Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Arts Access Victoria - The Other Film Festival, captured 2022"
  Arts Access Victoria - The Other Film Festival - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led initiative that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. Founded in 2004, it is Australia’s first international disability film festival and is a major artistic program of Arts Access Victoria."
• "Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre - Pop Icons"
  Page reads, in part "Find your pose and make it pop! Join artists Sarah Lewis and Tora Crockford for a 4-day costume making and pose creating workshop. Exploring pop and celebrity culture, you will get to design, make and wear an iconic outfit ready for the dance floor and runway."
• "Second Echo Ensemble - Chair's, Creative Producer's and Financial Reports 2018"
  Second Echo Ensemble Chair’s, Creative Producer’s and Financial Reports for 2018, including reports on work during the year (Contested Land, By My Hand, Let Me Dry Your Eyes, The Beauty Project)
• "Second Echo Ensemble - Annual Report 2022"
  Second Echo Ensemble Annual Report 2022 - Co-Chair’s and Creative Directors Reports, including work (OUTSIDE Boy, The Beauty Project , The Bridge, The Stare); Mission and Vision, People, Data and Statistics, Audited Accounts
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -2003 Dec - Iss27"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression News Publication Issue 27 March 2003 - information/reviews of Creative Writing, Music, Dance, Theatre and Performance programs,opportunities, resources
• "Restless Dance - Education Outreach Program"
  Restless Dance Theatre Education Outreach Program - reads, in part "Restless Dance Theatre is Australia's leading dance theatre company working with people with and without disability. Our artistic voice is loud, strong and original Restless invigorates, influences and diversifes dance by creating innovatIve and highly distinctive works of dance theatre. Restless Is a place where diversity Is celebrated and all artists thrive creatively. Restless has many ways your school can connect with our organisation . whether it's through the creativity of a dance workshop, the anticipation of watching a live performance or the knowledge gained throug sessions with our industry professionals".
• "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
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2012"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2012 - Introduction, Mission, Overview, Sector Development, Education and Training, Leadership, Connections, Organisational Development, Board and Staff
• “Restless Dance – Howling Like A Wolf Program"
  Restless Dance Theatre 'Howling Like a Wolf' Program - reads, in part "In Howling Like A Wolf humans are both the observer and the observed. The work explores facial expressions, our body language and the way our brains process complex and subtle information. The performers have shared their experiences of connection and isolation, the joy and confusion of human interactions, and how we all prepare ourselves for "this terribly significant business of 'other people'."
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Productions and Open Drama Competitions Since 1975 - Reported 1998"
  Queensland Theatre of the Deaf productions and open drama competitions, 1975 to 1997
• "Queensland Theatre of the Deaf - Kenneth J Donnell - Actor, Director, and Foundation Committee Member - CV"
  CV of Kenneth J Donnell, Foundation Committee Member, Actor, Director, and Artistic Director Queensland Theatre of the Deaf from 1980, dated 1998 - training (including as first profoundly Deaf Australian to be awarded a Churchill Fellowship), awards, shows as actor (An Evening with the Theatre of the Deaf, Snow White & Company, Ondine, The Crane, Jack the Simpleton & his master, Dick Woodington-Lord Mayor of Where?, Treasure Map, Seasons, Christmas Carol, Only an Orphan Girl, The Man from Snowy river, A Stranger at the Inn, Gotze, Wolf Boy), as director (Medieval Mime, Mime Skits for Expo'88', Spring Mime Madness), and as director/author (Follow That Sign, Robert the Bruce, Anonymous Addict, Nara's Journey, Our Eyes are Your Ears, Assimilation, The Devious Black Marble, Fate of The Rose)
• "InCite Arts - Lowdown NT Column Entry on ‘Community Mosaic Bench Project’”
  InCite Arts and Arts Access Central Australia announcement about Community Mosaic Bench Project, in Lowdown NT Column Entry. Entry reads, in part, “The project involved 2 curved concrete seating benches being covered with mosaic flowers, local fauna e.g., witchetty grubs, parrots, hawks and other flora and fauna representing Central Australia”
• "InCite Arts - NT Arts Access Awards Media Release 2012"
  Media release reads, in part, "The Awards are now in their fourth year, having been established in 2009 by Arts Access Darwin with support from Arts Access Central Australia, to help promote arts and disability practice in the Northern Territory."
• "Access Arts Annual Report 2018"
  Access Arts Annual Report 2018 - Brisbane Outsider Artists (BOA), Visual Arts Studio, Access Arts Singers, Rhythm Circle Drummers, Theatre and Dance Ensemble, Circus and Dance Workshop, First Nations Projects, Professional Development, Grants, Awards, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
• "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."
• "Arts Project Australia - Repeat Restate Reiterate - Email - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Project Australia - Repeat Restate Reiterate Exhibition 2013 - Email - Promotional Flyer - 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."
• "Accessible Arts and Noise - AART-BOXX 2006 - Program"
  Accessible Arts and Noise - AART-BOXX 2006 Program - reads, in part "AART.BOXX Emerging artists under 25 years"
• "Arts Project Australia - Error And Judgement Exhibition 2012 - Email Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Project Australia - Error And Judgement Exhibition 2012 - Email Promotional Flyer - reads, in part "Error and Judgement takes as its departure point the notion of making an error of judgement and its revelation of erroneous decisions."
• "Arts Project Australia - Error And Judgement Exhibition 2012 - Program"
  Arts Project Australia - Error And Judgement Exhibition 2012 - Program - reads, in part “Error and Judgement embeds a pun on the notion of making an error of judgement, wherein a decision or behaviour is consequently regarded as, and acknowledged as, being erroneous.”
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2009"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2009 - About Arts Project Australia, President's Report, Director's Report, The Studio, Board, Staff, Volunteers and Supporters, Exhibitions Report, Studio Artists, Financials - reads, in part "To support people with disabilities to become practitioners in the visual arts and to promote their work as integral to the broad spectrum of contemporary arts practice."
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2001"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2001 - Management Committee, Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Director's Report, Exhibitions Program, Studio Report, 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 1997"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 1997 - Management Committee, Aims and Objectives, President's Report, Director's Report, Studio Workshop Program, Exhibitions, Financial Statements Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Income and Expenditure Summary, Statement of Cash Flows, Notes to Statement of Cash Flows, Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Accounts, Statement to Members, Audit Statement to Members - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia, had its beginnings in 1974. But it was not until 1984 that our first studio workshop was establish.ed, with the aid of a grant from the Commonwealth Schools Commission. Since 1984 the studio workshop programme has physically developed in fairly well-defined cycles of five to six years. Up until 1986 the programme operated in hard to find halls tucked in behind houses or a convent building."
• "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 - Outline - News - 1996 Sum - Iss2"
  Arts Project Australia - Outline - News - 1996 Sum - Iss2 - reads, in part "Christmas provides us with a time for reflection, a chance to po der progress and plan for the coming ytearr. In doing so, it brings to mind all all the members, staff, management committee, volunteers, funding bodies and supporters who have made such valuable contributions to the oganisation and without whose help many successes could not have been achieved."