Disability Arts History Australia

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• "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.
• "Accessible Arts - Arts Activate, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Arts Activate - reads, in part "Arts Activated is one of Australia’s leading national forum for arts, culture and disability."
• “Tutti Arts 10th Anniversary Concert Promotional Flyer”
  Tutti Arts 10th Anniversary Concert Promotional Flyer – reads, in part, “A night to remember with South Australia's acclaimed Tutti Choir conducted by Pat Rix, Philip Griffin, Richard Chew and Joel Hartgen.”
• "Tutti Arts - Amalgumation Arts Festival - Promotional Flyer"
  Tutti Arts - 'Amalgumation Arts Festival' 2006 Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "The program starts with the screening of a short comical film entitled 'Wheel Love' by Emma Butler from Launceston. Then follows 12 personal digital stories,Telling Tales, produced by Arts Access Victoria and the Australia Centre for the Moving Image The final film features Bronwyn Hayward from New Zealand, who wants to become a dancer but is told that she cannot because of her disability. The story tells her journey to become a dancer."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter October 1991”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter October 1991 - Note that EASE is distributing approximately 1200 tickets a month, information about audio described shows, information about shows at Victorian Arts Centre
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1986-87"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1986-87- discusses functions and objectives, structures, process and membership of Council, Council Committees and members, board members, assessment panels, staff lists, organisation chart, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, workshops for disabled people in community arts, funding for posters on theme of disability, grant for Theatre of the Deaf Braille Book of the Year award and Sound Pot Purri literary magazine for Royal Blind Society
• "Arts Project Australia - Gallery, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Gallery - website captured 2022 - reads, in part "HOW APA REPRESENTS AND SUPPORTS ITS ARTISTS Arts Project Australia advocates, supports and promotes studio artists within the broader contemporary arts sector nationally and internationally. The gallery promotes the work of its diverse group of emerging, mid-career and established Australian artists who work in the studio through the Collingwood gallery and national and international exhibitions, art prizes, and awards."
• "Interview with Julie Moralee"
  Julie Moralee is the Chief Executive Officer of Restless Dance Theatre, bringing a wealth of experience in marketing, business development, and festival organisation within the arts sector. Her leadership focuses on showcasing the talents of artists with disability and ensuring sustainable employment opportunities in the arts. Interview Summary Julie Moralee is the CEO of Restless Dance Theatre, where she has focused on promoting the talent and abilities of artists with disability. With a commitment to ensuring sustainable full-time employment in the arts for these artists, she emphasises the importance of audience impact and high-quality performances as measures of success. Julie is mindful of the challenges and perceptions within the disability arts sector and envisions a future where the label "disability art" becomes obsolete, as the quality of the work transcends its creators
• "Arts Project Australia - Commissions, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Commissions - reads, in part "re you seeking a specific work of art, or perhaps looking for a unique and personal gift idea? Have you ever thought about commissioning an artwork from an Arts Project artist? Many of our artists have worked on artwork commissions for clients and friends of Arts Project. Artists will often create works from images supplied by the client and, to date, our artists have painted and sculpted portraits, family members, pets, animals and homes."
• "Arts Project Australia - Works From The 1985 Program For Moderately To Severely Intellectually Disabled Artists 1986 --Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Project Australia - Works From The 1985 Program For Moderately To Severely Intellectually Disabled Artists 1986 --Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "ARTS PROJECT AUSTRALIA is pleased to invite you to view the works from the 1985 program for Moderately to Severely Intellectually disabled artists at St. Martins Theatre Gallery,"
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1991-92"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1991-92 - discusses objectives, organisation chart, year in review, support for artform development, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, artists and playwrights in residence and resource development and an award for the Royal Blind Society's Talking Book of the Year for “Poppy”
• "Arts Project Australia - Into The Vault Exhibition 2014 - Promotional Card"
  Arts Project Australia - Into The Vault Exhibition 2014 - Promotional Card - reads, in part "CURATED BY ELYSS McCLEARY AND JAMES McDONALD, INTO THE VAULT AND OUT OF THE BOX is a group exhibition that presents emerging talent alongside established artists and artists from our Permanent Collection. This exhibition is a celebration of the artists' contribution, both past and present, which has helped make Arts Project Australia the centre of excellence it is today."
• "Australia Council - Awards - National Arts and Disability Awards 2019-2021"
  The website reads “The Australia Council National Arts and Disability Awards 2019-21 celebrate the work and achievements of both established and young artists, and the significant contribution of artists with disability to the vibrancy of Australian arts”
• "Accessible Arts - Creative Initiatives, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Creative Initiatives - reads, in part "The unique perspectives and experiences of artists with disability – as well as the intersection of cultural identities across all types of disability – present exciting avenues for new artistic possibilities right across the spectrum of visual, performing, literary, screen and digital arts. We’re here to work with arts and cultural organisations, government agencies and other funding partners to deliver creative initiatives focused on providing development and production opportunities for all kinds of artists with disability or who are d/Deaf."
• "Access2Arts Artist Space artist development program as first added to website 2016"
  Access2Arts Artist Space, 4 March 2016.Includes information about Access2Arts "Artist development program creates activity and opportunities to support and stimulate Deaf and disabled artists’ professional practice and develop arts projects that explore new territory. Access2Arts supports emerging and professional artists in the following areas: Contemporary arts practice; Deaf arts and disability arts; Professional skills development; One-on-one artist consultations; Innovative arts projects; Information, forums, training; Auspicing services"
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2002"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2002 - Management Committee, Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Director's Report, Studio Manager's Report, Exhibitions Report, Lifedrawing at RMIT, Financials - reads, in part “Since 1984 the organisation has run a visual arts studio program where people with an intellectual disability have the opportunity to work in a community-based setting, using high quality art materials, and to receive advice and assistance from practising contemporary artists.”
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2011"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2011 - Board and Staff, Supporters and Volunteers, A Message from our Patron, About Arts Project Australia, President's Report, Executive Director's Report, Artists, Exhibitions Report, Financial Statements, Independent Audit Report, Wilfred Clarke Obituary - reads, in part "There is still a high level of demand for participation in the studio program, and we have a waiting list to which we endeavour to respond as soon as places are available."
• "Arts Project Australia - Repeat Restate Reiterate Exhibition 2013 - Promotional Card"
  Arts Project Australia - Repeat Restate Reiterate Exhibition 2013 - Promotional Card - reads, in part "Whilst sounding like a mantra, Repeat. Restate ... Rejterate contains a pause. Repetition has long been employed as a powerful tool across all art forms to convey emphasis and exaggeration but equally and importantly as a means of exploration. Used to create mood, patterns and rhythm or to expose subtle nuances and insights, repetition has long been used by artists to firmly convey an idea or conversely to reinvestigate an idea in search of a seemingly elusive answer. Repeat. Restate ... Reiterate searches for the inspiration, and pays homage to the dedication of practice, that drives artists to keep investigating an idea and in turn, revealing it anew. Do I have to repeat myself? The answer, it would seem, is yes."
• "Tutti Arts - History of Autism - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'History of Autism' 2014 Program - reads, in part "History of Autism is about two things, firstly it is about the evolution of Autism as a clinical diagnosis in the Twentieth Centurv, ax well a giving an overview of a "Nut Shell" explanation of how Autism can be viewed. Secondly, it's the untold story of what generations of forgotten people went through. The pain, anguish and ridicule suffered by people when diagnosis a was not an option, as well as the constant striving tor an identity. About Company @ (Autistic Theatre) Company @ began as AAA Theatre group run by Autism SA in the 1990's and it is believed to be the only wholly Autistic run and led Theatre Company in the world. Company @ inspires and connects people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder through the process of creating and presenting powerful theatre pieces. The company contributes to the creative and cultural life of the Australian and broader communities through collaboration, innovation and education.”
• "Incite Arts - Unbroken Land 2016"
  Incite Arts - Unbroken Land 2016 - reads, in part "The vision for this years’ UNBROKEN LAND was to create art that is about a world we want to live in and not the one that is currently shown us in much of popular culture. So much is overwhelmingly negative and self-perpetuating. We are told we are a divided, racist, intolerant and bigoted society."
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2004"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2004 - President’s Report, Director’s Report, Studio Manager’s Report, Exhibitions Report, Financials - reads, in part “Arts Project Australia was founded in 1974. It had the express purpose of exhibiting the art work of people with an intellectual disability in a manner that accords therr1 the same dignity and respect as other artists.”
• "Tutti Arts - Stand and Deliver Showcase - Program"
  Tutti Arts - 'Stand and Deliver Showcase' 2019 Program - reads, in part "ABOUT STAND & DELIVER In 2019 Tutti Arts received NDIS ILC grant funding to run a program called Stand & Deliver which aims to increase the capacity of individual artists or groups of artists with disability to promote their work to the world. The program was tailored to the goals and skills of individuals and offered a mix of one-on-one and group sessions."
• "Interview with Nick Hughes"
  Nick has worked as an actor, director, writer, artistic director, dramaturg and was the Company Manager for Restless Dance Theatre Interview Summary Nick Hughes is a retired arts administrator who has worked in various capacities within the arts industry, including as an actor, writer, stage manager, and notably as the company manager for Restless Dance Theatre. Nick gained degrees in drama, and sociology, and moved from the UK to Australia in 1973. During the interview, Nick reflects on his significant contributions to the arts and disability sectors. Despite being unfamiliar with disability arts in the beginning, Nick says he became deeply involved and committed to the field, valuing disability arts for the social and political aspects. Nick discusses witnessing first-hand the growth and development of individuals through creative expression. Throughout his career, Nick says he has seen the evolution and increasing recognition of disability arts as a legitimate and powerful art form capable of altering people’s perceptions and advocating for inclusivity and equality in society.
• "Arts Project Australia - Artist Videos, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Artist videos - reads, in part "Featuring behind the scenes footage of Arts Project Australia artists in conversation with some of Australia's leading artists and arts professionals."
• "InCite Arts - Programs, and 2012, 2013, 2014 Annual Reports"
  InCite Arts programs, and 2012, 2013, 2014 Annual Reports, captured 2018 - ‘Red Sand Culture’ youth focused music and dance mentoring program, ‘SPRUNG Youth Dance’, ‘Southern Ngalia’ intergenerational Warlpiri Women’s song and dance program, ‘stArts with D’ Performance Ensemble