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25.01.2022 Queensland Mental Health Week is an opportunity to bring communities together, reach out to those who need support, and shine a spotlight on the things we can all do to support mental health. The Take Time, Make Time. workshops have been developed to explore mental health challenges.

25.01.2022 Happy Father's Day to all the dads, granddads, stepdads and father figures in all our lives. Today we're sharing this story from Brian, whose son Alex was able to find a voice through song

25.01.2022 Proudly supported by Access Arts - The Sync Australia Online Leadership Program is open now. This fantastic opportunity is available to eight emerging and established arts leaders with disability or who are Deaf, from anywhere in Australia. Apply now! https://bit.ly/SyncAus... [Image description: A white tile with five people's faces in circular frames and the Sync logo. Below this is text that reads: Applications now open.]

24.01.2022 Proud to offer our support for this fantastic event! The BlakDance #Minjerribah Dance Lab brings together 11 contemporary dance practitioners living on and/or culturally connected to Quandamooka, Waka Waka, Kabi Kabi, Yugambeh, Kombumerri, Bundjalung, Yuggera, Turrbal, Badtjala or Jinibara Countries. The lab aims to build relationships between dance practitioners and communities and fuel cultural exchange through dance. The Lab encourages innovation and experimentation of movement and dance styles to seed new ideas and collaborations. It has been delivered as part of Creative Alliance Queensland's Regional Arts Services Network - RASN Program in South East Queensland North which is funded by Arts Queensland and has also been supported by Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation and City of Gold Coast.

23.01.2022 Our 2018 Access Arts Achievement Award Winner Carol Taylor artist has been included in a new exhibition at Tuggeranong Arts Centre. Her line of functional (and fantastic) clothing, MeQ Designs, is among 55 pieces in the exhibition focused on exploring and breaking down barriers between design and disability.

20.01.2022 We love a sneak peek! @Lauren Watson won the Access Arts Achievement Award in 2019, check out the trailer for her work Nerve - the full production is due to be released online this December.

20.01.2022 Did you join us for Undercover Artist:Online in December 2020? Re-live a sneak peek into the inner workings of Queensland’s most exciting performing arts and disability festival, check out the playlist here: http://bit.ly/37oy0jq [Image description: Screenshot of Jackie Marshall's video performance. Jackie is in the centre of the image wearing a long leopard print dress, seated on a stool with a guitar on her lap. There is a microphone in front of here. In the top left hand corner is an Auslan interpreter.]

20.01.2022 A sneak peek at the St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital Exhibition installation process. Our Artists' work has added a splash of colour to the corridors for patients and staff. For everyone else, you can view the artworks here: http://accessarts.org.au/news/st-andrews-dreams-exhibition/

19.01.2022 Unfortunately MC Wheels is unwell and no longer able perform at Closing Night Concert - Undercover Artist Festival We're still planning to go out with a bang, with Aspy Jones now performing an extended set

19.01.2022 Low sensory school holiday viewing at Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art 'European Masterpieces' & 'The Gifting Tree' 8.309.30am, Tue 21 Sep

19.01.2022 Access Arts SAFE Grants are one-off funding opportunities for emerging and professional artists with disability living in Queensland, and you can apply all-year-round! Find out more about our SAFE Grants here: http://accessarts.org.au/what-we-do-to-he/grants/safe-fund/ [Image description: Images of previous SAFE Grant winners Allycia and Alexandra. The left image is Allycia Staples on stage mid-dance routine. She has short red hair with a pink bow, and is wearing black pants and a black and white t-shirt. The right image is Alexandra Ellen. She is seated and pictured from the hips up, holding a piece of paper in one hand and gesturing with the other. She is wearing dark clothing and has shoulder length brown hair.

17.01.2022 Applications are now open for the Access Arts Achievement Award! If you’re a local creative with a disability, and have a great project idea, now is the time to get your application started. For more info, head to http://accessarts.org.au//g/access-arts-achievement-award/ [Image description: Background is white with a red and yellow watercolour splash. Red text says: Applications open. In the bottom left corner is a circular frame with a photo of three people; Tim Brown (Access Arts Arts Manager), Lauren Watson (last year's Achievement Award winner) and Pat Swell (Access Arts CEO)]

16.01.2022 Tickets are now on sale to Australia's leading forum on arts, culture and disability, Arts Access Australia' Meeting Place! This year the program will be centred around the theme of 'Creating Space', and will take place entirely online on 15 & 16 September. Auslan-interpreted, live captioned and audio-described, this specially curated disability-led program will showcase national and international speakers across a dynamic mix of panel discussions, keynote speakers, artistic showcases and interactive sessions. Sessions will be delivered zia Zoom and available live or on-demand, where possible.

14.01.2022 3 cheers for 3 Worlds [Image description: the Access Arts performing arts ensemble gathered together onstage for a photo.]

14.01.2022 Our Tuesday Performing Arts workshop - taking up space and making shapes as they share their stories.

13.01.2022 Calling all artists, arts workers & producers with a disability in Queensland - Applications for the $10,000 Access Arts Achievement Award are now open. If you’re looking to: Create Develop... Present Produce Exhibit Tour your work, click the link below and get started. https://bit.ly/2lE3yMV

12.01.2022 La Boite Theatre's HWY Program is back for 2020! Join circus and physical theatre performer, Sarah Houbolt, in collaboration with Brenden Borellini (Artist in Residence, Crossroad Arts) for this full day workshop in multisensory theatre-making. Participants will be guided through the theory and practice of using the senses and access tools, like audio description, to open up possibility in both process and product.

12.01.2022 Time is running out to apply for the Sync Australia Online Leadership Program! Applications close Monday 11 October do not miss out: https://bit.ly/2XMsGEE [Image description: A white promo tile with logos and text that reads: Applications Close 11 October.]

12.01.2022 LIVEWORKS 2021 FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ART is here! Happening from 20-24 Oct, the all-digital festival and Access Program is designed to offer an inclusive experience to everyone. Featuring an extraordinary span of Australian, Asia Pacific and First Nations artists, as well as Auslan interpreted and captioned events, and audio described events. With a wide and varied program of free and low priced digital works, explore boundary-pulsing art, experimentation, and insightful,... timely discussions. From fascinating keynotes to cannibalistic midnight feasts, our access program reflects the adventurous and inclusive spirit of our festival. We hope to offer a place where all members of the community can gather. Dive into the program, tickets on sale now: https://performancespace.com.au/access-venue [Image Description: A shirtless man in white briefs and a sequined jacket has his face painted white with a thin curly mustache drawn on. He is looking to his left with his mouth open, towards a bodyless hand with long painted fingernails. 7 other similar hands reach out towards him. The background is a fluro red, pink and green lined drawing.] Performance Space

12.01.2022 Access Arts is hosting its exhibition at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital again in 2020 but this year, there’s a twist! While the exhibition will still be installed at St Andrew's it will be presented to view online.

11.01.2022 Did you catch Access Arts on ABC Brisbane this morning? Skip through to 1:19:00 at the link to hear Access Arts Arts Manager Tim and Artist Belinda Peel talking about the Dreams - presented by Access Arts exhibition at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital.

11.01.2022 Merry Christmas from all of us at Access Arts [Image description: Red background with a circle framed image of two people taking part in a drumming workshop. Text reads: Wishing you a safe and happy festive season!]

10.01.2022 For International Podcast Day, Touchstone has rounded up its top disability-focused podcasts for you to work your way through. Including an interview with our very own Undercover Artist Festival Director Madeleine Little. Check out Maddie's podcast episode, and a whole bunch more, here: https://touchstone.org.au//hit-play-international-podcast-

10.01.2022 Access Arts SAFE Grant recipient Allycia Staples has been busy in 2020, most recently she's been a part of the design committee for the upcoming National Youth Disability Summit. Hosted by Children and Young People with Disability Australia, this event will be delivered totally online (and totally free) in 2020. Find out more, here: www.cydayouth.events

10.01.2022 On track a focus on regional arts, was a panel discussion at Meeting Place 2021. The panel included Felicity Chapman (Deadly Weavers, QLD), Sue Millis-Frank and Patty Morris (Deaf Indigenous Dance Group, QLD), and Sergei Netchaef (Mental Bowral, NSW) who celebrated and unpacked the specific challenges to practice and professional pathways for regional artists.

09.01.2022 We hope everyone enjoyed a much-needed break over Christmas and New Years! Brisbane Outsider Artists' participant Belinda has kicked off her 2021 with some wonderful wrens

06.01.2022 We are delighted to share the recipients of the Undercover Artist Festival INCUBATE and UNITE Grants Programs. Thank you to Arts Queensland and Queensland Theatre for their support of artists with disability, and to every artist and artsworker who submitted an application. We were overwhelmed by the volume of applications and the outstanding level of talent in Queensland. Thank you also to Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for the Arts, who shares her congratulations in the video, on behalf of the Queensland Government.

02.01.2022 New year, new artwork? Explore the Journey exhibition in the virtual gallery and buy online now: http://accessarts.org.au/journey-exhibition/ [Image description: a screenshot from the virtual exhibition showing red text on a white wall and a number of artworks hung in the foreground.]

02.01.2022 Our Dreams exhibition is now live! Browse the artworks, learn more about the artists and purchase their work here: http://accessarts.org.au/news/st-andrews-dreams-exhibition/

02.01.2022 Join artist and skilled Disability Arts Facilitator Michelle Vine in this sensory-based workshop to co-design and create elements for her upcoming exhibition 'Soft Touch'. Workshop participants will work with Michelle to design and create elements for an artwork called ‘Touch Play Space’ that will be featured in the exhibition. The workshops are designed to be accessible to local community members with disabilities or access requirements and their family and friends. For more... information, visit the link below. Auslan interpreters available upon request.

02.01.2022 Alterations, an exhibition hosted by Art From The Margins, showcases the creative works of Queensland artists who are blind or partially sighted.