Publications & Guides
Making The Journey: Arts and Disability in Australia
Making the Journey is about arts activities and people with disabilities. It offers 12 case studies as examples of approaches, issues and achievements in the Australian field of art and disability in recent years.
Making The Journey can be read onscreen.
REFERENCES
Author: Arts Access Australia
Partners: Australia Council for the Arts, Department of Family and Community Services
Published: 2005
ISBN/ISSN: 097513 230 X
Read Making the Journey online here (HTML version)
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Download Introduction (208k)
Download Opening Doors (788k)
Download Making a Difference (812k)
Download Make it New (703k)
Download Resources and Contacts (182k)
Disability Fact Pack
The Disability Fact Pack examines the legal and moral obligations for arts organisations in providing access to the arts and cultural activities for people with a disability.
It includes advice on strategies for improvement and references for further ideas and action.
REFERENCES
Author: Noelene Gration
Partners: Arts Access Australia, Australia Council for the Arts plus Arts ACT, Arts Queensland, Arts SA, Arts Victoria, Arts WA, NSW Ministry for the Arts (now Arts NSW), Department of Arts and Museums NT (now Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts)
Published: 1998
ISBN/ISSN: N/A
How To Guides
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes
Individuals and organisations who provide goods and services over the Internet need to think about how they make their websites accessible to people with disabilities. Through these Advisory Notes, the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is drawing attention to resources that will help authors and designers make their Worldwide Web documents accessible to the broadest possible audience. In these Notes HREOC provides advice about how web designers and website owners can avoid disability discrimination without sacrificing the richness and variety of communication offered by the Worldwide Web.
Accessing the Arts: A resource kit
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. Topics include: Disability Awareness, Disability Media Info, Exhibition Design, Marketing to Disability, Print & Publication, Ticketing & Seating, and Venue Access Audit.
While these checklists and information sheets are of great use it is highly recommended that a professional access consultant be used if you are making any structural or major building changes.
Access All Areas
Access All Areas is a practical guide for marketing the arts to people with disabilities. It demonstrates that access makes good marketing sense for arts organisations both small and large.
References
Author: Neridah Wyatt-Spratt, Pam Wyatt-Spratt
Partners: Arts Access Australia, Accessible Arts, Australia Council for the Arts
Published: 1999
ISBN/ISSN: 0 642 58806 6
Creative New Zealand in partnership with Arts Access Aotearoa has published Arts for All: opening doors to disabled people. This guide provides practical and long-term ways for artists and arts organisations to enhance their access, market their events to the disabled community and build new audiences.
Access for All is about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to enjoy and benefit from the full scope and experience of an arts event. This includes providing access to employment; representation in governance and decision making; programming work by disabled artists; programming arts activities involving disabled people as participants; providing physical access to art spaces; and marketing arts events to disabled audiences and gallery/museum visitors.
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A hard copy of Arts For All can be ordered from the Creative New Zealand website or email iona.mcnaughton@artsaccess.org.nz at Arts Access Aotearoa.
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