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Accessible Arts' Western Sydney project has drawn to an end, but the work this project has inspired is by no means over.
Since 2007, the Western Sydney project had worked across eleven local council areas, building partnerships within the arts, with disability organisations and with local councils to ensure sustainable programs and practices.
The areas covered included Auburn, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Holroyd, Liverpool, Parramatta and Penrith.
In the last two years, major arts centres across the region have worked in partnership with Accessible Arts to deliver a variety of programs and access initiatives. These programs were consolidated in a month long promotional campaign Plugged In, and their popularity has demonstrated the ongoing need for such programs.
A number of other initiatives will also continue in the region. The development of the Penrith Disability Arts & Culture Network has been an initiative of the Sylvanvale Foundation, Penrith City Council and Accessible Arts. This network will continue to inspire and motivate the arts and disability sector to engage in community capacity building through the development of opportunities for people with disability to participate and experience the arts.
An initiative at the Q Theatre in Penrith that responds to a need for practical exchanges between arts workers who work in the disability sector will also continue. The first Exchange It took place as part of the Plugged In program and was devised by Alison Richardson, Creative Programs coordinator, Accessible Arts and Katrina Douglas, Producer, Q Theatre. A resource has been developed from the day outlining ideas exchanged and proven creative processes for working with people with disability in the performing arts sector.
News
- 03/12/2010 - Western Sydney growing mecca of arts and disability
- 22/10/2010 - Plugged In Launch fills the house
- 03/09/2010 - Western Sydney plugged in to arts & disability
- 17/06/2010 - Art centres exchange skills to increase access for people with disability
- 04/03/2010 - First Flight Crew breaking into the scene
Archives
Documentation about the creative programs and initiatives of the Western Sydney Project can be viewed on the Western Sydney Blog.