Accessible Arts / arts + disability NSW

CEO of Accessible Arts, Sancha Donald said, “The quality of projects across a range of art forms and the funding to support them, reflects the growing public awareness of the value of inclusion for the individual, and for the artistic process. These projects are a credit to the artistic communities from which they are devised and to the partnerships across the arts and disability sectors that support inclusion.”

Funded projects include:

Bankstown City Council for Bankstown Arts Centre

A major component of Bankstown Arts Centre's 2012 program will be 3 artist residencies culminating in a masterclass, exhibition, performance or other small scale public outcomes. It will include Contemporary Choreography and Dance; Arts and Environment- 'The Pool' site specific history, and Artists with Disability. The new Arts Centre offers a hub for the training and development of emerging artists as well as established artists, and a space for creative exchange with resident arts organisations. $41,750

The Festivalists Ltd

Access All Areas is a film festival dedicated to delivering quality Australian short and feature films. The Festival is made accessible for people across NSW and Australia who live with a disability and will celebrate International Day of People with Disability. $5,000

Penrith City Council

People with a disability, with the support of artists, will create and present a large scale digital projection artwork which will express the unique feelings and experiences of people living with a disability in Western Sydney. It will be wrapped on the architecture of the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith. Accessible and innovative social media will be employed to reach a wide audience. $60,000

Performing Lines Ltd for Ms Sue Healey

Variant' is a new performance project by Sue Healey and Company celebrating variation within the human form. The work features six artists, who each bring a different frame of reference to the body - physical dexterity, physical disability and extreme variations in practice - and combine to create a celebratory piece of contemporary dance. $50,000

Shopfront Theatre for Young People Co-op Ltd

From 2012-2014, Shopfront plans to employ an Artistic Associate (Accessibility) who will increase local partnerships and build the organisation's creative reach to more young people with learning and physical disabilities. $25,000

South West Arts Inc

South West Arts in partnership with our local disability support services, local artists, arts organisations and the general community will launch 'Studio 2710' (name to be confirmed)' an arts and disability studio to be based in Deniliquin. Individuals will have the opportunity to be tutored in visual arts, music and movement, be supported to develop new skills and their established ability can be mentored. $21,520

Studio ARTES Northside Inc

The Studio ARTISTS Mentorship and Exhibition Program provides professional development to emerging artists with a disability working within the collective Studio ARTISTS. The project aligns an established artist with each Studio ARTIST to assist them to develop a new body of work, expand their professional networks and broaden and diversify the Studio ARTIST collective's audience. The mentorship project will culminate with an exhibition at Gaffa in Sydney's CBD, followed by a further exhibition and one day symposium at Callan Park Gallery, within Sydney College of the Arts. $20,000

Arts NSW publish all successfully funded projects on their website.