We are excited to announce the eight successful applicants who will be undertaking paid internships as part of Ripple, the Disability and Culturally Diverse Internship Program led by Accessible Arts and run in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and a range of arts, cultural and screen organisations across NSW and the ACT.

Congratulations to Phoebe Lupton, Cassandra Li, Monique Moate, Thuy Diem Mây Trần, Faye Chamberlain, Fi Peel, M. Sunflower and Marianthe Loucataris on being selected for a paid internship at a cultural organisation. 

Register now for our Advance Your Career session dedicated to upskilling artists and arts workers with disability or who are d/Deaf on generating Access Riders.

In this free online workshop, Michelle Teear will provide a practical overview of what an Access Rider is, how to write one, what to ask for and the kind of language to use. It will cover the rights of people with disability or who are d/Deaf, self-advocacy and negotiating reasonable adjustments.

Thanks to everyone who joined us in person or online for our Access Ideas and Insights panel – The Future of Art.

This expert panel featured leading artists and technologists Thea-Mai Baumann, Louise Zhang and Amy Mills. They discussed the many exciting ways we might create and engage with art and explored how artists and organisations are innovating access and inclusion with new technology.

If you missed this event or would like to watch it again, check out the accessible recordings.

Applications are now open for Ripple: Disability and Culturally Diverse Internship Program. 

This valuable program is a partnership between Accessible Arts, Diversity Arts Australia, and a range of arts and cultural organisations across NSW and the ACT. These paid internships will be in a variety of creative and technical areas such as marketing, curating, production, front of house, arts administration, public programs, writing, producing, and editing within music, visual arts, theatre and publishing.

The hilarious stand-up comedy show ‘Are You Pulling My Leg?’ is heading to Laycock Street Theatre on the Central Coast on Saturday 29 April.

Showcasing some of Australia’s funniest comedians with disability or chronic illness, this accessible comedy event boasts a hilarious line-up headlined by Sam Kissajukian and featuring Robyn Reynolds, Jamal Abdul and Alexandra Hudson, and will be hosted by award-winning comedian Madeleine Stewart.