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Access Ideas and Insights: The Emerging Artists Toolkit

Access Ideas and Insights: The Emerging Artists Toolkit

Come to Chau Chak Wing Museum or join online as emerging and established artists share tips, resources and lived experience on navigating the arts industry. Learn about securing funding and building networks to creating accessible opportunities and imagining what’s next for emerging artists.

Speakers include artists Digby Webster and Ava Lacoon and Creative Producer Kate Matthews. This exciting panel event will be MC’d by Michael Dagostino.
ADNA Director Announcement

Inaugural Director Appointed to lead National Arts and Disability Network Australia

An exceptional disability arts leader has been appointed to establish Arts and Disability Network Australia (ADNA) — a landmark national initiative to drive greater inclusion, representation and leadership of Deaf and disabled people in the arts across the country.

Congratulations to Sarah-Mace Dennis on this exciting appointment. An interdisciplinary creative leader with two decades of international experience in the arts, education, screen and community engagement sectors, Sarah brings a powerful combination of artistic innovation, academic insight and lived experience of disability to the role.
Are You Pulling my Leg_Collage of 9 comedians headshots

The Laughter Continues with ‘Are You Pulling My Leg?’ touring NSW

The hilarious and accessible comedy show is touring to more venues across NSW in August and October. Showcasing some of Australia’s funniest comedians with disability or chronic illness, this raucous accessible comedy event boasts a line-up of award-winning performers with entertaining and uncensored insights.

MC’d by the fabulous Madeleine Stewart, the changing line-up will feature comedians including Alexandra Hudson, Jamal Abdul, Loz Booth, Elliot McLaren, Tom Elphick, Imaan Hadchiti, Irene Nicola and Sam Wade.
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Help create a more inclusive Arts Sector and Double Your Impact

The Accessible Arts Board is matching all donations made to Accessible Arts by 30 June 2025, up to $20,000.

Every dollar you donate goes directly towards enabling artists, arts workers and audiences with disability to have full, inclusive access to the arts sector. Your support is critical to the future of diverse arts practice in Australian culture.

Every little bit makes a big difference when it is doubled.

Donations over $2 are tax deductible.
2025 Createability Interns Announced

2025 Createability Internships Announced

Twelve talented interns are gearing up for exciting professional development internship roles with arts, screen and music organisations through the NSW Government’s Createability program, aimed to support the creative industries overcome the invisible barriers to employment for practitioners with disability.

Congratulations to Annidette Pun, Sarah Korte, Dominique Carr, Rose Pascoe, Tonya Lee, Emily White, Anna del Rosario, Inez Playford, Amy Bauder, Liliko’i Schneiders and Leila Harris.
Group photo of panellists from The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Theatre.

The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Theatre: Accessible Recordings

We recently presented an exciting Access Ideas and Insights event exploring The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Theatre. If you missed this event or would like to watch it again, you can access the recordings including captioned and Auslan interpreted versions.

Jules Orcullo, Ryan Enniss and Kylie Heart discussed how neurodivergent perspectives are reshaping theatre practices, processes and storytelling. This thought-provoking conversation was MC’d by Joanna Erskine.
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