Accessible Arts is conducting a survey for the Deaf Community in NSW to find out what the Arts mean to people who are deaf and to learn about their experience of artistic opportunities as artists, audience members or participants.
Carla Wherby, 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.
Sydney’s newest entertainment destination, The Concourse in Chatswood, will host Accessible Arts’ third Arts Activated National Conference in October 2012. This new cultural hub, many years in the planning and with considerable consultation with the disability sector and with Accessible Arts, is a leading example of accessibility within a world-class Arts centre.
Students from Halinda School travelled from Whalan in Western Sydney to participate in the Tactile Tours - Access program at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea exhibition. Visiting the exhibition for the first time, Assistant Principal Anne Bennett is enthusiatisic about attending the exhibtion as a regular event on the Halinda school calendar.
Accessible Arts and Museums & Galleries NSW (M&G NSW) will present a one day seminar on 28 November 2011 to promote improved access to heritage listed buildings for audiences, staff and arts professionals with disabilities.News
Exploration of artistic abilities receives Accessible Arts Award
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 main objective of the Movement in Space project included providing an avenue for students with a disability to explore their artistic abilities with the assistance of a professional artist and to foster partnerships between Council, local artists and disability services. A total of 48 students with a disability participated in the project and works were exhibited, including five large murals, during 2009 International Day of People with a disability at the Council’s Library and Cultural Centre.
Sancha Donald, CEO Accessible Arts, presented the award and said, “In winning the award, Kogarah Municipal Council showed a deep understanding that art can be created using methods that allow, in this case, children with disability, to produce interesting works.”
For the third year, the Accessible Arts Award plays an important role in highlighting projects that include people with disability. All Local Government Cultural Award entrants are asked to submit information on how people with disability are included in their initiatives. The entrant that best delivers a high level of inclusion receives the Accessible Arts Cultural Award.
“More awareness of older people and people with disability is evident across all projects this year,” Sancha commented.
Chris Hudson, Cultural Development Policy Officer said, “There were a number of projects that demonstrated innovative and accessible initiatives this year, including From Pause to Play, Camden Council and Storyworx, another great project by Kogarah Municipal Council.”