Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• "Crossroad Arts Program Cop'n the Head 1999"
  Crossroad Arts program images - Cop'n the Head 1999
• "Crossroad Arts Program Shades of White 2000"
  Crossroad Arts program images - Shades of White 2000
• "Accessible Arts - Career Advancement, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Career Advancement - reads, in part "We’re here to empower the creativity and careers of arts practitioners with disability right across NSW. We do this by providing a range of professional development programs for both artists and arts workers."
• "Crossroad Arts - Artistic Development, captured 2024"
  Crossroad Arts - Community Development, captured 2024 - reads, in part "Crossroad Arts is passionate about creating opportunities for people with disability who are serious about developing their skills in contemporary performance."
• "Interview with Jess Cochran"
  Jess Cochran (they/them) is an actor, model, writer and disability advocate. Interview Summary: Jess Cochran is a queer, non-binary, neurodivergent, performing artist, advocate, writer, and consumer consultant with a background in both physical and psychosocial disabilities. Their journey into the performing arts began accidentally with a role in the Awards winning Melbourne Fringe Festival production, Qualia, which opened doors to more local and international Awards-winning work in film and stage. Jess identifies proudly with their disabilities and considers their art both a personal expression and a political act aimed at highlighting the issues faced by the disability community. Jess’s work spans across writing, modelling, and various performance arts, and they wish to see an increase of disability arts representation in mainstream media with authentic casting, opportunities and improved accessibility for disabled performers. Jess is also passionate about highlighting intersectionality in disability arts.
• "Interview with Tim McCallum"
  Tim McCallum is a singer, performer and speaker and disability advocate. Interview Summary Tim McCallum is a performer who specializes in singing and acting, with singing being his foremost talent. Having sustained a spinal cord injury resulting in quadriplegia before beginning his studies at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Tim's childhood passion for the performing arts has continued to motivate his career. Through his experiences, both positive and negative, regarding inclusion and discrimination in the arts, Tim has become determined to challenge preconceived notions and make disability a visible and celebrated aspect of performance. He is a strong advocate for the representation of artists with disabilities in leadership roles within arts governance, stressing the importance of lived expertise over tokenism for lasting change in the industry.
• "Interview with Julie Moralee"
  Julie Moralee is the Chief Executive Officer of Restless Dance Theatre, bringing a wealth of experience in marketing, business development, and festival organisation within the arts sector. Her leadership focuses on showcasing the talents of artists with disability and ensuring sustainable employment opportunities in the arts. Interview Summary Julie Moralee is the CEO of Restless Dance Theatre, where she has focused on promoting the talent and abilities of artists with disability. With a commitment to ensuring sustainable full-time employment in the arts for these artists, she emphasises the importance of audience impact and high-quality performances as measures of success. Julie is mindful of the challenges and perceptions within the disability arts sector and envisions a future where the label "disability art" becomes obsolete, as the quality of the work transcends its creators
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Article: Video Making Project At Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre - Iss15, Pg9"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Article: Video Making Project At Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre - Iss15, Pg9
• "High Beam Festival Program 2002"
  High Beam Festival Program 2002 reads "Welcome to High Beam 2002 Australia's international arts and disability festival, celebrating disability culture from around the globe. In our third biennial festival we explore the significance of the circle. In High Beam Festival 2002, that significance is represented through our international program, 'circular' Wheelie BIG Event, the online community of Tech Arts Express and over 40 companies, performers and community members who span the arts and the globe. High Beam is about showing that living with a disability does not exclude you from creating real, exciting, cutting edge art. High Beam is also about showing what it is like to live with a disability through the medium of art. Get out there and enjoy! We are thrilled to present Australia's own legendary pianist David Helfgott, UK comedian Mat Fraser, the amazing wheelchair dancers from Nepal as well as Belinda Mason - Lovering's Intimate Encounters - a landmark photo-graphic exhibition from Australia."
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Back to Back Theatre - I Don’t Want To Live In Lara Anymore- A Play About Becoming Independent - Iss2, PG13-14"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Back to Back Theatre - I Don’t Want To Live In Lara Anymore- A Play About Becoming Independent - Iss2, PG13-14
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Connors - Article: A Matter of Opinion - Article - Iss19, Pg8-9"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Connors - Article: A Matter of Opinion - Article - Iss19, Pg8-9
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Connors - Article: Why Do All The Bad Guys Have A Disability - Iss17, 1997, Pg11-13"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Connors - Article: Why Do All The Bad Guys Have A Disability - Iss17, 1997, Pg11-13
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Meekosha - Article: Challenging Disabling Images - 1994 - Iss9, Pg21pdf"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Meekosha - Article: Challenging Disabling Images - 1994 - Iss9, Pg21 - reads, in part "A new national research project has been set up to explore ways in which images of disability are created and used in the mass media"
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Meekosha, Leanne Dowse and Andrew Jakubowicz - Article: Exposing Mass Culture To Disability Issues - Iss15"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Helen Meekosha, Leanne Dowse and Andrew Jakubowicz - Article: Exposing Mass Culture To Disability Issues - Iss15 -analysis of TV Series 'House Gang'
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Article: House Gang -1993 - Iss8, Pg5"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Article: House Gang -1993 - Iss8, Pg5
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Jack Skidmore - Creative Writing: A Fishy Story - Iss17, Pg13"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Jack Skidmore - Creative Writing: A Fishy Story - Iss17, Pg13
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Pru Jobling - Press Release: Appointments to Disability Services Advisory Committee (DSAC) in all states, and to the Advisory Council of Australia (DACA) - Iss4, Pg18-19"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Pru Jobling - Press Release: Appointments to Disability Services Advisory Committee (DSAC) in all states, and to the Advisory Council of Australia (DACA) - Iss4, Pg18-19 - reads, in part "You may or may not be aware that the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services (formerly DCS&H) Mr Brian Howe, has recently appointed new members of the disability community to the Disability Services Advisory Committee (DSAC) in all states, and to the Advisory Council of Australia (DACA) which is the national body."
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Promotional Notice - Public Television Conference and Commonwealth State Disability Agreement - 1992 - Iss7, Pg5"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression - Promotional Notice - Public Television Conference and Commonwealth State Disability Agreement - 1992 - Iss7, Pg5
• "Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -The Final Word: Two Poems By Gail Louise - 2000,Pg10"
  Accessible Arts - ACE Arts Creativity Expression -The Final Word: Two Poems By Gail Louise - 2000, Pg10
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1994"
  Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1994 - Mission, Purpose, Aims, Background, Chairperson’s Report, Executive Officer’s Report, Secretary’s Report, Treasurer’s Report, Financials, New Resources
• "Accessible Arts - Annual Report 1997"
• "Accessible Arts - Promotional Card- 2007"
  Accessible Arts - Promotional Card - 2007 - reads, in part "There's something happening across Western Sydney The Accessible Arts Vision A society in which people with disabilities can contribute to and fully experience the arts and cul􀀩 ral life. "
• "Accessible Arts - Promotional Card- 2008-09"
  Accessible Arts - PromotionalFlyer - 2008-09 - reads, in part "assist Artists with disabilities develop professionally Arts organisations with access strategies Arts initiatives inclusive of people with disability Festivals and venues expand audiences"
• "Accessible Arts - Promotional Card - 2008"
  Accessible Arts - Promotional Card- 2008 - reads, in part "There's something happening across Western Sydney The Accessible Arts Vision A society in which people with disabilities can contribute to and fully experience the arts and cul􀀩 ral life. "
• “Arts Access Victoria - Dance Up - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria - Dance Up! - Promotional FlyerInformation about Dance Up! in Glenroy, coordinated by Barbara Doherty, at Corpus Christi Church Hall