Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• “Arts Access Victoria - Nebula - Promotional Poster - 2020"
  Arts Access Victoria - Nebula - Promotional Poster - 2020 - Information about Nebula, the first fully accessible portable arts space developed for disabled artists in Australia, with flexibility to provide workshop, gallery, or performance space anywhere in Victoria
• "Arts Access Victoria - The Delta Project - Promotional Postcard"
• "Arts Access Victoria - The Delta Project - Promotional Flyer"
• “Arts Access Victoria – Way Out West - Promotional Flyer"
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.- EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter May 1988”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter May 1988 – diversity of events available with EASE ticketing increasing, Venue notes, accessibility of venues, how to use EASE ticketing program, upcoming events
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.- EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter February 1990”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter February 1990 - Venue notes for St Martins Youth Arts Centre, exhibitions at Museum Victoria, Melbourne Symphony concerts at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter October 1991”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter October 1991 - Note that EASE is distributing approximately 1200 tickets a month, information about audio described shows, information about shows at Victorian Arts Centre
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc.- EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter June 1988”
• “Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter February 1992”
  Arts Access Victoria EASE Entertainment Access Service Newsletter February 1992 - Launch of second edition of Melbourne Venue Guide, information about "Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down" musical, and performance by d/Deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter September 1987”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter October 1986”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter December 1987”
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter Vol.1 August 1985”
  Arts Access Arts Access Society Access Newsletter Vol.1 August 1985 - The Wider ContextCrafts Research – Aardvark Project, Reaching Out conference in Washington DC, conference in Bellagio, Italy, Programme - "A Day in the Life of Parkville Psychiatric Unit” video, Community programmes including Reaching out Cartwheel – Access Arts QLD - 'Cast Off' production, project – “Fair Play”, Arts Access Committee - Melbourne Zoo programme, Activities
• “Arts Access Victoria - Arts Access Society Inc. - Access Newsletter December 1986”
• "Arts Access Victoria - Way Out West - Fortune - Promotional Card"
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2012"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2012 - Australian works screened include YOU SEE ME (2011)Phil Heuzenroeder 9min; WHO IS HE? (2011) Costa Athanassiou and Alex Litsoudis 6min; BEAUTIFUL (2010) Genevieve Clay-Smith 13min; 3.15 TO BRUNSWICK (2012) Gemma Falk 3min; THE DEMOCRATIC SET (2012) Bruce Gladwin and Back to Back Theatre 10min; JUST BE FRANK (2010) Elise Bialyew 15min
• "Arts Access Victoria - The Delta Project - Under My Skin - Promotional Flyer"
  Arts Access Victoria The Delta Project Under My Skin 2016 Promotional card – reads in part “A development showing of a new dance work from The Delta Project, a Melbourne based dance company of deaf and hearing performers. Under my Skin brings together two worlds through visual and sound, creating a performance accessible for both deaf and hearing audiences”
• “Arts Access Victoria – Art Everywhere (2010-2015)"
  Between 2010 and 2015, Arts Access Victoria (AAV) received $2.5 million to support audio description and captioning in film as part of its worth with The Other Film Festival, launched Write-ability with Writers Victoria, the mobile, accessible arts space Nebula in Melbourne’s Federation Square in 2012, and collaborated in research such as the ‘Beyond Access’ project with University of Melbourne and Dance Haptics with Deakin University.
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Necessary Games by Sophie Hyde (2009)"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2010 - Necessary Games by Sophie Hyde (2009) - reads, in part "A triptych from Restless Dance Company about our human need to connect and the urgent games we play."
• “Arts Access Victoria – The Present and the Future (2020 – present)”
  Arts Access Victoria – The Present and the Future (2020 – present)- increased technology and digital literacy training and online programs and projects including Alter State Festival and celebrated 50 years in 2024
• “Arts Access Victoria – Sharing knowledge (early – mid 1990s)”
  In 1990 AAV hosted the Participate conference. From this the DADAA (Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Renamed Arts Access Australia in 2003) network was born. AAV created a guidebook on creating art projects in hospitals while programs and exhibitions “Stormy Weather”, “FEELEN BOORDUP” were gaining recognition with location and purchase of artwork.
• “Arts Access Victoria – A New Millennium (early – mid 2000s)”
  Arts Access Victoria – A New Millennium (early – mid 2000s)– online artist’s register, “Artability” festival, Deaf Arts Network started in 2001, new programs including regional areas, audio description of first TV production, AAV hosted Inclusion International World Congress, The Other Film Festival started,
• “Arts Access Victoria – Making Moves (Mid to late 1980s)”
  AAV received funding to run programs connecting students in specialist schools with students in mainstream school settings and created EASE – the Entertainment Access Service, was an accessible ticketing service. By 1989 AAV had established its own studio program.
• “Arts Access Victoria – Leading Change (2005-2009)"
  Arts Access Victoria - Leading Change (2005-2009) - During the mid to late 2000s, Arts Access Victoria (AAV) was recognised by Australia Council for the Arts as a key producer, supported the Deaf Arts Network (DAN), ran The Other Film Festival (TOFF),
• "Body Suits - 1997"
  Body Suits' 2004 - described in article in ArtLink https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060824102733/http://ArtLink.com.au/articles.cfm?id=361, reads, in part "Body suits, conceived by Jane Trengove of Arts Access Victoria, proposes the body as a site for investigation with the contributing artists being mostly people who experience 'bodily difference due to disability'."