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.
Auburn based visual artist, Carla Wherby is the first recipient of an innovative new scholarship designed to improve access to arts and cultural funding for artists with disability. Wherby’s uses extraordinary graphic and representational skills in drawing to depict the complexity of war in political and social history alongside the resilience of the human spirit.
Nine individuals from a competitive pool of 33 applications have been selected to form the committee for AART.BOXX 2011, Accessible Arts’ bi-annual national survey exhibition. Generating ideas and discussions that propel the committee, will commence in mid September 2010.News
Scholarship addresses barriers
As part of the AART.BOXX initiative, Accessible Arts has secured funding from Arts NSW for a $4000 professional development scholarship for an individual artist included in this year’s exhibition.
The scholarship emphasises the importance of further professional development opportunities that target artists with disability. Whilst highlighting excellence in contemporary visual arts, this award serves to further the career opportunities of the winning artist through a mentoring, study or exhibition opportunity.
Artists will be invited to submit proposals for the scholarship from April 2011. The recipient will be selected by a panel of relevant arts professionals and announced on the opening night of the exhibition.
“This is not about compromise to artistic merit but rather an opportunity to address real barriers to application processes, networking and career development,” said Josie Cavallaro, Arts Development and AART.BOXX facilitator.
Since its inception in 2006, AART.BOXX has become a significant national exhibition with a focus on recent works by Australian visual artists with disability.
AART.BOXX 11 opens at SCA Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts on the 20 October 2011.