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.
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.
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
AART.BOXX goes biennale
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.
“The extended time frame enables a greater capacity for building relationships with artists, galleries and the creative committee that partner with Accessible Arts to realise the project,” said Josie Cavallaro, Arts Development Officer at Accessible Arts.
“It also opens up a space for experimentation, the commissioning of new artistic works and the piloting of innovative and accessible public programs.”
AART.BOXX captures the works of artists who have come to making art from multiple in-roads. Artists with a sustained practice who have never exhibited before are discussed alongside artists who have an established art career. In this context, art, cultures of disability and the notion of inclusive arts practice are examined with both a critical and artistic lens. Previous exhibitions have been held at the Sydney Opera House (2006–07), Tin Sheds Gallery (2008) and Mori Gallery (2009).
The 5th AART.BOXX exhibition will be held at the SCA Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney in October 2011.
Applications to join the AART.BOXX committee are currently open. To apply, complete and return the application form available to download on the AART.BOXX project page by Wednesday 18 August 2010.