Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Accessible Arts - AART-BOXX 2007 - Promotional Card"
  Accessible Arts - AART-BOXX 2007 Promotional Card - reads, in part "Want to get involved? Accessible Arts is interested in hearing from budding artists, arts workers, curators, writers or people interested in pursing the arts to form a committee to drive and co-ordinate AART.BOXX 08."
• "Access Arts Newsletter 1998"
  Access Arts Newsletter, 1998 - Executive Director, Program Manager, Regional Indigenous Project Officer reports, information about workshops, events, and touring
• "Tutti Arts - Choir - Broadway Spectacular - Program"
  Tutti Arts Choir 'Broadway Spectacular' 2010 Program - reads, in part "The show is rich in melodies and potent lyrics by Berlin, Coleman, Porter, Gershwin, Bernstein, Sondheim, Lerner and Lowe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and the Tutti Choir and soloists have worked with typical enthusiasm and joy to bring you their interpretation of the music."
• "Tutti Arts -10th Anniversary Concert Program"
  Tutti Arts 10th Anniversary Concert Program - Reads, in part, “Tonight we are thrilled to have Peter Goers and 891 ABC Adelaide broadcasting our 10th Anniversary Concert for this Is truly an important South Australian community event. Tonight we celebrate the first decade of an arts organisation which grew from a small seed planted at Minda Inc in August 1997 into an inspiring arts organisation which regularly involves over 200 South Australians in five levels of the performing and visual arts. Today, Tutti continues transforming the lives of people with a disability and others, through singing and music, and tonight we invite you to be part of that journey.”
• "ARTAbility Conference"
  The national Disability and Arts Disadvantage and the Arts Australia (DADAA) committee was established in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1991, and – as described in the Access Arts Annual Report 1992 – at the inaugural meeting of this group in 1991, Access Arts offered to organise a conference for the group in 1992, with funding from the Queensland Performing Arts Trust, at the Queensland Cultural Centre - the Access Arts Annual Report 1992 says “Drawing on the experience of the Queensland ARTability conference of 1990 enabled Access Arts staff and members to be fully involved in the planning of the conference. It was a big success. Access Arts has also set up the Queensland DADAA network.”
• "Tutti Arts - Making the Journey: New Publication About Arts and Disability in Australia By Arts Access Australia - Launch Event - Promotional Flyer"
  Tutti Arts 'Making the Journey: New Publication About Arts and Disability in Australia By Arts Access Australia - Launch Event' 2005 - Promotional Flyer
• "Tutti Arts - Rites Of Passage Concert - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'Rites Of Passage Concert' 2012 Program - reads, in part "Tutti is Australia's first Inclusive choir and takes its name from the musical term 'Tutti' meaning everyone. From Its origins as a small singing group at Minda, the original choir has grown into a vibrant independent multi arts organisation ( Tutti Inc), deeply connected into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond. With Its strong commitment to access and inclusion, Tutti Is both a grass roots nurturer of disabled artists and a creator and presenter of high quality work which brings disabled artists, diverse communities and professional artists together for high quality performances and exhibitions.”
• “Australia Council - People with a disability - artists 2003”
  Sourced from 'Australia Council- Don’t give up your day job: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia' (Throsby and Hollister 2003) based on 2002 Survey - The website reads “The 2002 Australia Council artists survey, Don't give up your day job collected information relating to practising professional artists in Australia…..According to Don't give up your day job, about 10 per cent of practising professional artists live with a disability.”
• "Interview with Emiko Artemis"
  Dr Emiko Artemis is a visual artist with a PhD and a history of both solo and group exhibitions. Interview Summary Emiko Artemis identifies as a non-binary queer disabled visual artist. Emiko acknowledges their work essentially reflects their personal experiences with disability and comments on society. Despite interpersonal challenges due to disabilities, Emiko cherishes occasional collaborations, facilitated by clear structures or supportive relationships. Their artwork, often seen as "weird" to the public, aims to be thought-provoking rather than being particularly political. Emiko values the growing visibility of disability in the arts and the increase in acceptance of diversity in society. They proudly embrace their own identity as an integral aspect of their creative practice
• "Incite Arts - Somebody Everybody - Program"
  Program for InCite Arts ‘Somebody Everybody’, reads, in part, “'Somebody Everybody” began as an exploration of ‘home’ in response to the artists missing their families and homes while living away during school time. This theme inspired us to explore personal stories of loss and grief, particularly in relation to family members and loved ones who have passed on. The work then expanded on the theme of ‘loss’ to explore all sorts of lost things including loved ones, pets and memories and the sorts of things we all lose at some point in our lives; hair, money, patience, the-way-home.”
• "Crossroad Arts Annual Report 2017"
  Crossroad Arts Annual Report 2017 - Artistic Director/CEO Report, Partnerships, Professional Development/Mentoring Opportunities, Major Outcomes: Artistic, International, Succession
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2002-03"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2001-2002 - discusses letter from chair of council, corporate overview, year in review, financial statements, analysis of funding and grants for projects, initiatives, new work, programs, presentation and promotions including funding for implementing the Commonwealth Disability Strategy by evaluating current and changing needs of people with disabilities in the arts sector and reflecting this in funding and policies, arts marketing and audience development and triennial grants to disability arts organisations in NSW, South Australia and Victoria as well as a Fellowship by the Community Cultural Development Board (CCDB) to Tony Doyle to develop models for disability-led community building and on-the-job training for disability support workers and performance of “Soft” by Back to Back theatre at the Melbourne Festival and on tour to Switzerland and Germany.
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1996-97"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1996-97- 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 professional development activities, financial statements and lists of grants made including grants for programs, projects, information and advocacy with an Arts and Disability action plan.
• “Tutti Arts 2018 Highlights”
  Tutti Arts 2018 Highlights – information about The Sisters of Invention , Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, Company AT, OzAsia Festival
• "Tutti Arts - Website, captured 2023"
  Tutti Arts Website captured 2023 - includes About, Arts Programs, Artists & Collectives, Events & Gallery, Contact, and NDIS pages, with links to information about information about Acting, Dance, Music, Screen, Visual Arts, Choir, Kids & Youth programs
• "Incite Arts website, captured 2017"
  InCite Arts website, captured 2017 - Acknowledgement of Country, paying respect to the Elders past and present of lands of the Arrernte people on which the InCite Arts office is based, About, Programs, Community, Gallery, News, Events, Membership
• "Accessible Arts - Arts and Disability Expo - Program"
  Accessible Arts - Arts and DIsability Expo 2015 - Program - reads, in part "'Welcome to the first arts + disability expo. The arts + disability expo aims to provide you with information, advice and access to arts and cultural opportunities. With a variety of arts programs, organisations, venues and practitioners on hand, we hope to provide you with all the support that you need to become involved in creative pursuits. We encourage you to watch some of the performances, listen to the talks about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and view the photographic exhibition. The expo is also a good opportunity to see new and different levels of creative work by artists with disability.' - Sancha Donald, CEO, Accessible Arts"
• "Tutti Arts - Beastly Exhibition - Georgetown Festival Malaysia - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Beastly' Exhibition 2016 Georgetown Festival Malaysia - Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter 2010"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter 2010 - information about choir, visual arts, performing arts, and digitech programs
• “Arts Access Arts Access Artsider May 2014”
  Arts Access Arts Access Artsider May 2014 – “This issue of Artsider sources visual arts from the Supported Residential Services (SRS) Studios program” and “Much of the written material in this issue was sourced through Write-ability a partnership program between Arts Access Victoria and Writers Victoria” – discussion of outsider art being “in”, description of Arts Access Victoria, showcasing visual art and creative writing from 17 artists - Bruno Conci, Colin Ferris, David Smyth, Deb Lissek, Diane Chen, Dimitrios Jim Mouhtsis, Felicity Mimigiannis, Gavin Jackson, Giovanni Dimase, Jalal Merhi, Marco Sirolli, Maribel Steel, Pauline Matton, Peter Piwko, Robbie Weir, Sandy Jeffs, Theo Psathas
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2001"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2001 - report from the chairperson, treasurer's report, independant auditor's report, report on the 2001 operational plan, report on the 2002-03 operational plan, Organisation Infrastructure, Consultative Services, Training, Regional Networks, Website development
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1985-86"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1985-86 - 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, tuition and skill development for disabled people in community arts, grant for Theatre of the Deaf Playwright, travel/study grant, Braille Book of the Year award and establishing audio visual gallery accessible to deaf and blind.
• "Tutti Arts - Christmas Concert: It All Starts Now - Program"
  Tutti Arts 'Christmas Concert- It All Starts Now' 2013 Program - reads, in part “For sixteen years the Tutti Choir has been a passionate force for change through the creation of music and theatre which surprises, entertains and reveals a different world view. Since 2001, the collaborative relationship between singers with a disability, community singers and professional musicians and composers has supported the development of several award winning music theatre works, exhilarating performances here and overseas, and to the formation of three choirs who are all performing this afternoon; the original Tutti Choir, Poco Tutti, a small choir for advanced singers, and Club Tutti, for those who enjoy social singing. This afternoon we also introduce the Tutti Kids and Youth Ensemble who are opening the concert with an original song. Our organisation also supports choirs based on the Tutti model and this afternoon the Gathering Wave Choir from lnkpot Arts, Mount Barker is delighted to be sharing their theme song with us.”
• "Incite Arts - Meeting Place Arts and Disability Forum Poster"
  Poster for Meeting Place Arts and Disability Forum, hosted by InCite Arts and Arts Access Australia in Alice Springs in 2018
• "Tutti Arts - Visual Arts, Design and New Media Program Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts - Visual Arts, Design and New Media Program Exhibition 2011 - Promotional Card