Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Tutti Arts - Website - History, captured 2007"
  Tutti Arts Website History captured 2007 - reads, in part "Led by Pat Rix, SA’s recently announced Local Hero for her work as founder and leader of Tutti in the Australian of the Year Awards, Tutti Ensemble Inc is a successful arts and educational organisation for people with a disability, their families and the wider community now into its 10th year. Inspired by the musical term tutti - meaning everyone will now perform together after only a few have been allowed to play, Pat began Tutti as a singing group of nine people with an intellectual disability in 1997 at Minda Inc. That original group has now grown into a music community of well over 150 people. Tutti became incorporated as the Tutti Ensemble Inc, a not for profit organisation with charitable status, in 2001."
• "Access Arts - Brisbane Outsider Artists 2008"
  Access Arts Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA) Studio/Programs page, with information about artists, and exhibitions, and examples of work
• "Let Me See - review by Keiran Finnane 2015, captured 2016"
  Describes InCite Arts ‘Starts with D Performance Ensemble’ members Tiffany Malthouse, Matt Woodham, Brandon Williams, Martin Armstead and director Kat Worth’s production of ‘ Meet You at the Edge’, as part of ‘Let Me See’ produced by Red Hot Arts Central Australia at Araluen Centre for the Arts, including film, use of audio description, writing, and choreography
• "Access Arts - Performing Arts Workshops"
  Website reads "Access Arts’ Performing Arts Workshops offer a supportive environment for performers of all abilities."
• "Access Arts - Visual Arts Workshops"
  Website reads "Our Visual Arts workshops provide participants with a supportive, inclusive and creative environment to engage with various artforms, encouraging positive social interaction, a strong sense of community, and artistic expression of each individual."
• "Interview with CB Mako"
  CB Mako is a non-fiction, fiction and fanfiction writer and disability advocate. Interview Summary cubbie||CB Mako is a creative practitioner and disability advocate who emphasizes the importance of accessibility in the arts, advocating for digital inclusivity and the elimination of ableist practices. cubbie pushes for systemic change so that future generations, like their disabled child, don't have to fight for access to art and literature. Success for cubbie is defined by the progress made when institutions include disability in their funding, competitions, and programming. Using the pen name CB Mako and going by pronouns cubbie/they/them, urges non-disabled artists, particularly from communities of colour, to proactively incorporate access in their work.
• "Interview with Digby Webster"
  Digby Webster is a visual artist working with the mediums of oil pastels and acrylics and is also a performer, designer and co-founding member of past performance ensemble Ruckus Ensemble. Interview Summary Digby Webster is an artist with a wide range of creative talents, including theater, dance, animation, and mural painting. He has worked on various projects, including an animated short film called "Blockhead and Sparkles," and has had his artwork displayed in places like the Sydney Olympic Park and Vivid Sydney. Digby does not define himself by his disability and takes pride in the various creative endeavors he's involved in, aiming to have his art reach people in meaningful ways outside traditional galleries. In the future, he is interested in exploring fashion, designing artwork for clothing, and he hopes to see more people wearing his art.
• "Interview with Michelle Ryan"
  Michelle Ryan is the artistic director of Restless Dance Theatre and has extensive experience as a dancer and performer. Interview Summary Michelle Ryan, the artistic director of Restless Dance Theatre, shares her journey from being a successful dancer diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 30 to becoming an advocate for artists with disabilities. Despite her initial hesitations to perform with her disability, a positive experience dancing with a European company reignited her passion and led her to Restless Dance Theatre, where she aims to change perceptions of who can create art. Michelle emphasizes the importance of providing professional opportunities and proper compensation for disabled artists, challenging the notion that disability work is charity or hobbyist. She advocates for representation that is genuine and not tokenistic, ensuring the inclusion of people with disabilities is meaningful and respectful.
• "Arts in Action Annual Report 2004"
  Arts in Action Annual Report 2004, describing the organisation’s work, including the 2004 High Beam Festival, an artistic program including visual arts workshops, music club and choir.
• "Accessible Arts - Second Skin 2013 - Program"
  Accessible Arts - Second Skin 2013 - Program - reads, in part "Choreographers Sue Healey, Dean Walsh and Philip Channells worked with more than 20 dancers to devise three short dance works traversing duets between camera and dancer, sub-aquatic space and states of dress and undress. The end result is Second Skin, a studio showing at Bangarra Theatre, where dancers will shed their layers and expose what's underneath their skin."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1989"
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter December 1989 - Venue notes for Melbourne Town Hall, Updated venue notes for National Gallery of Victoria, FEIPP Programme Free and low-cost entertainment events in public places.
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society - PartICIPATE - Promotional Poster"
• “Arts Access Victoria –- BodySuits 1997 - Program"
• “Arts Access Victoria – Inclusive Arts Studio - Way Out West - Promotional Flyer"
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.-EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter April 1989”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter April 1989 - Ministry for the Arts and Community Services Victoria support for EASE until June 1989, venue notes for the Museum Victoria, Australian Opera and Victorian Opera seasons
• “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
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1991"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1991 - includes Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Program Director's Report, 1991 Exhibition Report, Scenes from the Studio Workshop, Financial Reports, Acknowledgements and Thanks - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia began in 1974 as an arts based advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities. A major reason for the formation of "the Art Project" (as it was then known) was the insight on the part of its members that many people who have an intellectual disability displayed aptitude and talent in the visual arts, and that the flexible conventions of these arts forms could provide access to a variety of means of expression and communication, even when more common forms, particularly linguistic, were difficult for them to utilise."
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2006"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2006 - Board, Staff and Volunteers, Supporters, About Arts Project Australia, President's Report, , Director's Report, , Studio Manager's Report, Exhibitions and Collections Report, Financial Report
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2007-08"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2007-08 - About Arts Project Australia, President's Report, Director's Report, The Studio, Board Staff and Supporters, Collection Report, Exhibition Report, Financials
• "Arts Project Australia - Convergence Exhibition 2013 - Peter Ben Solo Exhibition - Email Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Project Australia - Convergence Exhibition 2013 - Email Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "Convergence is a celebration of the cross-disciplinary exploration of materials, techniques and thematic resolutions inherent in the studio practice of artists working at Arts Project Australia."
• "Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20130308"
  Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20130308
• "Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20130530"
  Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20130530
• "Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20140205"
  Arts Project Australia - ENews - 20140205
• "Arts Project Australia - Good Strong Powerful - Exhibition - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Project Australia - Good Strong Powerful - Exhibition - Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "Artback NT: Arts Development and Touring and Arts Project Australia presents Good, Strong, Poewrful"
• "Arts Project Australia - Outline - News - 1996 Spring - Iss1"
  Arts Project Australia - Outline - News - 1996 Spring - Iss1 - reads, in part "Welcome to the first edition of Outline the newsletter of Arts Project Australia"