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Digital story campaign invites people with disability to have a voice in the arts
Digby Webster, First Flight Crew performer, AART.BOXX 09 artist and Australia Council for the Arts office worker, is one of twelve Australians featured on the What makes me digital online campaign, recently launched by the Australia Council for the Arts.
Digby’s story about how the arts makes a difference to him, is one of 12 profiles that forms the platform of the new project, inviting all Australians to share their own stories about what the arts add to their everyday lives.
“Many Australians don’t necessarily identify with the arts and see how creativity and the arts impact their daily lives,” said Sandra Bender, Executive Director of Arts Development at the Australia Council.
“What makes me communicates the message that art is all around us and comes in many forms whether it is school bands, amateur comedy and circus, or classical music and oil painting.”
“By sharing stories, all of us can better understand the many different ways in which people can and do engage with the arts. What makes me wants to reach Australians who rarely have a voice in the art world and to identify the contribution of the arts to our society and individual lives”.
To tell your own personal story, or the story of your disability service or community arts project, go to the What makes me website and create your own art cube to contribute to Australia’s largest collaborative digital story.