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Accessible Arts and SoundHouse VectorLab, Powerhouse Museum, presented a practical demonstration on the creative application of accessible technology utilising the Special Access Kit at the Making Links conference in Sydney. Jennifer Teo and Finn O’Keefe delivered the demonstration and encouraged audience participation. Making Links is a conference that seeks to engage interested people, organisations  On 7 November, Bankstown City Council invited the disability community to a free workshop day at Chester Hill Community Centre where people with a disability, carers and service providers, can try different creative activities.  A series of workshops in sound and image collection with various special schools, support units, day programs and accommodation services in the Hawkesbury, Penrith and Blue Mountains region.  For Carers Week Accessible Arts presented a digital storytelling demonstration to indigenous carers at the Cabravale Leisure Centre (Cabramatta) and to AFFORD carers at their Centre in Canley Vale.  We received a lot more applications for the Apprenticeship Training Program than there were spots. The lucky thirteen participants arrived on Tuesday 16 October to Parramatta Riverside Theatre to begin their training on how to be a crew member for theatre, productions and events.  Interactive and immersive digital art forms offer an enormous potential as inclusive and accessible practices. This panel of artists and facilitators will explore these ideas and look at accessibility issues in the field of electronic arts.  My Space, My Place began in early 2006 and has been one mighty project consisting of over 50 people from various disability services across Western Sydney in many forms of art making. This is the final stage consisting of a half hour theatre performance and a multimedia exhibition.  The Apprenticeship Training Program is a unique partnership between Accessible Arts & Julius Media, a college specialising in Entertainment Technical Training, and is the only one of its kind in Australia. |
 
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