Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Awards - Press Release 2014"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch' Awards 2014 Press Release - reads, in part, "Best Animation Award Cafe Chat - North Melbourne Institute of Technology (NMIT), Victoria; SA Film Corporation Most Original Film Award Our Story - William Gregory, South Australia; The Hive Award Wild@Heart Community Arts, Victoria; Funniest Film Award Next Factor - Caleb Rixon, Victoria; Best Special Effects Award- Eye TV - James Kurtze, South Australia; Arts Access Australia Best New Media/ Video Art Award- Dexter Aliens - James Kurtze, South Australia; People's Choice Award- Our Story- William Gregory, South Australia.”
• "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 - ENews April 2018"
  Tutti Arts - ENews April 2018 - information about performances, exhibitions, work in development, and Awards
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1997-98"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1997-98 - 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 producing a set of Disability Fact Packs exploring the importance of accessibility for arts and cultural organisations and a guide to marketing arts to disabled audience
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2010"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2010 - Board and Staff, Supporters and Volunteers, About Arts Project Australia, President's Report, Executive Director's Report, Artists, Exhibitions Report, Financial Statements, Independent Audit Report, John Northe Obituary - 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."
• "Tutti Arts - Annual Report 2017"
  Tutti Arts Annual Report 2017 – President’s, Artistic Directors, Disability & Quality Manager's, Arts Manager Reports, information on Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film and New Media and Choral and Kids & Youth Programs, Projects, and Exhibitions, including information on Impersonal Space, Frozen Girl, Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film Festival, The Sisters of Invention, Company AT, Financials, Staff and Board Members, Supporters
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2007"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 2007 - Vision, Chair’s Report, Chief Executive Officer’s Report, Accessible Arts’ People, Strategic Outcomes, Service, Arts Programs, Training, Western Sydney Project, Audience Development, Information and Public Relations, Cultural Partners
• "Interview with Morwenna Collett"
  Morwenna is a leader, consultant and facilitator in the arts, government, not-for-profit and university sectors and is passionate about helping arts and cultural organisations to include everyone in their work. Interview Summary Morwenna Collett is a consultant in diversity, access and inclusion and during the interview discusses her vast experience in the disability arts sector including time in the Australia Council where she played a key role in creating the first targeted funding program for artists with disabilities. Morwenna notes that while disability arts is gaining some awareness with mainstream audiences, there are still issues regarding how people think about the quality of art created by artists with disabilities. Morwenna highlights the NDIS as a significant milestone for disability arts in Australia, though she believes that there is much more potential for arts organizations to engage with it. Morwenna also emphasizes that the decision for artists to identify with their disability is a personal choice and it is becoming increasingly safe to disclose this identity, demonstrating progress toward inclusion in the arts.
• "Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2014"
  Arts Project Australia - Annual Report 2014 - President's Report, Executive Director's Report, Board & Staff, Personal Perspectives, 40 Years of Highlights, Our Artists, Exhibition Report, Studio Philosophy, Financial Statements - reads, in part "OUR MANIFESTO We march to the beat of our own drum and map our own future. Fuelled by an unwavering belief in our artists, we're buoyed by the creativity and authenticity that exists in our space, and heartened by those who delight in sharing in it."
• "Access Arts Annual Report 2019-2020"
  Access Arts Annual Report 2019-2020 - Performing Arts Workshops, Visual Arts Workshops, Exhibitions, First Nations Projects, Access Arts grants and Awards
• "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 - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Program 2016"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch' 2016 Program
• "Interview with Janelle Colquhoun"
  Janelle Colquhoun is an opera-jazz singer; corporate and community speaker; MC; producer; and writer. Interview Summary Janelle Colquhoun is a passionate and dedicated former opera singer, who in the interview speaks about, starting an entertainment agency to provide professional opportunities for artists with disabilities after losing her sight. She has produced over 1400 events, performed in a variety of concerts, and worked tirelessly to promote inclusivity in the arts, often by showcasing talented disabled artists to mainstream audiences. Janelle talks about how her work challenges the way people think about disability arts and inclusion, and strives to give equal performing opportunities by advocating for the recognition of artists with disabilities as professionals with the same quality of performance as any other artist.
• “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
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter September 2010"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter September 2010 - profile of artist Jackie Saunders, 2010 events, information about choir, visual arts, performing arts, and digitech programs, updates from Artistic Director, General Manager, President
• "Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter 2010"
  Tutti Arts - Tutti Voice Newsletter 2010 - information about choir, visual arts, performing arts, and digitech programs
• "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."
• "Australia Council - Annual Report 1999-2000"
  Australia Council Annual Report 1999-2000 - discusses letter from chair of council, corporate overview, year in review, financial statements, analysis of funding and grants for projects, programs, presentation and promotions, triennial grants to disability arts organisations in NSW, South Australia and Victoria and funding to Accessible Arts for audience development, as well as the New Media Arts Fund for Back to Back performance of “Soft”
• "Tutti Arts - Website - Strategic Plan 2023-2026 captured 2023"
  Tutti Arts Annual Reports 2023-2026, captured 2023 - reads, in part "Established in 1997, Tutti Arts is South Australia’s only multi-arts organisation where learning disabled, and neurodiverse artists create visual art, theatre, music, screen, dance and experiment with art and technology. Tutti Arts has grown, changed, rearranged, and developed over time. Tutti now works with more than 200 learning disabled and neurodiverse artists, with over 340 artist engagements every week across 3 Creative Hubs (Brighton, Port Adelaide, and the Barossa), and online. Tutti is the home for renowned disability-led collectives The Sisters of Invention, Company AT and Sit Down Shutup and Watch Film & Media Festival and has supported the career paths of many disabled artists. The Tutti Arts Centre was opened in Brighton 2020. In 2022 Tutti opened a new Regional Hub in Nuriootpa."
• “Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program North and West 1993 - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Creative Arts Program North and West 1993 - Promotional Flyer - Information about Creative Arts Program (North & West) providing arts opportunities, via workshops in visual and performing arts, including painting, printmaking, drawing, mask making, ceramics, music, movement, dance, and drama, for adults with Intellectual Disability
• "Access Arts Annual Report 2009"
  Access Arts Annual Report 2009 - Indigenous Projects, Visual Arts, SoundCircles, Creative Recovery Project, Professional Development
• "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."
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Promotional Card 2018"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch 2018 Promotional Card - reads, in part “Share your view of the world on the big screen … / … Sit Down Shut Up and Watch is Australia's Premier learning disability led film festival celebrating films and new media made by people with a learning disability.”
• "Tutti Arts - Sit Down Shut Up & Watch - Filmmaking Workshop 2016 - Press Release"
  Tutti Arts - 'Sit Down Shut Up & Watch Filmmaking Workshop' 2016 Press Release - reads, in part “ On October 21 the second Sit Down Shutup and Watch [SDSW] Film New Media Festival will happen in the Angaston Town Hall. The festival is the brainchild of seven talented young film makers with learning disability form Regional South Australia and Adelaide. Their first festival, held in October 2014 was a fabulous success with over 40 films screened from all over the world and nearly 500 people attending. In the lead up to our second Festival, we are delivering a series of 4-day film-making workshops for people with learning disabilities across regional areas of South Australia to ensure we have plenty of South Australian films in the mix. The first of these is the Renmark / Riverland workshop to be held from Tuesday 8th March - Friday 11th March, at the McCormick Centre, Rau Rau Ave, Renmark.”