The art exhibition that has been presented annually by Accessible Arts since 2006, has shifted to a project to be developed over an 18-month period and presented bi-annually.
Applications are now open to artists, arts workers, curators, writers and creative thinkers to form a creative committee and co-ordinate AART.BOXX for 2011. This opportunity is open to people with and without disability.
Hugh Nichols was one of nine people on the AART.BOXX 09 committee, a group of artists, writers, disability workers, arts administrators and even an animatronics expert, who met regularly throughout 2009 to drive and create Accessible Arts' national survey exhibition AART.BOXX 2009.
On Thursday 29 October 2009, more than 250 audience members came to the Mori Gallery in Sydney for the opening of AART.BOXX, Accessible Arts’ national exhibition for artists with disability.News
AART.BOXX 09: Emerging artists & creative thinkers with disability
Accessible Arts is presenting its national survey exhibition of works by emerging artists with disability from 30 October to 7 November 2009.
AART.BOXX will be opened by Christine Morrow, on Thursday 29 October 2009. The opening will be Auslan interpreted.
Twenty-one artists and three arts collectives will show over 40 works from a diversity of art forms. An opportunity to meet the artists in the gallery as part of Conversations with Artists will be held from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm on Saturday 31 October and Thursday 5 November 2009.
RSVP is essential by 30 October to Josie Cavallaro, tel: 02 9251 64 99 ext 105 or jcavallaro@aarts.net.au.
Further funding received from the Australia Council for the Arts Community Partnership program has enabled the creation of employment opportunities for people with disability to work on the exhibition.