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Locality: Dawes Point

Phone: +61 2 9251 6499

Address: The Arts Exchange, Level 3, 10 Hickson Road 2000 Dawes Point, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Many thanks to everyone who attended our online launch today of ArtScreen 2021, a new video art production initiative for artists with disability. Successful applicants will be paid, mentored by leading video artists Amala Groom, Soda_Jerk and Dr Zanny Begg (pictured) and have access to a $21.5K production budget. Applications close Mon 8 Feb 2021. Many thanks NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin and City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor Jess Scully for providing messages of support and t...o our partners Create NSW, City of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE), Bus Stop Films and Prototype. And congrats to Debra Keenahan and everyone involved with ‘Little Things Matter’ - the video artwork created through this year’s ArtScreen 2020 program which had its world premiere during today’s online launch. To watch the launch video, find out more or apply to ArtScreen 2021 OR to watch Debra’s artwork in various accessible formats please visit: https://aarts.net.au/artscreen2021 #ArtScreen2021 #AccessibleArts #Arts #Disability #VideoArt Image Description: ArtScreen 2021 mentors (clockwise): Dr Zanny Begg, Dominique and Dan Angeloro (aka Soda_Jerk), Amala Groom. Zanny is a woman with long red hair. She is wearing glasses and black top and is sitting in a garden. Dominique has long dark hair and is wearing a dark jacket and trousers. Dan has long dark hair and is wearing glasses, a white jacket and black bowtie. Amala has long dark brown hair pulled back and is wearing a cream top and a chunky metallic necklace.

17.01.2022 Check out this great article from Canada about how digitalisation during COVID-19 has made Canadian art more accessible and why it should stay that way: https://thevarsity.ca//how-digitalization-during-covid-19/ #CanadianArticle #CanadianArt #DigitalizationDuringCOVID19 #AccessibleArt Image Description: A painting of two web browsers one browser has a man in a suit playing a cello. There is a ballet dancer on the left side and the other web browser has various images in blue and red colours with a green background

17.01.2022 The Undercover Artist Festival is now seeking Expressions of Interest from artists with disability or who are D/deaf to present their work at Undercover Artist Festival 2021, to be held 15-18 September 2021. Founded by Access Arts, Undercover Artist aims to lift the covers on some of Australia’s newest talents in the arts and disability space. This is an incredible opportunity for emerging and professional artists from across Australia to showcase their work at Australia...’s premier performing arts and disability festival. The deadline for submission is Sun 28 of Feb. For more info visit: http://undercoverartistfest.com/ #UndercoverArtistFestival #ExpressionsOfInterest #AccessArts #ArtsAndDisabilityFestival #DeadlineSun28OfFeb Image Description: A promotional image of the Undercover Artist Festival 2021. The image is entirely in shaded dark blue and there’s a young woman with her hands held up and she is looking up. There are light bulbs on top of her as well as the words Expression of Interest UnderCover Artists Festival 2021 and the festival logo at the bottom right corner.

17.01.2022 The ‘Know My Name’ program at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra has a great line up of accessible events starting this Wed and finishes up on Sun. These are all FREE events with essential bookings, they include: Access to Art - Tour of the ’Know My Name’ Exhibition for people with disability https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/access-art/ I Day Art Talk - With Hands on Studio: https://connect.nga.gov.au/126/169 ... Sensory Sunday - a sensory friendly tour of the ’Know My Name’ Exhibition: https://connect.nga.gov.au/124/212 Art by Description - and audio described tour of the ’Know My Name’ Exhibition: https://connect.nga.gov.au/121/213 And Art with Auslan - an Auslan guided tour of the ’Know My Name’ Exhibition: https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/even/auslan-interpreted-tour/ For more info on the galleries’ accessibility visit: https://nga.gov.au/visiting/access.cfm #NationalGalleryOfAustralia #AccessibleEvents #StartsThisWed #EndsOnSun Image Description: A photo of a white wall with 26 colourful posters and photos of various shapes and sizes inside an art gallery.

17.01.2022 The Dec edition of our fab new Activated Arts radio show/podcast is available from this Friday. The show's theme this month is 'Embracing Disability’ and presenter Anthea Williams talks with Asphyxia (writer of the remarkable novel FUTURE GIRL), and Sarah-Vyne Vassallo, (choreographer, director and Artistic Director of integrated performance company Murmuration). They discuss how their work and practice changed when they embraced Auslan or living with disability. The show wil...l also have a focus on film with an exploration of current films that cast people with disability, the Re-Frame short films on ABC iview and this week’s Inner West Inclusive Film Festival. The 30 min show will be broadcast on Radio 2RPH at 2:30pm this Fri 4 Dec (repeated a fortnight later) and the podcast will be available on all major platforms from this Friday as well. https://aarts.net.au/activated-arts/ #ActivatedArts #AccessibleArts #2RPH #arts #disability #podcast #radioshow Image Description: Headshots of 2 women. The woman on the left has red hair pulled back and is wearing a grey sleeveless parka over a black top. The woman on the right has long dark hair and is wearing a floral strapless dress.

11.01.2022 This Fri and Sat from 3pm 6:40pm switch on your screens and take in all the talent the disability arts space has to offer in a FREE online conversation with leading international and local disability arts experts. They will consider what 'disability-led' means for a creative project, and the intersection of arts and disability for performers and practitioners. Raise the digital curtain and take a sneak peek at works in development by some of Australia's best artists with d...isability, in the lead-up to the 2021 Undercover Artist Festival. Register now for exclusive access to the two-day Undercover Artist: Online at: https://bit.ly/3fwgzQE For the full program of exclusive online performance and panel discussions visit: http://undercoverartistfest.com/undercover-artist-online/ Accessibility features for this event includes: Auslan interpretation, Captioning, Audio Description, Post event, Panel discussion transcripts, Plain English summaries. #DisabilityArtsSpace #FreeOnlineConversation #2021UndercoverArtistFestival #LeadingInternationalAndLocalDisabilityExperts #ThisFriAndSat #RegisterNow #AccessibleEvent Image description: A promotional image of Under Cover Artist Online 4-5 December. On the right is a woman who is lit up in blue leaning on a chair with the palm of her hand open and her hair falling downwards.

10.01.2022 Check out this great opinion article from The Sydney Morning Herald shinning a spotlight on the entrepreneurial spirit that’s built out of necessity for people with disability: https://amp-smh-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org//entrepreneurial #PeopleWithDisability #EntrepreneurialSpirit #SydneyMorningHerald #OppinonArticle Image description: A photo of four male athletes running at the track and field championships for athletes with disability. There is green grass in the distance and a man watching on with a brim hat and a yellow polo shirt. One of the athletes has a prosthetic leg.

09.01.2022 Don’t forget ArtScreen 2021 a new video art initiative for artists with disability will be launching online this Wed at 10:30am, the day before this year’s International Day Of People With Disability. ArtScreen 2021 is a program of Accessible Arts with the support of various government, community and industry partners. The launch of the initiative will also feature the world premiere of new video artwork LITTLE THINGS MATTER, a provocative social critique of the dehumani...sation of people with dwarfism created by NSW artist Debra Keenahan which was produced through this year’s edition of ArtScreen with support from the City of Sydney. Tune in to experience Debra’s compelling vision as well as get briefed on next year’s edition of ArtScreen, including details of production funding, who’ll be the ArtScreen 2021 mentors and the world premiere season the projects are set to have at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Don’t miss this showcase of new work by and new opportunities for artists with disability. REGISTER NOW: https://aarts.net.au/news/artscreen-2021-launch/ #2MoreSleeps #ThisWed #ArtScreen2021Launch #ArtScreen #VideoArt #AccessibleArts #Arts #Disability Image Description: ArtScreen 2021 logo with the words Art and Screen and the number 2021 in black font on a white background inside a simple illustration of a mobile phone.

06.01.2022 Don’t forget we’ve teamed up with Create NSW to host a webinar this Tue 9 Feb from 10am 11am for artists with disability who are interested in applying to Create NSW’s 2020/21 Arts and Cultural Funding Program Round 2. Various project grants are available with up to $60,000 in project funding for individuals. Learn more about the funding programs and get help on how you can put your best application forward. You’ll find out about funding available for individual artists, in...structions on how to apply and there’ll be an opportunity to ask questions. The session will have captioning and be Auslan interpreted. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/create-connects-arts-culture-w Create NSW are also offering Lab Sessions to new applicants and those from priority areas. Lab Sessions are 1-on-1 sessions where applicants can have more of an in-depth conversation to discuss their projects and their situation. There will be sessions available until 19 Feb and each session runs for 30mins. You can book a session between now and Fri 12 Feb through: https://www.picktime.com/createnswfeedbacksessions From that link, artists with disability can book a session with: Merielee Ray, Anna-Louise Rentell, Ian Cifuentes and Nikita Holcombe. #LabSessions #CreateNSW #AccessibleArts #ArtsCulturalFundingProgram #BookNow! #CpationingAndAuslan #SupportingArtistsWithDisbility #DisabilityArt Image Description: The words Create Connects in yellow and white on a pink background.

05.01.2022 Tomorrow night from 7:30pm 8pm the Art Gallery of New South Wales is hosting an online conversation with studio A artists as part of the art gallery’s Art After Hours online program series. The talk aims to celebrate the Studio A Archie Plus mural commission with artists Meagan Pelham, Jaycee Kima and Gabrielle Mordy and to celebrate the individuals and communities that got us through 2020. The event will be live streamed via the gallery’s Facebook and Youtube channels and ...is Auslan interpreted and live captioned. Before you see the talk, check out a video timelapse of the mural being created by artists Mathew Calandra, Emily Crockford, Annette Galstaun, Lauren Kerjan, Jaycee Kim, Catherine McGuiness, and Meagan Pelham: https://togetherinart.org/studio-a-creating-love-owls-and-/ #DisabilityArt #ArtGalleryOfNSW #StudioA #ArtAfterHours #TommorowNight Image Description: A photo taken inside an art gallery with a large mural painting spread across a long and tall wall. The mural features people’s faces alongside various shapes and colours and there’s an open entrance between the wall going into another art space.

04.01.2022 The Superfest Disability Film Festival, the oldest disability film festival in the world, is now open for submissions for the 2021 festival. If your film features disability content, actors with disabilities, or is made with a person with a disability in a prominent role, you are eligible to apply to Superfest! Go to Film Freeway to submit it for judging. Successful entries will have their films highlighted in the main festival October 15-17, 2021, and maybe screened at Sup...erfest Showcases in venues around the world. Screening fee provided / some travel and access awards available. REQUIREMENTS 1. Deadline for submissions is 11:59 pst on March 1st, 2021. 2. General submission fee is $40. Films submitted before January 15, 2021 or made on a shoestring budget may be submitted for $20. 3. Your film must have been produced within the last 10 calendar years (since January 1st, 2011 for entry in Superfest 2021). 4. Short and Full Feature films are welcome. Dramatic, documentary and all genres of films will be considered. For more details, a description of awards, screening honorariums and FAQs, visit the submissions page on the Superfest website. http://www.superfestfilm.com/submissions #SuperfestDisabilityFilmFestival #2021FestivalOpenForSubmissions #DeadlineMarch1 #DisabilityFilmmaking Image description: A promotional image of the Superfest Disability Film Festival logo with a colourful reel of film.