About Us
Accessible Arts is the peak arts and disability organisation across New South Wales.
Accessible Arts promotes and provides opportunities for people with disabilities to participate in arts and cultural activities either as audience members; through attending galleries, theatres, museums and festivals; or as particpants in art, drama, music, dance and multimedia activities; and by developing as professional artists.
Our Vision
A society in which people with disabilities fully experience and participate in the arts and cultural life.
Our Mission
To promote full inclusion, access and cultural opportunities in the arts for people with disabilities through advocacy, education and information.
Our Business
We are in the business of arts and disability and work towards providing the following services across NSW:
- Expanding Audience Development by acting as a consultant to the arts and disability sectors to assist them with access, marketing strategies and significant initiatives
- Supporting people with disabilities who want to become professional artists by creating supportive environments in which artists can develop their arts practice and gain business skills
- Training arts workers who wish to work with artists with disabilities
- Developing opportunities for people with disabilities to express their creativity
- Giving voice to the lived experience of disability by providing a forum for work produced for and by people with disabilities and about disability
Our Services
Our key services include Training, Audience Development and Information.
- Arts Development
Accessible Arts provides professional assistance to organisations and individuals in the arts and disability sectors working to establish or improve programs that enable people with disabilities to develop their creative potential. - Audience Development
We act as a consultant to arts organisations to assist them with making their venue and services more suitable for people with disabilities. - Training
We provide a TAFE accredited Disability Awareness and Access Training program for arts organisations and arts workers. - Information
We provide information through our inquiry service, monthly bulletin, website and library to individuals and organisations in the disability and the arts sectors.