Accessible Arts / arts + disability NSW

Carla Whereby, Auburn based visual artist and recipient of Accessible Arts’ AART.BOXX scholarship, travelled with her sisters Paula and Lisa to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra last month to study war objects, memorabilia and ephemera.

North Coast based Accessible Arts Officer Julie Barratt is making connections in the Mid North Coast region. She will visit the Coffs Harbour to Port Macquarie area from the 21 to 24 February 2012, to meet with regional galleries, disability support services, artists, art workers and any other community arts organisations working with people with disability.

Julie Barratt, the Accessible Arts Officer North Coast has announced the launch of Accessible Arts' Connecting Communities project. A group show of works by artists with disability and local entertainment will take place at the Connecting Communities exhibition, Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina on Saturday 11 February 2012 from 2 to 4 pm.

Framing Gravity, the 2011 AART.BOXX exhibition presented by Accessible Arts was held at Sydney College of the Arts over two weeks in October 2011. The exhibition was attended by 570 people and a range of public programs were well attended including artist talks and art making workshops.

Call Out : Sydney : Mar-Jul 12 : FRANS are now calling for expressions of interest from practising artists to run inclusive workshops in the Leichhardt local government area.

Workshop : Lane Cove : 15 Feb 12 : Different Degrees, previously known as the Larrikin Theatre, is an ensemble of people with different abilities working together to create and perform theatre works.

AARTS Event : North Coast NSW : 8 Feb to 4 Mar 12 : Launch celebration for Connecting Communities: North Coast Arts and Disability, including live performance and associated exhibition.

Funding: Regional NSW : Closing date 10 February 2012 : CASP provides small grants to arts and community organisations, and local arts councils in regional NSW for short-term, locally initiated projects.

Workshop : Batemans Bay : 16 March 2012 : Access to Funding is an invaluable workshop that delivers the essential skills and specialist knowledge to make accessing funds a reality.

Performance : Sydney : 14 Jan 12 : Breathtaking feats, serious fun, and Australian humour for audiences of all ages from internationally acclaimed Melbourne based circus.

Mary Smith, a visual artist based in the Redfern area, talks about how Weave Arts Centre helped her start painting, leading to one of her art works being chosen by Sydney Opera House for the cover of their new Reconciliation Action Plan, launched earlier in 2011.

Adelaide-based business The Captioning Studio has been awarded the Australian Human Rights Commission’s 2011 Human Rights Award for Business.  The Awards were announced at a gala luncheon ceremony held in Sydney on Friday, 9 December, and attended by more than 400 people.

Minister for Ageing Andrew Constance has announced $188,000 in grants to 267 local government, community, volunteer and not-for-profit organisations across the State for NSW Seniors Week 2012 celebrations, events and activities.

Arts Access Australia has announced the recipients of the first round of Cultivate professional development grants for artists with disability. The grants provides seed funding to artists who want to further develop their professional artistic practice with the aim of being better placed to pursue a professional artistic career and to compete for funding in general arts funding programs.

Sydney Festival is looking for enthusiastic people to communicate their passion and knowledge of Sydney and the arts to 2012 Festival patrons.

NSW Minister for Disability Services Andrew Constance has announced that the achievements and experiences of 15 ambassadors will help drive the State Government‟s Don‟t DIS My ABILITY campaign.