Jobs and Opportunities

Accessible Arts is committed to advancing opportunities for people with disability or who are d/Deaf to develop and sustain professional careers in the arts.

Arts practitioners with disability or who are d/Deaf are encouraged to apply for the below positions and opportunities. The organisations listed have demonstrated a commitment to provide access where possible.

Songsmiths Songwriting Program

Expressions of Interest are now open for our exciting new initiative – Songsmiths: a program for songwriters who are d/Deaf or disabled. 

Resulting from an extensive disability-led co-design process, the Songsmiths program provides a new collective space for d/Deaf and disabled artists to collaborate and create music, with a focus on self-determination, mentorship and creative access.  

Up to twelve (12) people will be selected for this paid opportunity, which aims to initiate fruitful creative connections between d/Deaf and disabled songwriters in order to strengthen craft, build resilience and increase industry knowledge. Songwriters at all career stages with disability or who are d/Deaf are encouraged to apply. 

Songsmiths will take place both in person and online and will cover every stage in the creation, recording and releasing of a song.

Applications close Sunday 8 February 2026

Arts and Disability Network Australia

Arts and Disability Network Australia (ADNA) currently has the following opportunites available for d/Deaf and disabled artists, designers and screen practitioners:

  • Commission for a design collective or agency with lived experience of disability to develop ADNA Channel — a new digital platform showcasing the beauty and depth of arts and disability culture and practice across Australia. Expressions of Interest close Thursday 18 December at 10am. Click here for details.
  • Commission for an artist/ filmmaker with lived experience of disability to create a new digital video celebrating the diversity, experience and talent of Australia’s d/Deaf and disabled artists and screen practitioners. Expressions of Interest close Thursday 18 December at 10am. Click here for details.
  • ADNA are inviting artists with lived experience of disability to submit an image to be included on a postcard promoting ADNA’s website and social media handles. Submissions close Friday 19 December at 10am. Click here for details.
  • ADNA are inviting artists and screen practitioners with lived experience of disability to submit photographs that celebrate the richness of Australia’s disability arts and culture. Submissions close Friday 19 December at 10am. Click here for details.

Online Art Friends Project – Musical Opportunity

Creatives Collective are looking to play the work of musical artists with disability during the creative part of the meeting as background music while people work. They will be paying $5 per play per work. A maximum of 10 songs/pieces will be played each month (mixed artists). Details of the songs played will be available to people attending Online Art Friends and in the marketing material each month.

Showcast – Casting Opportunities

The Casting Guild of Australia together with Showcast have launched a free professional tool aimed to increase the representation of performers with disability or who are d/Deaf by showcasing the pool of talent to industry professionals. The dedicated platform will be hosted on Showcast’s website and be made available to national casting directors, agents and producers, and include self-taped video footage of individual performers, as well as a headshots and CVs.

If you have a job or an opportunity you wish to be considered for promoting on this webpage, please email info@aarts.net.au.

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