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Hello everyone and welcome to the August 2010 newsletter. Term 3 is rapidly drawing to a close which means Spring is almost upon us which we’re sure everyone will think is great news. It is time to think about what workshops you want to be a part of in Term 4 so please let us know. The program for Term 4 will be published in the September newsletter. We are always glad to receive any suggestions about starting different workshops so if you have any ideas pass them onto us and we will certainly consider them.

Arts & Disability & Creative Ageing

Arts Access Australia is calling on the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition to invest $20 million over the next four years to implement the National Arts and Disability Strategy, with an additional $4 million for Creative Ageing, so people with disability can take their place, as artists and audiences, alongside all Australians.

"There is strong community support and a clear need to increase arts participation by people with disability" said Gareth Wreford Executive, Director of Arts Access Australia.

Over 90% of 812 respondents to a July 2010 survey on the National Arts and Disability Strategy agreed that access to career pathways and training opportunities are limited for artists with a disability and that improving access to the arts should be supported by dedicated funding in addition to making all arts funding programs accessible.

'Equality is fundamental and disabled performers challenge society’s preconceptions about ability and aesthetics', said South Australian set and costume designer Gaelle Mellis.

Gaelle Mellis, who has a physical disability, has worked as a set and costume designer for theatre, dance and events for more than 20 years. Among many awards, Gaelle has received a 2004 Churchill Fellowship, 2002 Adelaide Critics Circle Individual Award and a 2009 South Australian Screen Award for her production design on the film Necessary Games.

Despite the success and leadership of artists like Gaelle the one in five Australians with disability have much lower levels of arts and cultural participation, and receive very little arts and cultural funding, yet aspire to create and attend art like other Australians. For this to change new money is needed to create new Australian stories and audiences.

For information on the National Arts and Disability Strategy see: http://www.cmc.gov.au/working_groups/national_arts_and_disability_strategy

Audio Description Volunteers Wanted

Wanted!

Observant and articulate volunteers with a passion for the arts:

Do you enjoy theatre and other live entertainment?
Can you find the words to succinctly describe an on-stage scene or action?
Would you like to be part of a service that makes it possible for people who are blind or have low vision to more fully enjoy theatre and other performing and visual arts events?

Audio Description is the art of putting into words the picture that a sighted person can see.

Vision Australia, in partnership with Access Arts Qld, will shortly introduce its Audio Description Service for designated performances at Queensland Performing Arts Centre

If you have an interest in being part of this vital information service we invite you to an information session to be held at:

Vision Australia
373 Old Cleveland Rd Coorparoo
Date: Thursday September 2nd 2010
Time: 10:30 – 12:30

We offer comprehensive training, ongoing support and the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of Australians who are blind or have low vision.

For further information or to register your intention to attend on Thursday September 2nd please contact

Richard Attwater
Phone: 3727 2277
Email: richard.attwater@visionaustralia.org

If you would like to hear some examples of and discussion about audio description, then go to : www.visionaustralia.org.au/talkingvision.

Visual Arts Report

Disability Action Week Exhibition – Kingaroy Art Gallery

The South Burnett Disability Art Show Committee has reconvened for 2010 and is energetically working towards presenting the 4th Annual Disability Action Week Art Show.

The DAW Art Show has developed a high community profile over the past four years and is enthusiastically supported by artists, community members and sponsors. The event provides an ideal opportunity for artists with a disability to showcase their artistic achievements in a professional venue and to be seen by the community as creative and contributing.

The 2010 Art Show will be held at:

The Kingaroy Art Gallery
Friday 24th September - Wednesday 6th October, 2010.

Drop Off Points for Artworks

Art work must be dropped into one of the venues nominated on the entry form prior to the close date Friday 17th September, 2010

Region	Venue	Address	Phone
Kingaroy	SB Care	Cnr Avoca & Kingaroy Sts	4162 7300
Murgon	Graham House	21 Taylor Street East	4168 2828
Murgon	Gumnut Place	22 Gore Street	4168 1852
Nanango	Noel & Kerry Little	27 Appin Street	4163 2810
Wondai	Vicstitch	13 Scott Street	4169 0032
Goomeri	Goomeri Gallery (not open Tues or Wed)	26 Boonara Street	4168 4221

For entry forms please contact:

Rosemary Braithwaite
Community Access & Development Worker
Secretary DAW Art Show Committee
Graham House Community Centre
Ph: 4168 2828
Email: cadw@grahamhouse.org.au

National Ceramic Award for People with Disabilities

Monte Lupo has designed this innovative award. The award aims to empower people with disabilities through the exposure of their work.

There are two sections to the award, the first being for those people who produce work unaided, and the second for those who produce work in a supported way – for example, work made in art therapy programs.

Application packages and enquires – montelupo@multicap.org.au or download at http://www.multicap.org.au/view_event/national_ceramic_award

Exhibition dates 29th November to 6 December

Exhibition venue – Monte Lupo Arts Gallery, 269 Padstow Rd, Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane.

Opening Event – Friday 3rd December, 2010
Phone: 07 3340 9000
http://www.multicap.org.au

SWARA Fete

Current works from the Brisbane Outsider Artist Studio will be on show at an exhibition at the SWARA fete on the 23rd October, from 10am to 2pm. In addition to the exhibition, an art stand will feature original quality artworks by studio members. All works will be for sale for forty dollars or less, so why don’t you come along and start your Christmas shopping!

BOA Excursion

Brisbane Outsider Artist Members will be visiting GoMA and QLD Art Gallery on Tuesday 31st August to view the Valentino Retrospective Exhibition: Past / Present / Future. The group will also be seeing the Hans Heysen Exhibition and the retrospective exhibition of Joe Rootsey’s work at the Queensland Art Gallery. Rootsey was one of the first Indigenous people in Queensland to be recognized as a contemporary artist.

Art from the Margins Exhibition

This year the AFTM 2010 Exhibition includes an extensive program including previews, openings and a celebration event held at three sites across Brisbane during the Brisbane Festival in September from Friday the 10th of September to Friday the 24th September.

Lord Mayor’s Photographic Award

Best of luck to the members who have submitted entries into the Lord Mayor’s Photographic Award.

These awards are a chance for photographers of any age and experience to showcase their talents and make an original and creative statement about life in Brisbane. The finalists have a chance to share in more than $13,000 worth of prizes and will also be displayed in an innovative new format in King George Square.

Categories and Prize Packages

Open: $10,000 prize money

Youth (30 years and under): $2,500 plus professional development opportunities

Ourbrisbane.com People’s Choice Award (decided by popular vote online): $500

The 2010 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards are proudly presented by Museum of Brisbane in association with Network 10 and ourbrisbane.com.

Audit Reminder

Would You Like To Help?
Have Your Say!
Get Involved!

Access Arts is funded by Disability Services Queensland (DSQ) and must comply with the DSQ Quality Service Standards.

We would like to remind you that Access Arts will undergo a full re-certification assessment in September 2010, against all 10 service standards.

We invite all members to provide feedback on Access Arts’ programs and services to our auditors, in order to improve our quality system. The feedback that you provide to the auditors will remain anonymous.

If you would like to be involved in this process, which will happen 7th – 9th September please contact Angela Jaeschke on 07 3844 5897, 1300 663 651 (local call cost for regional members), or by email: angela@accessarts.org.au.

Articles Of Interest

Arts Access Australia has published a 7000 word article on Community Arts and Mental Health in Australia in Arts & Health: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice. The article is available at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a919402408~frm=titlelink.

Music For People With Cochlear Implants

Bionic Ear Institute – Music for people with Cochlear implants Arts Access Australia has partnered with the Australian Network for Art & Technology’s (ANAT) Synapse residency program that enables collaboration between artists and scientists. The Bionic Ear Institute, in collaboration with Melbourne based composer and sound artist Robin Fox, have received funding to develop a series of musical works to enable people with cochlear implants to better hear music. Under Robin’s direction, six composers will work closely with bionic ear recipients.

Read about the project at: http://www.bionicear.org/research/Music_perception.html.

Members’ Corner

First Publication

We are pleased to announce that a member of Access Arts, Scott Wright, has published his first book. Scott, who was born in Toowoomba but has spent much of his life in Childers wrote a children’s story for an assignment whilst at high school. It is the tale of ‘Aussie’, the little red car and his search to find his missing trailer.

Scott showed the story to some colleagues at Australia Zoo where he works. They all agreed that it should be published and encouraged him to do so. Thus began the long journey from school assignment to published book. Along the way, Scott’s dad heard about Access Arts and a valuable connection was made. Julie Jones, Access Arts’ Membership Officer devoted a great deal of her time to help Scott with the art work and to find the right publisher. After a couple of years the book was ready and Scott decided that he would self-fund and self-publish.

Now, finally, after a lot of hard work Aussie The Little Red Car is available. If you would like to support the efforts of one of your Access Arts colleagues, you can purchase a copy for only $12.00 you can do so through Access Arts. Don’t leave it too long as this is a limited edition, they won’t last long.

Congratulations Scott, great job.

The Beatles

The Beatles genius, unique, originality was the key to their phenomenal amazing success.

As they recorded many, mostly original songs on their colossal, classic numerous albums,

Of prowess, from their first album, ‘Please Please Me’ in 1963. Through to their last album in 1970 ‘Let It Be’.

They also composed and recorded a remarkable number of hit singles songs from their first hit ‘Love Me Do’, in 1962, through to their final hit in 1970, ‘The Long and Winding Road’.

In eight years the four Beatles members accumulated a truly timeless, perennial perfect recordings workload.

Crowded House

There’s a brilliant versatile, Australian band named Crowded House, whose original, cohesive songs Marry in sound like espouse, such as classic songs such as ‘Don’t Dream its Over’, ‘Mean to Me’, ‘Better be home Soon’,’ ‘Into Temptation’, I ‘Feel Possessed, Its Only Natural’, and’ Four Seasons in One Day’, ‘ Locked Out’, and ‘Something So Strong’. Their songs which ideally love, to me truly belong.

The above poems were written by, William (Bill) Thomas on 12th July at Fairfield

What’s On

SWARA Spring Fete

Saturday 23 October 10:00am-2:00pm

SWARA – 101 Park Rd Dutton Park

Live Entertainment & Workshops!

Lots of stalls – Books, Plants, Craft, Clothing,

Art, Pottery, Knitting, Chutney, Cakes & Biscuits.

Sausage Sizzle, Trash & Treasure, Face Painting,

Circus, Great Raffle Prizes, Cards & Gifts

To be opened by The Lord Mayor Campbell Newman

Spring Fair will also feature an exhibition by the Brisbane Outsider Artists Studio plus Access Arts Stall & Entertainment

For more information Phone: 3391 4119 www.swara.com.au

Disability Action Week

Queenslanders will celebrate Disability Action Week from 5 to 11 September 2010.

Disability Action Week encourages communities to transform and grow, just as the butterfly does, and to become more welcoming and inclusive places for everyone.

Embrace the difference and diversity that enrich our community during Disability Action Week. If we all work together, we can create a truly inclusive community.

To see what events are on throughout the state, go to:

http://www.disability.qld.gov.au/actionweek

Call For Artist Donations

Calling for artist donations in support of The Big Issue Big Art who are seeking artist donations in support Brisbane’s 50 Big Issue vendors. All artworks will be professionally curated and exhibited at the Bleeding Heart Gallery in Brisbane’s historic School of Arts Building where they will be auctioned at a ticketed event on 14 October 2010.

To find out how to contribute contact judy.johnson@ozemail.com.au

Read more at http://big-art.posterous.com.

Students Invited To Create To Educate

Room to Read is giving creative young Queenslanders the chance to put brush to canvas and extend a helping hand to a child in the developing world.

The inaugural Create to Educate competition is now underway and artists from grade eight to age 30 are invited to submit their original work online at http://www.roomtoread.org/createtoeducate. All proceeds from the $10 entry fee go directly to support the work of Room to Read.

Competition winners will have their artwork displayed in Brisbane’s White Canvas Gallery for a week in November 2010. They will also receive tickets to attend a gala presentation to celebrate their win on Saturday 6 November 2010.

Create to Educate is an initiative of the Brisbane Chapter of Room to Read. All monies raised will go directly to supporting the work of Room to Read.

Find out about Room to Read at http://www.roomtoread.org/Page.aspx?pid=209.

2010 Gold Coast Indigenous Art and Design Award

Entries are now open for the 2010 Gold Coast Indigenous Art and Design Award held by Gold Coast City Council on 14-29 October. Emerging and established Indigenous artists with cultural and historical connections to the Gold Coast are eligible to apply, with this years artwork theme depicting Ngalingah Jagun (Our Land). Entries close 24 September.

For further details visit http://cultural.goldcoast.qld.gov.au

Upcoming Brisbane City Council Grants

Got a creative idea? Want $20,000 to do it? Or are you an artist or arts worker looking for international career development and need support to get there?

Creative Sparks Grants and Lord Mayor's Young And Emerging Artist Fellowships are now open. These funding opportunities close 11 October.

For further details visit http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/grants.

Energy Art Studio Tenneriffe

Trace - A collective exhibition of ceramics, painting and works on paper opens from 14 August - 9 September at 30 Florence Street. For further details visit http://www.kyliefarrelly.com.au.

Photography Essentials Strathpine

Learn basic photography techniques for documenting artworks and presenting to galleries. Led by professional photographer Pete Johnson starting at 11am Friday 17^th September at Pine Rivers Art Gallery. Further details contact 07 3205 0555.

Media Disclaimer

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You can also send your feedback by post, email or by phone.

All of Access Arts’ policies and procedures are available on our website: http://www.accessarts.org.au/quality_assurance.htm.

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Access Arts Inc (Queensland)
Ph: 07 3844 5897
Local Call Cost: 1300 663 651
Queensland Arts Council Building
8 Lochaber Street
Dutton Park Q 4102
PO Box 6495
Fairfield Q 4103
Web: www.accessarts.org.au
Email: info@accessarts.org.au