Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Tutti Arts - Quiz Night - Promotional Flyer - 2006"
  Tutti Arts 'Quiz Night' Promotional Flyer 2006
• "Tutti Arts - Say No More - Promotional Poster"
  Tutti Arts - Say No More' 2018 Poster - reads, in part "26 Women, 3 Countries, ONE WEDDING"
• "Tutti Arts - SEAMe Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts ‘SEAMe’ Exhibition Promotional Card - reads, in part “An exhibition of seascapes and the creatures that inhabit them by Tutti Arts' Port Adelaide based visual artists.”
• "Tutti Arts - Silent Auction - Program - 2012"
  Tutti Arts 'Silent Auction' Program 2012
• "Tutti Arts - The Magic Flute - Media Release"
  Tutti Arts 'The Magic Flute' 2011 Media Release - reads, in part "South Australia's leading community arts organisation, the award winning Tutti Inc., will embark on one of its most ambitious collaborations to date with State Opera of South Australia (SOSA) and Cirkidz to present a new adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute."
• "Tutti Arts - Sisters of Invention - This Isn't Disneyland - Press Release"
  Tutti Arts - Sisters of Invention 'This Isn't Disneyland' Press Release - reads, in part "The Sisters of Invention are the newest girl band on the block. Their debut single This Isn't Disneyland is fun, infectious, girl-power pop - with a twist. As the world's first ever girl group with disabilities, The Sisters of Invention are pushing the boundaries of who can make pop music, and their new single and accompanying music video do just that."
• "Tutti Arts - Tori Bedford - Gathering The Scattering Exhibition - Promotional Poster"
  Tutti Arts - Tori Bedford 'Gathering The Scattering' Exhibition 2021 Promotional Poster
• "Tutti Arts - Touchy Subjects Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Touchy Subjects' Exhibition Promotional Card - reads, in part "Touchy Subjects breaks the rules about touching art! These multi-sensory works go beyond the visual realm, enticing you to experience them in different ways. Made by Tutti Artists, this studio exhibition is about making art more inventive and accessible for people with different levels of sensory perception."
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Kids - News September 2020"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Kids - News September 2020
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter June 2009"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter June 2009 - information about music, visual arts, performing arts and 'digitech' programs
• "Tutti Arts - Vivid - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Vivid' Exhibition 2019 Promotional Card - reads, in part "A curated collection of works from the artists of Tutti Arts whose uncompromising use of colour and fearless style create artworks that are truly Vivid."
• "Tutti Arts - What Have I Done? Exhibition - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'What Have I Done?' Exhibition 2019 Promotional Card - reads, in part "A fresh and eclectic collection of introspective mixed media artworks straight out of Tutti Visual Arts Studio."
• "Tutti Arts - Wild Things - Exhibition - Program"
  Tutti Arts - 'Wild Things' Exhibition 2018 Program - Reads, in part “As part of the 2018 Adelaide Fringe Festival official Program Tutti Arts in collaboration with the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Foundation presents Wild Things. See the Hospital transformed into a world of wild landscapes where strange and beautiful creatures lurk.”
• "Tutti Arts - Saltwater Songs Concert - Program"
  Tutti Arts ‘Saltwater Songs’ 2013 Program – reads, in part “Tutti is Australia's first inclusive choi r 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 connect- into the disability and mainstream arts worlds of South Australia and beyond.”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Bandmates Victoria - Promotional Card"
• “Arts Access Victoria – Bandmates Victoria - Promotional Card"
• "Studio A website - captured 2015"
  Studio A website, captured 2015
• "Studio A website - captured 2025"
  Studio A website, captured 2025
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - Sing & Sign Workshop/Performance Information Form 1"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Sing 'N' Sign workshop performance information/registration form 1994 - "SING 'N' SIGN is a combination workshop/perfonnance in which the children work with the actors to learn the skills of Sign-Singing"
• "Australian Theatre of The Deaf - Sing & Sign Workshop/Performance Information Form"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Sing 'N' Sign workshop performance information/registration form 1994 - "SING 'N' SIGN is a combination workshop/perfonnance in which the children, divided into groups, work with the actors to learn the skills of Sign-Singing"
• "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."
• "Disability activist Geoff Bell leads significant advocacy”
  In the 1970s, Geoff Bell was a disability activist who, after a diving accident left him quadriplegic at age 21, was placed in a nursing home. Not accepting nursing homes as appropriate residences for young people, he wrote to the then Minister for Social Security Bill Hayden. The letter was presented to parliament. In April 1978, Geoff Bell led ten members of the Disabled People’s Action Forum as they blockaded the entrance to a Medibank claims office for an hour. The protest was held outside Medibank to raise awareness of the architectural barriers to conducting personal business when Medibank was supposed to be of service. Signs held by the members read “We don’t need a stairway to paradise, We want ramps to independence".
• “Accessible Arts (NSW) established”
  Accessible Arts (NSW) was established in 1986. "the peak arts and disability organisation in New South Wales. We advance the rights of, and opportunities for, people with disability or who are d/Deaf to develop and sustain professional careers in the arts and have equitable access to arts and culture across NSW".
• “The Commonwealth Disability Services Act of 1986 replace the Handicapped Persons Assistance Act of 1974”
  In 1983, The Hawke Labour Government evaluated the initiatives created under the Handicapped Persons Assistance Act of 1974. The HPAA was replaced in 1986 by the Commonwealth Disability Services Act of 1986. Among other changes, this Act represents the shift in nomenclature from 'handicap' to ‘disability’.
• “The national tour of the exhibition BodySuits results in commissions and new opportunities for artists”
  A visual arts exhibition, BodySuits, toured nationally between 1997 and 1999. It was curated by Jane Trengove. This resulted in commissions and new opportunities for artists. Arts Access Victoria published a catalogue for the exhibition in 1997; the exhibition showed in Melbourne from 5 July - 2 August 1997 at 200 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy (a location now known as Gertrude Contemporary).