Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "High Beam Festival 1998 Flyer"
  High Beam Festival Flyer 1998 reads "This is the first High Beam disability inclusive festival in Australia. It is happening in South Australia and its your opportunity to be involved so don't miss out. … HIGH BEAM FESTIVAL INCLUDES: • A spectacular opening night of celebration. • A lively Cabaret/Porty featuring some of Australia's top entertainers. • Two days of stimulating seminars with topics covering arts, disability and healthy communities. • A week-long program of disability inclusive events at The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. • A promotional campaign that will attract people from around Australia. • Multi-media promotional opportunities including free entry in the official festival program."
• “Access Arts commissions a multi-arts project, Peter Vance performs the song ‘Welcome to My Day’ at the 1999 Wataboshi Festival in Japan”
  Peter Vance was asked by Access Arts to team up with Ant McKenna to compose a song. He then performed ‘Welcome to My Day’ at the 5th Asia Pacific Wataboshi Music Festival in Japan in 1999. Access Arts sent disposable cameras out to members across Queensland; each story became a collage in the State Library foyer as a day-in-the-life of each artist.
• “Tutti Arts – 10th Anniversary Report”
  Tutti Arts 10th Anniversary Report 2007 - Messages from Patron, President, and Artistic Director, information about shows ‘My Life, My Love,’ ‘The Singing of Angels,’ ‘Circles,’ ‘The Laughter Project,’ ‘Northern Lights, Southern Cross’
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter Sep - Nov 1992”
  Arts Access Arts Access Society Access Newsletter Sep - Nov 1992 - Arts Access Trust Appeal, national DADAA State Committee formed, Arts Access 'freasurer, Isi Plack toured the United States, Artist to Artist Forum, 1992 Participants Forum, The Hidden Imagination is Australia's first statewide festival of Community arts projects, “Bedrooms & Other Places” exhibition, “Stormy Weather” exhibition, projects update, resource centre update, membership.
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1998-99"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1998-99 - discusses letter from chair of council, functions, profile, organisation chart, corporate overview, year in review, arts funding, main activities of Council and its Boards, and includes promoting the importance of accessibility in the arts for all people with and without disabilities with workshops for arts organisations and training for Australia Council staff, financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, projects, information and advocacy with Restless Dance Company being the first youth dance company to receive a Triennial Grant.
• Lindy Morrison
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2018"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2018 – 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 on Say No More, Standing Up Standing Out, BEASTLY!, Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, The Sisters of Invention, Company AT, Financials, Staff, Supporters
• "High Beam Festival Program 2008"
  High Beam Program 2008 reads "Australia's international celebration of Arts and Disability - COMEDY | THEATRE| MUSIC | VISUAL ARTS | COMMUNITY EVENTS"
• “Flow Festival, Australia’s Deaf Arts festival, is founded”
  Flow Festival, Australia’s Deaf Arts festival, was founded in 2018 by Ramas McRae, Irene Holub, and Medina Sumovic. The Deaf-led biennial festival provides a groundbreaking and dedicated platform for established and emerging Deaf/Hard of Hearing artists. Flow is held in Victoria but is described as “Australia’s national celebration of Deaf arts and culture”.
• “Arts Access Victoria – Annual Report 2001-02”
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -2003 Nov - Iss29"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication Issue 29 November 2003 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources, including establishment of a Disability Arts Workers Network, and new accessible theatre for Sydney Theatre Company
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2008"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2008 - Overview, Rewarding Excellence, Skills Development, Strengthening the Sector, Consulting to the Sector, Providing a Service
• Awakenings Festival
• Thomas Iacono
• Elizabeth Navratil
• "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
• "High Beam Festival Program 2006"
  High Beam Festival Program 2006 reads "High Beam is a 10 day integrated arts festival showcasing work inspired by or influenced by experiences of disability. Presenting both professional and recreational artists, audiences will see many of the world's most exciting and innovative achievements in arts and disability."
• "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.
• Melbourne International Arts Festival (MIAF)
• Kate Sulan
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2021"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2021 – What Tutti Does, Artists Making An Impact, Music, Performance, Visual Arts, and Film work in 2021, information on digital interactive version of ‘Impersonal Space,’ ‘The Big Tutti Singalong,’ Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, The Sisters of Invention, Company AT, Supporters
• "Australia Government (2019) My Art Goals: NDIS and the Arts. Canberra: Department of Communication and Arts."
  Reads, in part "My art goals shows some of the ways National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants who have creative or cultural jobs, or who want to participate recreationally in the arts, can reach their goals. My art goals provides information about how the NDIS might support participants with arts goals, or about what supports or services might be available outside the NDIS."
• "Access Arts - Website, captured 2001"
  Access Arts website, captured 2001, reads “Access Arts Inc is a non-profit, professional arts organisation working with people with disabilities and people disadvantaged by social conditions with the aim to assist them to fulfil their ambitions in the arts.” – links to History, Workshops, Projects, and Artists.
• "Australia Council - Disability Fact Pack 1998"
  The website reads “Outlines a variety of issues for arts organisations regarding people with disabilities including access, attitude, employment and discrimination” - Noelene Gration