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What's On :: 2010

Penrith :: Current on the Ground (Toolkit Workshop)

A practical workshop to impart valuable ‘tools’ and processes to creatively engage with communities. The workshop will be facilitated by Margie Breen, Accessible Arts and the Mixed Abilities Ensemble (PYT) featuring inclusive practice and techniques.

RSVP by 5pm Thursday 25th June

When: Monday 29th June 2009, 1:00 – 4:00pm

Where: Orchestral Room, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, 597 High Street, Penrith

Who: Artists, community artists, community development workers, social workers, local cultural organisations, carers, students, volunteers.

Cost: FREE

Contact: For further information contact Cali Vandyk-Dunlevy, Cultural Development Officer Local, on tel: (02) 4732 8098 or email cvandyk-dunlevy@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au

Website: Download the Toolkit workshops series flyer from the website. http://www.penrithcity.ns w.gov.au/index.asp?id=5142

Access: Accessible venue and toilets. Accessible parking is available in the Penrith City Council parking adjacent to the centre. Visit the website for more access information.

Bankstown :: Disability Awareness & the Arts

Are you an artist, arts tutor, arts administrator, community worker running an arts program or setting up a community event?

Come and participate in this free practical workshop to increase your awareness about disability in a social context, barriers to participation for people with disability and developing practical strategies to use in your work context.

The workshop will be facilitated by Accessible Arts and is being financially supported by Bankstown City Council.

Morning Tea will be provided for everyone that comes along.

The workshop will be free of charge but registrations necessary. Limited places only. To register, please call (02) 9707 9989 by 27 April 2009.

When: Wednesday 29 April 2009, 9.30 am – 1.30 pm

Where: Lansdowne Room, Bankstown Town Hall

Who: Available only to people living and working in South West Sydney.

Contact: For further information contact Vandana Ram, Cultural Development Co-ordinator, Bankstown City Council on tel: (02) 9707 9989.

Access: Accessible venue & toilet.

Cost: FREE

Hip Hop takes over Youth Week

Hip hop workshops at Powerhouse Youth Theatre, photo courtesy Alison Richardson

Twelve hip hoppers have been working at Powerhouse Youth Theatre alongside Aussie B-Boy Morganics to create an original song to be performed at two of Western Sydney’s biggest Youth Week festivals, The Burbs in Blacktown & Bring It On! in Fairfield. Taking place on the weekend of Saturday 4 April and Sunday 5 April, hundreds of young people will experience live acts, performances, competitions and lots more. Accessible Arts Creative Programs Coordinator, Alison Richardson says “It is a fantastic opportunity for the group to be performing on the hip hop stage at these two huge Western Sydney events and is a great way to expose to the wider public the talents of these guys.” This project is the beginning of a more extensive hip hop program planned for the future.

For more information about the gigs or becoming involved contact Alison Richardson on tel: 9251 6499 (ext 5) or email: arichardson@aarts.net.au or Claudia Chidiac on tel: 9724 6077 or email: claudia@pyt.com.au.

Film shoot looking for assistants

'Be My Brother' film shoot 2008, photo courtesy Alison Richardson.

Accessible Arts and filmmaker Genevieve Clay are looking for people who identify as having a disability to assist and be mentored on a range of roles for a new short film, Francis & Annie.

Genevieve recently directed the short film, Be My Brother which took first place at this years Tropfest and featured Gerard O’Dwyer who won Best Actor for his role in the film. One of the other notable successes of Be My Brother was that it involved people of all abilities behind the scenes who had been involved in Accessible Arts Western Sydney’s creative programs.

Francis & Annie is funded through MetroScreen’s Raw Nerve Initiative and explores what is perceived to be tragic. It stars Tracie Sammut who is a member of Powerhouse Youth Theatre’s Mixed Abilities Ensemble and who has also appeared in the feature film, Clubland and TV series All Saints, GP and House Gang. Mentors on ‘Francis & Annie’ will include director/writer/actor Craig Anderson (Double the Fist, Life in a Datsun, Review with Myles Barlow), producer Eleanor Winkler (Be My Brother, Motherfish) & cinematographer Jules O’Loughlin (Kokoda & September).

Applicants must be available Saturday May 23rd & Sunday May 24th and be able to get to North Sydney.

To express you interest please contact Alison Richardson on tel: 9251 6499 (ext 5).

Come & Try Day in Fairfield :: 28 Feb 2009

Leisure Links would like to hear from young people living with a disability. Do yo like the arts? What type of art do you like? If you could learn about the arts, what would you like to learn?

Leisure Links, a program of the Spastic Centre of NSW, invites you to participate in an exciting day of inclusive creative workshops that give participants a taste of the arts.

Come and Try Day is a new initiative of The Spastic Centre, and designed so you , the participant, can experience a range of creative activities and then tell us what activities you want more of at your centre.

The workshops are co-presented by Powerhouse Youth Theatre (PYT) and Accessible Arts, organisations that specialise in accessible creative opportunities for all.

Leisure Links provides weekend, holiday and/or evening programs for people with disability, where they can spend some time with their peers in age appropriate creative, recreation and leisure activities.

Workshops to be run in the following areas:

Electronic Music Making with Toy Death
Acting for screen
Movement
Theatre production

When: Saturday 28 February 2009

Where: Powerhouse Youth Theatre, 19 Harris St Fairfield

Who: For young people 12-25 years.

Contact: To register contact Linda Mitchell tel: (02) 9757 4322 / 0416 193 145 Email: lmitchell@tscnsw.org.au OR Pam Garcia tel: (02) 9757 4322 / 0419 633 455 Email: pgarcia@scnsw.org.au

Access: Accessible venue & toilets

Cost: FREE

Creative Programs and Events for 2008

Hello Folks!! Accessible Arts Western Sydney have just finished planning for the year and would like to let you know about some of the exciting programs we have install for 2008.

Apprenticeship Training Program
Firstly, a brief update on the Apprenticeship Training Program in live production, theatre and events. Now in its second term, the ATP started the year off with a bang – our fantastic tutor Don had the trainees operating coloured lights, smoke machines and sound equipment. We look forward to another action packed term working alongside Julius Media and Parramatta Riverside Theatre. Alison Richardson, Creative Programs Coordinator, is already on the look out for possible job opportunities and further work experience for the trainees and will be encouraging them to get involved as volunteers at several Western Sydney youth events during Youth Week in April of this year. These guys are going to hot property once the course is completed in July!

Mixed Abilities Ensemble Training Program
Accessible Arts has partnered up with Powerhouse Youth Theatre in Fairfield to develop a Mixed Abilities Ensemble (MAE) training program. This program grew out of the need for more skills development opportunities in the performing arts for people with a disability and will provide an integrated, supportive and professional environment – the first of its kind! Participants will work with highly experienced tutors, Angela Hill, Aimee Falzon and Claudia Chidiac to develop skills in movement, voice, performance and theatre making. It will be held over the course of 15 weeks on Saturdays at the Cabravale Leisure Centre, Cabramatta and is open to people with and without a disability. To register your interest contact Claudia on 02 9724 6077 or claudia@pyt.com.au. Enrolments close Tuesday March 25th.

Downlaod the Mix Abilities Ensemble Flyer [PDF]

Open Program
The Open Program will engage three arts centres in Western Sydney to host a ten-week program in three different arts forms.

Outreach Workshops
A series of Outreach Workshops hopefully using the Special Access Kit and a tutor going into a disability service for a free one off workshop.

Online Resource Kit
An Online Resource Kit will be developed to document part of the Mixed Abilities Ensemble training program and will present a series of case studies of performing arts programs and events.

Arts & Disability Forum
In October, Accessible Arts will be conducting an Arts & Disability Forum in Western Sydney focusing on key issues and areas of interest within the sector. A fantastic learning and networking opportunity, this forum will be of interest to people working within the arts and/or disability sector as well as local government. If there is a topic or area of interest that you would like to see covered at the forum, please let us know about it. You can contact Jennifer Teo, Strategic Initiatives Coordinator on 02 9251 6499 (ext 7) or email jteo@aarts.net.au.

Opportunities :: Apprenticeship Training Program

Ever wanted to know what happens behind the scenes of a theatre production, event or festival? Have an interest in sound, lighting and multi media operation? If this sounds like you then get involved in Accessible Arts’ Apprenticeship Training Program!

WHY THIS COURSE?
Julius Media are specialists in entertainment technology with an excellent track record in training people for career outcome and/or experience working on community events. Julius Media are very well connected in the industry and are the only organisation in NSW that offer this kind of training.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?
Hands on experience in an accessible training venue in Parramatta. The course is a mixture of practical and theory, but the emphasis is on training you on up to date equipment in a supportive, friendly and fun learning environment. Course content includes how to safely operate & set up sound, lighting and multi media equipment for theatre and events and work effectively as part of a team. Upon completion of the course you will be introduced to several Western Sydney arts organisations that may provide possible voluntary or paid work experience in either events, music & youth festivals, theatre productions & gallery exhibitions.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
The Apprenticeship Training Program is geared specifically towards people with a disability. You must be over 18 and have a strong desire to be involved in the Entertainment Industry either as a volunteer, apprentice, paid worker or to gain further experience. You must be committed to the full duration of the course.

QUALIFICATION:
CUE 20103 Certificate II in Live Production, Theatre and Events. This qualification is received upon adequate completion of all units of the course.

DATES & TIMES:
The Apprenticeship Training Program runs for 30 weeks over 3 terms.
Term 1: Tuesday October 16th – Tuesday 18 December 2007
Term 2: Tuesday February 5th – Tuesday 8 April 2008
Term 3: Tuesday April 29th – Tuesday 1 July 2008
Each workshop runs from 10am- 1pm.

COST:
The course is heavily subsided by Accessible Arts however there is a one off joining fee of $50 to be paid upon commencement of the course.

VENUE:
Parramatta Riverside Theatre (Corner of Market and Church Streets).

ENROL NOW PLACES ARE LIMITED!
Enrolment closes Monday October 8th, 2007. For further information on the Apprenticeship Training Program or to obtain an enrolment form please contact Alison Richardson on 9251- 6499 (ext 112) or email at arichardson@aarts.net.au

Further information on Accessible Arts can be found at www.aarts.net.au and further information on Julius Media can be found at www.juliusmedia.com.

Opportunities :: Outreach Workshops hit the Blue Mountains!

Accessible Arts has partnered with Information & Cultural Exchange to deliver a series of six workshops in sound and image collection.

The workshops were delivered by a sound artist and photographer, and explore the themes of ‘space’ and ‘place’ with various special schools, support units, day programs and accommodation services across the Hawkesbury, Penrith and Blue Mountains region. The groups have captured and recorded some great moments with highlights being eating chips by the Hawkesbury river, visiting the rooms of 8 residents at Cherrywood Accommodation Service and visiting the bushland surroundings of Katoomba.

For more information on how your service could be involved in the Outreach Workshops please contact Alison Richardson

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What's On :: 2010

Penrith :: Current on the Ground (Toolkit Workshop)

Bankstown :: Disability Awareness & the Arts

Hip Hop takes over Youth Week

Film shoot looking for assistants

Come & Try Day in Fairfield :: 28 Feb 2009

Workshops to be run in the following areas:

Creative Programs and Events for 2008

Opportunities :: Apprenticeship Training Program

Opportunities :: Outreach Workshops hit the Blue Mountains!