Resources and contacts
ARTS ACCESS AUSTRALIA NETWORK
Arts Access Australia
www.artsaccessaustralia.org
Ph: 02 9251 6844
Fax: 02 9251 6422
Accessible Arts (NSW)
www.aarts.net.au
Ph: 02 9251 6499
Fax: 02 9251 6422
Arts Ability Officers (ACT)
Ph: 02 6247 1882
Fax: 02 6247 8859
Email: ddao@artsrec.org.au
Arts in Action (SA)
www.artsinaction.asn.au
Ph: 08 8224 0799
Fax: 08 8224 0709
Access Arts (QLD)
www.accessarts.org.au
Ph: 07 3358 6200
Fax: 07 3358 6211
Arts Action (TAS)
Ph: 03 6214 7633
Fax: 03 6214 7636
Email: ed@artsaccessaustralia.org
Arts Access Central Australia (NT)
c/- InCite Youth Arts
Ph/Fax: 08 8952 6338
Email: inciteya@ozemail.com.au
Arts Access Darwin (NT)
c/- Browns Mart Community Arts
Ph: 08 8981 5522
Fax: 08 8941 3222
Email: mail@brownsmart.com.au
DADAA WA
Ph: 08 9430 6616
Fax: 08 9336 4008
Email: arts@dadaawa.asn.au
Arts Access (VIC)
www.artsaccess.com.au
Ph: 03 9699 8299
Fax: 03 9699 8868
TTY: 03 9699 7636
EASE Ticket Service Ph: 03 9699 8497
FEATURED ORGANISATIONS
Display Workshop -- Kimberley TAFE, Broome Campus
www.kimberley.tafe.wa.edu.au
Ph: 08 9192 9100
Fax: 08 9192 9111
Ignition Theatre Training
www.nmit.vic.edu.au
Ph: 03 9269 1656
Open Art ACT -- Belconnen Community Centre
www.belcomserv.com.au/belconnen_community_centre.html
Ph: 02 6253 1166
Adelaide Festival Centre
www.afct.org.au
Ph: 08 8216 8600
Mwerre Anthurre / Bindi Centa Art
Ph: 08 8952 7277
Fax: 08 8952 3747
Email: artscoordinator@bindicentasales.com
Arts Roar
Ph: 03 6343 3467
Email: artsroar@fastmail.fm
Nymagee Outback Music Festival
www.geocities.com/nymageefestival
Ph: 02 6837 3667
Bunker Cartoon Gallery
Ph: 02 6651 7343
Fax: 02 6650 0908
Email: bunkergallery@bigpond.com
Back to Back Theatre
www.backtobacktheatre.com
Ph: 03 5221 2029
Fax: 03 5229 0525
Restless Dance Company
www.restlessdance.org
Ph: 08 8212 8495
Fax: 08 8212 4450
Pinnacles Gallery
Ph: 07 4773 8437
Fax: 07 4773 8608
Email: pinnacles@thuringowa.qld.gov.au
Tutti Ensemble Inc.
www.tutti.org.au
Email: tuttiensemble@tutti.org.au
ARTS AND DISABILITY RESOURCES : AUSTRALIA
ARTS ORGANISATIONS AND FESTIVALS
Arts Project Australia
www.artsproject.org.au
Workshops, exhibitions and development for visual artists with an intellectual disability. Based in Victoria.
Ph: 03 9482 4482
Fax: 03 9482 1852
Australian Theatre of the Deaf (ATOD)
www.ozdeaftheatre.com
Ph: 02 9310 1255
Fax: 02 9318 2835
TTY: 02 9310 1205
Awakenings Festival
http://awakenings.horsham.net.au
Regional arts and disability festival held in Horsham, Victoria.
Ph: 03 5362 4006
Fax: 03 5382 1566
Community Cultural Development in Australia
www.ccd.net
National website for community cultural development.
National Arts and Culture Alliance (NACA)
www.naca.org.au
National coalition of individuals, organisations, agencies and community groups involved in the areas of community cultural development and community arts.
ONLINE INFORMATION KITS AND IDEAS
Access All Areas
www.ozco.gov.au/artsResources.aspx
Type Access All Areas in the Resource Finder box. This guide is intended to be practical, covering actions which are within reach of arts organisations, especially marketing officers and their departments.
Accessing the Arts Kit
www.artsaccessaustralia.org/accessingkit.htm
This information resource, developed by Accessible Arts NSW, provides information on all aspects of improving access to cultural venues and events.
Companion Card
www.companioncard.org.au/cc/index.htm
Promoting the right of people with a disability who require a companion to fair ticketing at Victorian events and venues. Also being implemented in other states.
Disability Fact Pack
www.ozco.gov.au/artsResources.aspx
Type Disability Fact Pack in the Resource Finder box. An overview of the Disability Discrimination Act and an outline of issues for arts organisations regarding people with disabilities.
Fuel4arts
www.fuel4arts.com
Free audience and market development tools and ideas for professional arts marketers and artists.
Web Access Guidelines
www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/standards/www_3/www_3.html
Guidelines for providing accessible online design.
ARTS AND DISABILITY FUNDING
Commonwealth Grants
www.grantslink.gov.au
Searchable site of community grants that includes the Australia Council, Regional Arts Fund, Department of Communication Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) and also picks up links to state and territory arts-funding agencies.
Australia Council for the Arts
www.ozco.gov.au
The Australia Council is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body.
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
www.dcita.gov.au
Programs, activities, networks and grants related to the arts in Australia.
Department of Family and Community Services
www.facs.gov.au
FaCS is responsible for social policies and support affecting Australian society and the living standards of Australian families.
Department of Health and Ageing
www.health.gov.au
The Department seeks to provide better health and healthy ageing for all Australians. The site contains links through to state and territory government health agencies.
Our Community
www.ourcommunity.com.au/funding/grant_main.jsp
Publishes the monthly Easy Grants newsletter.
Regional Arts Australia
www.regionalarts.com.au
Federation of state and territory agencies who administer the Regional Arts Fund.
Philanthropy Australia
www.philanthropy.org.au
The national membership organisation for grantmaking trusts and foundations.
Australian Business Arts Foundation
www.abaf.org.au
Connects business, the arts, donors and foundations through three programs -- Partnering, Volunteering and Giving.
DISABILITY ADVOCACY AND RESOURCES
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights
Disability rights information.
Commonwealth Disability Strategy
www.facs.gov.au/disability/cds/index.htm
Information about this government strategy.
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
www.afdo.org.au
People With Disabilities Australia
www.pwd.org.au
Carers Australia
www.carersaustralia.com.au
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
www.neda.org.au
National Indigenous Disability Network
Ros Sackley Ph: 0422 918 384
NICAN
www.nican.com.au
Information on recreation, tourism, sport and the arts for people with disabilities.
Way With Words
www.disability.qld.gov.au/publications/waywithwords.pdf
Guidelines for the portrayal of people with disabilities
COMPANIES PROVIDING EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES
Access Audits Australia
www.accessauditsaustralia.com.au
Accredited professionals who provide access audits, plus training, presentations and advice about disability awareness for companies, government departments and local councils.
Independent Living Centres
www.ilcaustralia.org
Click on Product Searce. Choose a State. Recreation, Art & Craft Equipment. Services and products for people with a disability, including adaptive arts and craft materials.
Technical Aid to the Disabled
www.technicalaidnsw.org.au
Offers custom-designed aids where no commercial products are available.
Adapted Recreation & Sporting Equipment
www.smartarts.net.au/agedcare
Games, publications and products to assist people with a disability and the aged.
Salubrious Productions: Artists with Ability
www.salubriousproductions.com
Brisbane-based entertainment and production agency representing a diverse range of artists and entertainers.
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Freedom to Move: Dance and Movement for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Available from McClennan & Petty Publishers.
Ph: 02 9349 5811
www.bookshop.unsw.edu.au/publichealth/ph_dis.html
Accessible TheatreSports: A Book of Drama Improvisation Ideas
www.aarts.net.au
Click on Resources
Ph: 02 9251 6499
Positive Negative: Writings on Integrated Dance
www.aarts.net.au
Click on Resources
Ph: 02 9251 6499
Bridging Pathways
http://165.12.253.219/publications/publication.asp?qsID=685
The Department of Education, Science and Training's national educational strategy for people with disabilities. This link is to the revised blueprint for implementation.
ARTS AND DISABILITY RESOURCES : INTERNATIONAL
World Health Organisation
www.who.int/classifications/icf/en
The World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (abbreviated as 'ICF') provides a conceptual basis for the definition, measurement and policy formulations for health and disability.
UNITED KINGDOM
Arts Council of England
www.artscouncil.org.uk
Enter 'disability' as a search term.
Disability Arts Online
www.disabilityarts.org
Regular features and news on disabled artists.
National Disability Arts Forum
www.ndaf.org
Useful links and a regular newsletter.
New Audiences
www.newaudiences.org.uk
Enter 'disability' as a search term.
UNITED STATES
Very Special Arts
www.vsarts.org
An international arts and disability organisation with a network of affiliates
worldwide - including Arts Access Australia.
National Endowment for the Arts - Accessibility
www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility
Useful information and resources.
National Institute for Arts and Disability
www.niadart.org
National Arts and Disability Center
www.nadc.ucla.edu
Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts
www.kennedy-center.org/accessibility
Coordinates the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference.
Raw Vision -- Outsider Art
www.rawvision.com
Smithsonian Institute
www.si.edu/opa/accessibility/exdesign
Accessibility guidelines for museums and galleries.
Centre for Universal Design
www.design.ncsu.edu/cud
Universal Access Symbols
www.gag.org/resources/das.php
NEW ZEALAND
Arts Access Aotearoa
www.artsaccess.org.nz
Communities with limited access to the arts including people with disabilities.
International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers
www.igodap.org
Artists and performers who identify as being disabled or having a disability.
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