Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Arts Project Australia - Collections, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Collections - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia has developed five distinct and strongly related collections, including our: Online Shop Art Collection, Stockroom Art Collection, Sidney Myer Fund Permanent Collection (SMF), Arts Project Australia Permanent Collection and the Arts Project Australia Archival Collection."
• "The Clothesline - Intimacy: Torque Show & Michelle Ryan Celebrate Love, Dance, Fragility, Courage and The Ability To Live Life To Your Physical Best – Interview"
  The Clothesline (2015) 'Intimacy: Torque Show & Michelle Ryan Celebrate Love, Dance, Fragility, Courage and The Ability To Live Life To Your Physical Best – Interview'
• "Ron Grainer and Doctor Who - Interview - NFSA"
  Australian composer Ron Grainer, disabled in WWII, wrote the theme song to Doctor Who.
• “1993 welfare report includes people with disability as one of four foci”
  ‘Australia's Welfare 1993: Services and Assistance’ was the first biennial report to include information on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Statistics on people with disability was one of four main areas. https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/aa045df7-78e3-465e-b4b5-079b6ae6ace8/aw93.pdf?v=20230605150811&inline=true
• “Protesters gather in Lismore (NSW) to oppose proposed cuts to services”
  In 2004, 300 disabled persons, along with their relatives and carers, gathered in Lismore to protest proposed cuts to adult, training, learning, and support programs, among other services. These were a part of a series of demonstrations against the state government that included hundreds of demonstrators in Newcastle and resulted in the state government reversing its position on modifications to the Post-Schools Options Disability Program.
• “Carriageworks ‘New Normal’ program plan to commission ten new works presents three performances - Lady Eats Apple (Back to Back Theatre, 2017), Off the Record (Force Majeure, Dance Integrated Australia, 2016), Simple Infinity (Urban Theatre Projects, 2016)"
  New Normal is Carriageworks “national strategy for the development of disability arts practice.” Carriageworks state an aim to “commission ten new major works across contemporary performance, music, dance and visual arts.” As part of the program, Back to Back Theatres’ Lady Eats Apple (2017), Force Majeure and Dance Integrated Australia’s Off the Record (2016), and Urban Theatre Projects’ Simple Infinity (2016) each presented at Carriageworks. Since then, there has been no update on Carriageworks’ goal, suggesting the program may have fallen short of its initial objectives.
• “The Bolshy Divas present ‘The Other 100 Conversations’ to Australian governments heads”
  In 2011, a group of disability activists called the Bolshy Divas presented a 100-page document, ‘The Other 100 Conversations,’ to heads of all Australian governments who had gathered in Canberra for a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting. The document was addressed “to our elected representatives”. ‘The Other 100 Conversations’ comprised of 100 first-person accounts of participants of disability services in Western Australia, highlighting the lack of support and waiting times experienced.
• "ArtsHub (2013) Cultural Policy fails people with disabilities-Arts Access Australia is running a campaign to get a better deal for people with disabilities from the National Cultural Policy. 20 Mar 2013, ArtsHub"
  Reads, in part "By now you will have heard that the National Cultural Policy offers little for Australians with a disability. Not only is there no funding for the National Arts and Disability Strategy, but instead, the policy calls for a culture of tolerance towards people with a disability."
• "Australia Council (1999) Access All Areas: Guidelines for Marketing the Arts to People with Disabilities. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080720180431/http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/publications/disability_and_the_arts/access_all_areas_guidelines_for_marketing_the_arts_to_people_with_disabilities"
  Australia Council 'Access all areas: guidelines for marketing the arts to people with disabilities' 1999 - reads, in part "Access all areas: guidelines for marketing the arts to people with disabilities For most people, the decision to be exposed to the experience of an arts event is a simple one. You go, because you choose to go. Providing that choice to people with disabilities is the issue of Access all areas. This guide is intended to be practical, covering actions which are within reach of arts organisations, especially marketing officers and their departments. How to identify this audience, how to reach them and how to provide what they want is the key advice contained in Access all areas."
• “NuunaRon (QLD) is established in 2018”
  NuunaRon (QLD), "a group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait artists and emerging artists living with disability," was established in 2018. The name NuunaRon is a portmanteau in honour of two disabled artists, Elders Aunty Nuuna (a saltwater Noonuccal woman) and Uncle Ron (a Kamilaroi man). The organisation is supported by Elders Living With Disability Australia (ELDA). NuunaRon “provides a safe space for people to share stories of resilience and keeping strong via yarning, painting and creating art.”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.- EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter February 1988”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter February 1988 – evaluation of The National Tennis Centre accessibility, invitation to contact the EASE staff, Event review and upcoming events with EASE tickets - Anne Fulcher, Barbara Goss, Bob Armstrong, Chris Milton, Christine Duncan, Janice Jenkins, John Hart, Joce Bignold, Julian Pooley, Liz Smith, Lyndell Montgomery, Wendy Dumaresq
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.- EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter June 1988”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter June 1988 – article by Greg Poynton who has Polio and reviews different locations according to accessibility in a bed recliner, Venue notes, how to use EASE program, Venue accessibility, review of accessing “Cats” performance, upcoming events - Barbara Milne, Chris Milton, Christine Duncan, Frances Guerin, Gwenda Campbell, Jane Smith, Kristine Philipp, Liz Smith, Tracey Willis
• "An/Other Film Festival Program 2024"
  An/Other Film Festival WA Program 2024 – Australian works screened include Keanu (7:44) Directed by Paul Bell; La Echolalia (3:43) Directed by Matteo Mazzella; Return to Lullumb (4:54) Directed by Sahaimi Angus; Take Flight (4:13) Directed by Danny Jennings; Crab Cook (5:17) Directed by Corey Shadforth; Imposter (6:13) Directed by Joe Wilkie; Mise en Place (5:56) Directed by Julian Neuhaus; Sahaimi (6:35) Directed by Sahaimi Angus and Paul Bell; Theatricality (5:45) Directed by Joe Teakle; Ghost In the Machine (3:00) Directed by Sophie Hextor and Poppy Walker
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1984”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1985”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1987”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1988”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1989”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1990”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Arts Access Society Annual Report 1991”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Annual Report 1993”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Annual Report 1994”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Annual Report 1995”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Annual Report 1996”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Annual Report 1997”