Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Accessible Arts - Creative Initiatives, captured 2022"
  Accessible Arts - Creative Initiatives - reads, in part "The unique perspectives and experiences of artists with disability – as well as the intersection of cultural identities across all types of disability – present exciting avenues for new artistic possibilities right across the spectrum of visual, performing, literary, screen and digital arts. We’re here to work with arts and cultural organisations, government agencies and other funding partners to deliver creative initiatives focused on providing development and production opportunities for all kinds of artists with disability or who are d/Deaf."
• "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."
• "The Other Film Festival - Writing on Film and Disability - Online"
  The Other Film Festival Writing on Film and Disability - includes ‘Mind’s Eye” Re-envisioning Mental Health in the Arts’ by Adolfo Aranjues; ‘I know it shouldn’t matter, but do you think I’m pretty’ by Naomi Chainey; ‘The Other Film Festival – Disability, Comedy & Subverting Expectations’ by Alastair Baldwin; ‘Filmdis Q&A with Dominick Evans’ by Jax Jacki Brown
• The Other Film Festival - Past Festivals, captured 2022"
  "The Other Film Festival - Past Festivals, captured 2022, includings programs 2004 to 2022
• "The Other Film Festival - Creating Change"
  The Other Film Festival Creating Change webpage, captured 2022 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led program that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. The days of Deaf and Disabled people being erased, misrepresented or under-employed by the mainstream have gone. We encourage the screen sector to embrace inclusive production structures and processes, including paid employment opportunities and career pathways for Deaf and Disabled screen practitioners and performers."
• "Crossroad Arts - Outreach - captured 2024"
  Crossroad Arts - Outreach, captured 2025 - reads, in part "Our Outreach Program is committed to working with regional and remote communities, giving them access to the arts."
• "Crossroad Arts - Community Development, captured 2024"
  Crossroad Arts - Community Development, captured 2024 - reads, in part “Community is our driving force. Everything we do as a company is underpinned by the belief that creating artistic works that challenge assumptions through inclusive collaboration ultimately builds stronger communities.” – information about Performance in the Gallery, Stretchy Pants, Wearable Art, ROAR, Art Party Afternoons, Street View Gallery, Window Gallery, C.R.U.S.H 2024, LOOSE ENDS 2024
• "Off the List Records"
  Off The List Records website, captured 2022 - reads, in part "We are an independent record label, working mostly within the DIY, experimental and indie music space. We care about access to music and endeavour to make our shows and releases inclusive and accessible to everyone."
• "Fusion Theatre Diversity Workshop, captured 2022"
  Fusion Theatre Diversity Workshop page, captured 2022 - reads, in part "Fusion Theatre Diversity Workshop is a professional learning experience that explores themes of inclusion, diversity and social justice. Through applied theatre, drama, and stories, participants are provided with opportunities to reflect on how they might identify barriers to inclusion and contribute to a more inclusive society."
• "Fusion Theatre Our Works, captured 2022"
  Fusion Theatre Our Work, captured 2022 - links to pages about past works, including A Long Way From Home, After the Beginning of Everything, The Beginning of Everything, A Place Called Maze, Microcosma, No Strongs Attached, Inside Out, The Color Project, Mind the Light, Facets of Us
• "Fusion Theatre Ensembles, captured 2022"
  Fusion Theatre Ensembles, captured 2022 - information about morning ensemble, evening ensemble, and ‘Movement in Conversation’ described as "and occasional project that Fusion Theatre offers in association with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), and other local groups"
• "Fusion Theatre Governance and Support, captured 2022"
  Fusion Theatre Governance and Support page, captured 2022 - Board, governance, and funding arrangements
• "Fusion Theatre Website, captured 2022"
  "Fusion Theatre Website, captured 2022 - links to 'About' page which reads in part "Fusion Theatre is an inclusive company based in Dandenong, in the south east of Melbourne, Australia. The membership of the company reflects the rich diversity of our community," and pages on Governance and Support, Ensembles, Our Work, Diversity Workshop, and Media
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2022"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2022 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led initiative that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. Founded in 2004, it is Australia’s first international disability film festival and is a major artistic program of Arts Access Victoria."
• "Focus on Ability, Short Film Festival winners list 2021"
  Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, captured 2025 - webpage listing 2021 award winners - Includes AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL SECTION (St Matthews Catholic School (NSW) - The Monsters of the Mind; Al-Taqwa College (VIC) - Optism: A Tale of Unbreakable Friendship) AUSTRALIAN OPEN ENTRANTS (The Sunshine Troupe (QLD) – Luminosity; Alex Sideratos (NSW) - More to Me; Clay Antonio (VIC) - Life Without Mum; Tina A.Wake (NSW) - I'm Super; Ian Heydon in What's in a Name; Michael Wilkop - The Robot; Nathan Mewett & Chris Taylor - Yulubidyu - Until the End)
• "Blue Roo Theatre - Productions, captured 2022"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company - Productions, captured 2022 - reads, in part "Blue Roo performances and activities assist the performers, through a mentoring process to learn performing arts skills. The performers learn acting techniques, chorus work, voice, singing, movement, dance, different styles of performance-melodrama, clown, tragedy, commedia dell’ arte, visual and physical theatre" - with information about PERFORMANCES TO DATE (including A Midsummer Night's Dream 2021, Boss 2021, Around 2019, Time To Go 2018, Sea 2018, Now 2017, Orpheus and Eurydice 2016, The Bulimba Opera 2015, Song Circle 2014, Darcy O and the Browbeat Factory 2013, Flood Country 2012, The Last Night at the Grand 2011, Sugar Cane Ball 2010, Lily Pilly Letters 2009), COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE (including Hotel Pantelone, A Waddle of Ducks, Capitano Pretends Again 2015), MELODRAMA ENSEMBLE, COLLABORATIONS, ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM
• "Arts Project Australia - Artist Videos, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Artist videos - reads, in part "Featuring behind the scenes footage of Arts Project Australia artists in conversation with some of Australia's leading artists and arts professionals."
• "Arts Project Australia - Publications, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Publications - Includes information about SINCERELY YOURS ZINE 2022, ART ET AL. BROADSHEET ISSUE 1 2021 (inclusive, curated international art platform that commissions and presents collaborations between artists from supported studios, artist peers and arts professionals), ANTIDOTE 2021, REACHING POTENTIAL (REPORT 2021 (including exhibition essay by Dr Marion Piper Words Make Worlds), A SENSE OF PLACE 2003 (including The Significance of Space, The Meaning of Place by Dr Cheryl Daye and Kitty Ginter), VALERIO CICCONE: PERIPHERAL OBSERVER 2012 (including Peripheral Observer catalogue essay ‘This is me – some thoughts on the art of Valerio Ciccone’ by curator Glenn Barkley pp. 8-10), VIDEO DOCTOR 2013 (including essay by Geoff Newton), SO FAR… eight artists / eight stories 2014, IT TAKES MORE THAN 140 CHARACTERS TO WRITE A NOVEL (2015 (Including exhibition essay by curator Dr Vincent Alessi), AUTO BODY WORKS 2018, FEM-aFFINITY 2019 (including FEM-aFFINITY catalogue essay If Collaboration is the Method, Activism is the Intention by curator Dr Catherine Bell pp. 19-24), POP UP STALL: The Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair
• "Arts Project Australia - Love from the Studio, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Love from the Studio aarticles and interviews with artists - reads, in part "A series of stories bringing you behind the scenes of Arts Project Australia. "
• "Arts Project Australia - Virtual Exhibitions, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Virtual Exhibitions - Reads, in part "An extension of the gallery to a virtual space, APA's virtual exhibitions offer a place to connect with APA artists from home."
• "Arts Project Australia - Satellite Arts, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Satellite Arts - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia's latest creative and accessible program supports artists living with an intellectual disability with remote online access to the supportive studio."
• "Arts Project Australia - Studio Program, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Studio Program - reads, in part "Artists at Arts Project are encouraged to develop a visual art practice reflective of their interests and passions"
• "Arts Project Australia - Studio, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Studio - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia offers creative and accessible spaces for artists with intellectual disability. Join the studio program at the Northcote building or via online platform 'Satellite Arts.'"
• "Arts Project Australia - Collections, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Collections - reads, in part "Arts Project Australia has developed five distinct and strongly related collections, including our: Online Shop Art Collection, Stockroom Art Collection, Sidney Myer Fund Permanent Collection (SMF), Arts Project Australia Permanent Collection and the Arts Project Australia Archival Collection."
• "Arts Project Australia - Commissions, captured 2022"
  Arts Project Australia - Commissions - reads, in part "re you seeking a specific work of art, or perhaps looking for a unique and personal gift idea? Have you ever thought about commissioning an artwork from an Arts Project artist? Many of our artists have worked on artwork commissions for clients and friends of Arts Project. Artists will often create works from images supplied by the client and, to date, our artists have painted and sculpted portraits, family members, pets, animals and homes."