Accessing the Arts Resources
Accessing the Arts is a collection of practical checklists and information sheets for arts and cultural organisations to assist in improving access and developing audiences. Accessing the Arts includes information on Disability Awareness; Disability Media Info; Exhibition Design; Marketing to Disability; Print & Publication; Ticketing & Seating and Venue Access Audit. They are available for download as PDF formatted files.
Download checklists and information sheets from Accessible Arts.
Activate: An online guide to managing community-based projects
Activate is an internet-based guide created by Council for artists, community workers and organisations working on creative-based projects. It provides a one-stop shop that takes you from your project idea, to implementation and evaluation. The guide covers areas such as public liability, copyright, grant submissions, marketing and promotion. It also includes useful case studies, sample forms and agreements.
This kit has been prepared by Fairfield City Council to explain the steps involved in organising a community-based arts project.
Download the Activate resource kit.
Community Participation: Including people with disabilities in your performing group
A resource to support the inclusion of people with disabilities in performing groups. The guide provides information and strategies to assist community groups and organisations to include people with disabilities in performing arts activities. The guide also addresses some of the issues that may arise in bringing out meaningful participation in performance-based arts activities for people with disabilities.
http://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/page/page.asp?Page_id=5300
Companion Card NSW
The Companion Card allows people with a significant and permanent disability, who require attendant care for the rest of their lives, to participate in community activities and events without discrimination. People with a disability, who require attendant care type support, are often required to pay two admission and/or booking fees; one for themselves and one for their companion. This has the effect of increasing the admission and/or booking price for the person with a disability.
Visit the Companion Card Affiliates web page to view all participating organisations.
Cultural Participation by Persons with a Disability and Older Persons, 2003
People with a disability and older people comprise a significant proportion of the Australian population. This report focuses on the cultural participation of these two groups. It uses data collected in the 2003 Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers.
http://www.culturaldata.gov.au/publications
Disability Awareness Kit
A Training Resource for Public Library Customer Service Staff
The broad aims of this website are to promote an understanding of issues surrounding disability
- to encourage service providers to focus on the individual, not the disability
- to develop an understanding of appropriate and effective methods of interaction with people with disabilities
- to foster an understanding of the ways in which the information needs of people with disabilities can be met
- to develop an awareness of issues relating to physical access to library materials
http://openroad.net.au/access/dakit/welcome.htm
Dot To Dot
Arts and Disability in Practice
In 2005, Restless Dance ran a series of workshops called Dot To Dot. These workshops aimed to broaden skills and awareness around working with young people with a disability for youth, community cultural development and dance practictioners. The topics, available as downloads, cover a range of organisational and participatory arts practice in the following areas: Peak Bodies in South Australia, Companies working in arts and disability in SA, Arts and Disability Practice, Disability Dance Resource List.
http://restlessdance.org/accordion-holder/resources/
interACT – A resource for working in integrated performance settings
A comprehensive online resource kit to raise awareness about integrated performance. The interACT Resource Kit includes workshop plans and case studies from organisations and disability services across regional and metropolitan New South Wales, outlining the practice of working in an integrated performance setting. interACT is available to read online, or for free download as a PDF, Word document or Large Print Word document. It will assist those who want to work in the field of integrated performance with tools and techniques that have been tried and tested. Developed by Powerhouse Youth Theatre in partnership with Accessible Arts.
http://interactresource.com.au/
Mental Illness and Suicide: A Mindframe Resource for Stage and Screen
The website provides practical advice and information for people involved in the development of Australian film, television and theatre. It is designed to help inform truthful and authentic portrayals of mental illness and suicide. This site is an accompaniment to the resource booklet Mental Illness and Suicide: A Mindframe Resource for Stage and Screen, which provides information about audience impact and some key issues to consider when developing storylines that include either mental illness or suicide, as well as providing some contextual information about these issues.
Download a copy of the resource from Mindframe stage and screen.
Showcasing Diversity: Evaluating Community Cultural Development Projects
A handy kit, of four fact sheets and four case studies, to use when evaluating a CCD or community oriented project.
Showcasing Diversity is part of handy resource kit developed by CCDNSW. The kit includes: Breaking New Ground; Showcasing Diversity; Respect, Acknowledge, Listen; a CCDNSW flyer.
Download the Showcasing Diversity resource kit.
Toolkit for Arts Advocates
This is a guide to more effective advocacy and lobbying for anyone working with young people in the arts. It’s about:
- communicating the value of your work
- fostering stronger community support, and
- influencing funding decisions and government policy.
By following the steps in this kit you can find out how to • be more strategic, so you get a bigger bang for your efforts • express the value of the arts for young people in fresh and exciting ways to a range of audiences • increase support from governments, your community and the media • access more resources to help you in your quest • make it easier for the people who follow in your footsteps when you move on.
Download the toolkit from Young People and the Arts Australia.
