19 September – 2 October 2012
Art2Muse Gally, 357 New South Head Road, Double Bay
Everyone welcome, entry is free. Accessible venue
Contact: Katrina Hampton at Art2Muse on 0424 809 849 or Douglas Channing at Miroma on (02) 9337 5167
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Challenge Disability Services Art Competition 2012
Challenge Disability Services Favourite Things art competition 2012 is calling for entries from all persons with a disability attending a disability service in regional NSW. $2500 worth of prizes available.
Entries open until 1 October 2012
Open to: People with a disability attending a disability service in regional NSW. Entry is free.
Official exhibition of selected works opens on 13 November 2012 and prizes will be presented on International Day People with Disability (3rd December.)
Tamworth Community Space, Ray Walsh House, Peel Street, Tamworth NSW
Ray Walsh House is wheelchair friendly with accessible toilets and parking
Contact: Challenge Marketing Assistant, Amie Collins on (02) 67 631 806 or amie@challserv.org.au
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Access All Areas Film Festival 2012
IDEAS is pleased to announce partnering once again with Access All Areas Film Festival. Access All Areas Film Festival is an accessible showcase of new Australian films for people with a disability in celebration of International Day of People with Disability as part of the Don’t DIS my ABILITY campaign. Every year Access All Areas invites community organisations and schools to host their own free screening of new family-friendly Australian short films equipped with captions and audio description. The films tour to 50+ venues around the country, including accessible cinemas, schools, community centres and disability groups.
Everyone is welcome to host a screening, all your venue needs is a DVD player and TV or projector. If you would like to get involved and host a FREE screening in your community, click on this link and complete the form! (Applications close 1st October, screenings must be held in October/December 2012). You will be provided with a DVD copy of the films, and information about each one, as well as marketing materials and information to help put your screening together. Head to the website for more details or get in contact with Adele Moleta (Tour Manager) on (02) 9281 5608.
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CASP Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for the 2013 Country Arts Support Program (CASP), offering small grants up to $3,000 per applicant, to regionally based arts and community organisations and local arts councils for short term, locally initiated projects.
CASP is administered by Regional Arts NSW. Applications close on 1st October 2012
CASP is administered by Regional Arts NSW. Applications close on 1st October 2012
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The Hunter Artsworker Database is a resource that can be used by organisations that wish to employ an artist who has experience working with people with disability. It will be housed online here, on the cultural database for the Hunter region under the 'Cultural Resources' section of the Directory.
The Database will list artists according to artform, with a link back to individual artist profiles on culturehunter.org, outlining their arts practice and experience working with people with disability.
It is expected that the Database will launched in November 2012 and Octapod is calling for artists who have experience working with people with disability to register for the Hunter Artsworker Database. There is no cost associated with registration.
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For Art's Sake
Support people with a disability through this vibrant exhibition of artworks by recognised and emerging artists, celebrities and people with disabilities, their families and friends. In its fourth year in 2012, For Art’s Sake, is an exciting FRANS annual fundraising initiative, highlighting the unique and inspired contributions that all people make towards Sydney’s dazzling, creative community.
For Art’s Sake draws attention to the invaluable contributions to our society of citizens with a disability, to their universal rights for access and inclusion and to the immeasurable value of the support that their families and carers afford them.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
For Art’s Sake draws attention to the invaluable contributions to our society of citizens with a disability, to their universal rights for access and inclusion and to the immeasurable value of the support that their families and carers afford them.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle
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