Western Sydney Team
Jennifer Teo and Alison Richardson
Alison Richardson
Creative Programs Co-ordinator
Key areas: creative programs and professional development opportunities for people with a disability in all artistic disciplines.
Alison is responsible for coordinating quality arts programs and creative opportunities for people with a disability across Western Sydney.
Alison has worked extensively as a theatre director and tutor for community theatre companies, Powerhouse Youth Theatre, Shopfront Theatre, PACT Theatre and Australian Theatre For Young People. She was the Community Outreach Worker at Powerhouse Youth Theatre where she directed and produced several events for marginalised and disadvantaged youth. She has worked extensively as a drama tutor/director for various disability services and has established sliced bread attraction an organisation committed to creating creative opportunities for people of all abilities. She was the 2007 recipient of the Young Leaders Award for 2007 from the Australia Council for the Arts in acknowledgment for her commitment to community arts.
Jennifer Teo
Strategic Initiatives Co-ordinator
Key areas: advocacy, policy and strategic initiatives, consultation, forms networks, skills development and dialogue opportunities between arts and disability sectors.
Jennifer is responsible for the strategic development of sustainable programs and increased access to creative opportunities for people with a disability across Western Sydney.
Jennifer is a qualified Occupational Therapist and has worked in the disability sector for over sixteen years. She has worked on community development projects, developing aged care and disability services and resources with indigenous communities throughout Central Australia and Cape York Peninsula. As an artist, director and curator, Jennifer has exhibited and produced numerous electronic and experimental music events in Sydney and Cairns, and is the Sydney co-director of Liquid Architecture, a national sound arts festival. She also works as Web Coordinator for Accessible Arts, developing and maintaining the website and social media sites. Jennifer works as a web consultant, designing and developing websites for Plum Industries and produces an experimental music podcast and radioshow called Eleven Eleven.
