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DISCOVER
6 June - 15 August 2017 - Art Gallery of NSW and Seven Hills

Front Up

Discover is a FREE, 12 week arts and cultural program led by Western Sydney artists Daniel Kojta and George Tillianakis. You will have the opportunity to explore various art practices, work on your skill set within a professional arts environment, whilst focusing on building self-confidence as an artist.

Creative people aged 17-35, with disability or the experience of mental health concerns who are interested in developing their current skills sets and engaging with professional artists and educators to work towards furthering their education and employment opportunities...

• Registration open now

How to Build a Home
Thursday 1  -  Saturday 3 June 2017 - Balmain
Ever After Theatre

'How to Build a Home' takes you on an immersive adventure into the experiences of 'home' for people with disabilities. This unique and intimately personal performance will shift your preconceptions and open your mind to what is possible.

We're Very Serious- taking artists with disability seriously

6 June 2017 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Vivid Sydney

How do theatre makers, performers, visual artists and dancers with disability get taken seriously as artists? Why is inclusion better? 

Join three recent Winston Churchill Fellows Sarah-Vyne Vassallo (Murmuration), Gabrielle Mordy (studio A) and Alison Richardson (RUCKUS) as they speak about their important findings across Europe, the United States and United Kingdom where they each explored professional inclusive arts practice ... The event will be MC’d by RUCKUS ensemble member, Tropfest Award winning actor and advocate for people with intellectual disabilities Gerard O’Dwyer.

Right Relationships

Wednesday 21 June 2017 - Bomaderry
Thursday 22 June 2017 - Lidcombe
Friday 23 June 2017 - Newcastle
Resourcing Families

• A free workshop for people with disability, family members and their friends 
• How to create a partnership between families and services that really works
• Presented by Margaret and Jeremy Ward

Relationships and Sexuality Workshop

21 June 2017 - Camperdown

Centre for Disability Studies

An information session facilitated by Jemima MacDonald and Laura Hogan that will provide a brief introduction and opportunity to explore relationships and sexuality for people with disabilities.

The course is targeted towards service providers, clinicians, case coordinators and educators, however anyone with an interest in the area is welcome to attend.