Accessible Arts / arts + disability NSW

Getting a job in the arts has always been highly competitive, but pathways do exist for people with disability and the key is participating in arts projects as often as possible, to gain skills and experience that match the needs of arts organisations.

After six years of support from Accessible Arts and Sydney Dance Company, Accessible Dance classes will be managed by an independant dance practitioner with a passion for using dance and movement to work with people from all groups and backgrounds.

A disability service in the eastern suburbs of Sydney has registered more than half of its Day Service staff to attend the Arts Activated National Conference at the Powerhouse Museum in March 2010. Eleven staff from Miroma will attend the conference as part of their staff development and general training.

Powerhouse Youth Theatre’s dynamic partnership with Accessible Arts continues to deliver projects and resources in the Western Sydney area and beyond, including developing strategies to improve inclusion within school holiday performance programs and producing online resources for integrated performance settings.

Call Out : Entries close 1 Mar 10 : International : The Other Film Festival is now accepting entries for the 2010 festival. The festival screens films made by, with or about people with a disability.

Classes : Sydney : Every Saturday : Accessible Dance is for people with a moderate intellectual disability over the age of 16.

Workshops : Penrith : 12 Feb - 25 Jun 10 : Studio Q is offering two exciting inclusive workshops in 2010 including the popular Shadow Puppetry workshop and an Acting workshop.

Workshop : Carlton : 5 Feb - 28 Mar 10 : Body Lines is a movement and theatre workshop specifically for young people with a disability.

Festival : Chippendale : 12 Feb 10 : Celebrate the creative potential of young people and breakdown the stigmas associated with mental health experiences.

National media pioneer and founder of CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association) John Macumba, joins key speakers at the Arts Activated National Conference to present an indigenous perspective on arts, access and excellence.

An innovative project for musicians with mixed abilities will use sound to explore new realms of possibility in a place free of social and physical barriers.

An organisation in the ACT that provides a broad range of accessible music programs has won the Music Council of Australia’s national Music in Communities Award.

The State Government’s Country Arts Support Program (CASP) provides small grants to arts and community organisations in regional NSW for locally initiated projects.

Regional Arts Australia has released its goals for the next five years after completing a national consultation across the country.