the ways in which disabled people have begun to resist the representation and circulation of these commonly circulating categories of memes, via the production of counter or parodic memes. I focus, in particular, on the subversive potential of these counter memes, within disability communities online and within broader communities online."