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Thursday 19 September 2013

Arts news and events

Short film competition - Tweed Shire
As part of the 2013 Tweed Shire Access and Inclusion Awards, an inaugural short film competition is being held to encourage people to tell their stories about access and inclusion. Everyone living in the Northern Rivers or Gold Coast is invited to submit a short film - up to three minutes - on the theme:
My Life, My Story, My Community 
An accessible and inclusive community means creating possibilities. It enables people to live their lives according to their individual interests, needs and aspirations, no matter who they are or their circumstances. It means being able to physically move around the community, feeling included as a member of the community and being treated with equality and dignity ...

Dwell – exhibition, performance and panel discussion in the Northern Rivers
Dwell – a triple bill connects emerging and professional artists with and without disability from the Northern Rivers to create three short dance works, which will be performed at Byron Theatre on Saturday 28 September 2013. This cross art form project brings together dancers, visual artists and musicians to produce a dynamic recital. The performance is preceded by the opening of an associated exhibition and will be followed by a Q&A panel discussion including Accessible Arts North Coast Manager Julie Barratt ... read on at Accessible Arts

Provocative Supported Studio forum at MCA 
The one-day forum, Supported Studios: possibility and potential is an initiative of Accessible Arts designed to foster greater artistic exchange and as a consequence, greater artistic currency for supported studios within the Australian visual arts sector. Presented in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, the forum will be held at the National Centre for Creative Learning at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) on Thursday November 7. MCA Senior Curator Glenn Barkley is a key speaker and will address the end of Outsider Art and what this means for curators and the museum.

This forum will be of value to writers, curators, gallery directors, educators, collectors and those working in creative industries. By creating a framework for discussion and networking, Supported Studios: possibility and potential will scope possible futures for supported studios in Australian contemporary art.

Thursday 7 November 2013 
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Christine Harris-Smyth, Ramp Up, 13 Sep 2013
Inclusive dance practice is growing across the country, with professional integrated performing companies in Victoria and South Australia and soon, Christine Harris-Smyth hopes, in New South Wales too ...
  • Photo gallery from Second Skin (referred to in the article above) - several people with Down syndrome took part
Accessible Arts releases free resource for global integrated dance community
Inclusive dance practice is growing both internationally and Australia-wide, with professional integrated performing companies in Victoria and South Australia and soon, we hope, in New South Wales. To meet the need for resources for participants and practitioners, Accessible Arts has revised and reissued Positive/Negative - Writings on Integrated Dance. First published in 2000 Positive/Negative has been updated to reflect current practice.

Accessible Arts CEO, Sancha Donald notes the burgeoning of inclusive dance practice across the arts and disability sector and believes that the rerelease of Positive/Negative is timely. Donald explains “Positive/Negative is a much needed resource for dance teachers, choreographers and dancers with disability. We provide it with the intention that practitioners will use Positive/Negative to grow and improve integrated dance practice across, NSW, Australia and indeed globally.”...

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