On Wednesday 21 July 2010, Accessible Arts hosted a forum to consult with Regional Arts NSW and its network of Regional Arts Development Boards, to propose a strategy for rural and regional engagement with arts and disability.
Kogarah Municipal Council in partnership with St George School and artist Sonja Karl has been awarded the Accessible Arts Award as part of the 2010 Local Government Cultural Awards, for their collaborative project Movement in Space.
The annual NSW Local Government Cultural Awards are calling for entries. In 2010 the awards will focus on improving recognition for the importance and distinction of cultural achievements across the state. Entries close 26 February 2010.
Getting a job in the arts has always been highly competitive, but pathways do exist for people with disability and the key is participating in arts projects as often as possible, to gain skills and experience that match the needs of arts organisations.
Accessible Arts received a Highly Commended certificate in the 2009 Australian Human Rights Awards, recognising its work promoting the cultural rights of people with disability.News
Inclusive Museum Conference: Enabling Diversity Sustaining Development
A panel of five speakers from NSW, Australia are presenting the session ‘Access to Museums: Inclusive Approaches to Attract Visitors with Disability,' at the second International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, to be held at the University of Queensland in July 2009.
The session will highlight leading practices in access at museums across the state including regional NSW. Alison McLaren, Accessible Arts' Audience Development Officer, will facilitate the panel and present a paper about incorporating accessible design into heritage museum spaces, based on research undertaken by Accessible Arts about the relationship between disability discrimination and heritage legislation. Speakers from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australian National Maritime Museum, Age of Fishes Museum and Arts Access Australia will also participate. The conference is held annually in different locations around the world and attracts some of the leading thinkers in museum studies as well as leading practitioners.
Find out more about the International Conference of the Inclusive Museum.