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Arts and Disability Peak Organisations in Australia
National
Arts Access Australia
Arts Access Australia is the national peak body of State and Territory arts and disability organisations working to increase access and participation in the arts for the one in five Australians with a disability.
Contact
Tel: 02 9518 0561
Fax: 02 9560 9035
Email: ed@artsaccessaustralia.org
Website: www.artsaccessaustralia.org
New South Wales
Accessible Arts
Accessible Arts is the peak arts and disability organisation across New South Wales.
Contact
Tel: 02 9251 6499
Fax: 02 9251 6422
Email: info@aarts.net.au
Website: www.aarts.net.au
Victoria
Arts Access
Arts Access provides access to arts and cultural activity for people who are disadvantaged, including people with a disability.
Contact
Tel: 03 9699 8299
TTY: 03 9699 7636
Fax: 03 9699 8868
Email: info@artsaccess.com.au
Website: www.artsaccess.com.au
Queensland
Access Arts
Access Arts Queensland is the peak body working with artists, cultural workers and their communities across Queensland.
Contact
Tel: 07 3358 6200
Fax: 07 3358 6211
Email: info@accessarts.org.au
Website: www.accessarts.org.au
South Australia
Arts Access SA
Arts Access SA (AASA) is a key service organisation for arts and disability in South Australia.
Contact
Tel: 08 8224 0799
Fax: 08 8224 0709
Email: info@artsaccess-sa.org.au
Website: www.artsaccess-sa.org.au
Western Australia
Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Western Australia
Primary Arts and Disability infrastructure in WA, providing cultural access to over 2000 West Australians with disabilities and or mental illness per year.
Contact
Tel: 08 9430 6616
Fax: 08 9336 4008
Email: arts@dadaawa.asn.au
Website: www.dadaawa.org.au
Australian Capital Territory
Art Ability
Art Ability ACT is the peak arts and disability organisation in the ACT. Art Ability ACT is a source of information and advice for artists with disabilities living and working in the ACT.
Contact
Tel: 02 6247 1882
Fax: 02 6247 8859
Email: DDAO@artsrec.org.au
Website: none
Tasmania
Arts Action Tasmania
Arts Action is the statewide body in Tasmania with responsibility for information exchange, lobbying and policy development in arts and disability.
Contact
Tel: 03 6214 7634
Fax: 03 6214 7636
Email: MTaylor@gcc.tas.gov.au
Website: none
Northern Territory
Arts Access Darwin
Arts Access Darwin works in the greater Darwin area to improve access to the arts for people with disabilities.
Contact
Tel: 08 8981 5522
Fax 08 8941 3222
Email: mail@brownsmart.com.au
Website: none
Central Australia
Arts Access Central Australia
Arts Access Central Australia is working in Alice Springs to improve access to the arts for people with disabilities.
Contact
Tel: 08 8952 6338
Email: monikam@bigpond.net.au
Website: none
NSW Regional Arts
Regional Arts Australia - Contains information and tools for people involved as artists and arts workers in regional Australia.
Regional Arts NSW - The peak body for the arts and community cultural development in regional and rural NSW.
Legal Advice for Arts Organisations & Artists
Arts Law Centre of Australia - The national community legal centre for the arts. The site provides information on legal issues for artists and arts organisations.
Funding
Australian Government GrantLINK
Arts NSW
Australia Council for the Arts
http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/
Regional Arts NSW
http://www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/
Department of Human Services - Ageing, Disability and Home Care NSW (ADHC)
Philanthropy Australia
Our Community
Community Builders
http://communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au
A Guide to Community Grants
http://aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/spgrants.htm
NSW Department of Local Government
http://dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_home.asp