Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• Lauren Watson
• Oliver Hetherington-Page
• Thomas Bradley
• Tony Dee
• "Interview with Caroline Bowditch"
  Caroline Bowditch is an Australian artistic director, leader, performer, presenter, instructor, disability advocate and was the CEO of Arts Access Victoria. Interview Summary Caroline Bowditch, the CEO and Artistic Director of Arts Access Victoria, shared her journey as a performance artist and her experiences working within the Disability Arts community, highlighting her creative process and the challenges faced by disabled artists in Australia. Despite significant support and successful projects in the UK, she expressed concern over the limited progression and exposure of Disability Arts in Australia, noting a lack of ambition and opportunity deterring artists from aiming for larger, mainstream stages. Bowditch emphasized the importance of integrating access as a core component of artistic work and changing the aesthetic by including diverse bodies and perspectives. She also discussed tackling intersectionality within Disability Arts, reflecting on her own experiences as a visibly disabled and queer woman, and contemplating the future of Disability Arts, the desire for cultural equity, and the impact of potential shifts in societal barriers.
• "Tutti Arts - Open Studio Exhibition - SALA Festival - Promotionall Card"
  Promotional Card for Tutti Arts Visual Arts and Design Program 'Open Studio' as part of SALA 2014 (South Australian Living Arts Festival) - reads, in part "Tutti is delighted to invite you to its 2014 Open Studio SALA exhibition opening! This exhibition will showcase a range of spontaneous, introspective and out of the ordinary works produced by 30 emerging learning disabled artists working from the Tutti Visual Art Studios."
• "AccessArts - Asia Pacific Wataboshi Music Festival"
  Poster for Asia Pacific Wataboshi Music Festival 2003
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Peter Ross - Article: Arts Extraordinaire -1993 - Iss8, PG14-17"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Peter Ross - Article: Arts Extraordinaire -1993 - Iss8, PG14-17 - reads, in part "Arts Extraordinary Celebrating Where The Arts Can Take You is Australia's first arts festival to celebrate the diverse creative talents and artistic skills of people with disabilities."
• “Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Spring 1994"
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Spring 1994 - Disability Discrimination Act, Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, Melbourne Fringe Festival, training on BASS ticketing system, venue profile The Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant
• “Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Summer 1995”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter Summer 1995 - Celebration of EASE 21st anniversary, Disability Awareness Seminar and workshops for venue managers
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 2005-06"
  Australia Council Annual Report 2005-2006 - discusses letter from chair of council, letter from CEO, corporate overview, year in review, goals, financial statements, analysis of funding analysis and grants list, including various artistic and community projects - “Stickybricks” – exploring the history of a Sydney Housing Estate where 95% of residents receive aged or disability benefits were traumatised by by murders, suicides, assaults and drug and alcohol-related crimes and they partnered with Big hART to tell their story at the Sydney Festival, “Small Metal Objects” by Back to Back Theatre presented at the Melbourne international arts festival, and the DADAA (WA) regional collaborative “Bridging the Gap” project in Bunbury and publication of “Making the Journey: Arts and disability in Australia”
• "Tutti Arts - Beastly Exhibition - Georgetown Festival Malaysia - Promotional Card"
  Tutti Arts 'Beastly' Exhibition 2016 Georgetown Festival Malaysia - Promotional Card
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter February 2009"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter February 2009 - "A new year, a new creative opportunity. Welcome to 2009 and the new look Tutti newsletter where we remember the highlights of 2008 and alert you to two exciting events coming up in the near future. The official launch of Tutti Kids in partnership with Novita Children's Services by the Honourable Jennifer Rankine, Minister for Disability, is on February 14th at the Odeon Theatre. In March, Tutti presents the Australian premiere of Richard Chew and Orlando Gough's radical community opera The Shouting Fence at the State Opera Studio for the Adelaide International Fringe Festival."
• National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA)
• Swag Film
• Film Movement
• Scott Hicks
• Sonia Todd
• Stephen Sheehan
• "Incite Arts - Unbroken Land 2020 Episode Two - Fire Audio Described"
  Incite Arts - Unbroken Land 2020 Episode Two 'Fire' Audio Described - Reads, in part "As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, these Connect2Culture films show the importance of water and fire in the desert. First Nations Disabled Artists Tiffany Malthouse and Lizzie Trew want the audience to experience how vital both fire and water are to them, their ancestors and their culture. Portraying this through the mediums of dance, film and music enables their thoughts, ideas and visions to be understood and heard."
• "Incite Arts - Unbroken Land 2020 Episode One - Water"
  Incite Arts - Unbroken Land 2020 Episode One 'Water' Audio Described - Reads, in part "As part of the Unbroken Land 2020 program, these Connect2Culture films show the importance of water and fire in the desert. First Nations Disabled Artists Tiffany Malthouse and Lizzie Trew want the audience to experience how vital both fire and water are to them, their ancestors and their culture. Portraying this through the mediums of dance, film and music enables their thoughts, ideas and visions be understood and heard."
• "Ron Grainer and Doctor Who - Interview - NFSA"
  Australian composer Ron Grainer, disabled in WWII, wrote the theme song to Doctor Who.
• "Let Me See - review by Keiran Finnane 2015, captured 2016"
  Describes InCite Arts ‘Starts with D Performance Ensemble’ members Tiffany Malthouse, Matt Woodham, Brandon Williams, Martin Armstead and director Kat Worth’s production of ‘ Meet You at the Edge’, as part of ‘Let Me See’ produced by Red Hot Arts Central Australia at Araluen Centre for the Arts, including film, use of audio description, writing, and choreography
• "Interview with Digby Webster"
  Digby Webster is a visual artist working with the mediums of oil pastels and acrylics and is also a performer, designer and co-founding member of past performance ensemble Ruckus Ensemble. Interview Summary Digby Webster is an artist with a wide range of creative talents, including theater, dance, animation, and mural painting. He has worked on various projects, including an animated short film called "Blockhead and Sparkles," and has had his artwork displayed in places like the Sydney Olympic Park and Vivid Sydney. Digby does not define himself by his disability and takes pride in the various creative endeavors he's involved in, aiming to have his art reach people in meaningful ways outside traditional galleries. In the future, he is interested in exploring fashion, designing artwork for clothing, and he hopes to see more people wearing his art.
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Article: House Gang -1993 - Iss8, Pg5"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Article: House Gang -1993 - Iss8, Pg5