Disability: Arts and disability policies
Description
D'Art Report: Arts and disability policies
D'Art Topics in Arts Policy no.10, September 2004
IFACCA and Arts Council of Northern Ireland
This report looks at definitions, concepts and the terminology surrounding disability in the arts. It explores the types of policies and programs adopted by arts funding agencies to promote access to the arts for people with disabilities and to encourage involvement in the arts by people with disabilities. Examples of initiatives are provided.
The report aims to provide a quick introduction to the major issues in disability in the arts, using examples from the resources consulted, and to provide links and references for more detailed follow-up. The report should be of interest to anyone looking to develop arts and disability initiatives or review existing policies and programs.
Publications
Removing the obstacles: Disability Access and the Arts
This project involves researching disability and heritage state, federal and international legal frameworks and their application for arts organisations and services that are located in heritage buildings. more >
What's special? Opera, dance and music education for and with people with special needs across Europe
Integration of people with special needs- a key issue for our societies, and an inspiring challenge for opera and dance! more >
Picture This: Increasing the cultural participation of people with a disability in Victoria
These reports provide a unique snapshot of a dynamic and burgeoning Victorian arts and disability sector, and identify some of the barriers that we need to continue to work to remove. more >
Raw Law booklet & DVD
Barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside AO QC launched Raw Law, an essential guide for artists with disabilities. The Raw Law booklet and DVD package can be ordered from the Arts Access Victoria website. more >
Arts for All | Ngā toi mo te katoa
This is a practical guide to help artists and arts organisations become more accessible, build new audiences and market their arts to the disabled community. more >
Art for art's sake: a qualitative study exploring the facilitation of creativity within disability services
This qualitative study focuses on how creativity is facilitated within a range of creative art services for adults with disabilities. more >
National Arts and Disability Strategy - discussion paper
The National Arts and Disability Strategy is an opportunity for the Australian Government and state and territory governments to make a national commitment on arts and disability issues. more >
Arts and disability action plan 2008-2010
An arts and disability action plan 2008-2010 to guide the Australia Council in its operations, programs and strategies in relation to access and equity for people with disabilities. more >
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities enters into force
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the entry into force of the first international treaty on the human rights of persons with disabilities, after the required twentieth country ratified the landmark convention on 3 April. more >
Disability Portfolio
Guides on how best to meet the needs of disabled people as users and staff in museums, archives and libraries. more >
Beyond the Ramp: Accessibility as an organizational asset
Over the past 15 years many organizations have made their facilities, processes and programs accessible... more >
Disability equality scheme
Sets out ACE's approach to achieving disability equality within the arts council and within the arts and creative sectors that it funds and supports. more >
Accessing the Arts
‘Accessing the Arts’ is a collection of practical checklists and information sheets for arts and cultural organisations to assist in improving access and developing audiences. more >
D'Art Report: Arts and disability policies
Looks at definitions, concepts and the terminology surrounding disability in the arts. more >
Access all areas: guidelines for marketing the arts to people with disabilities
How to identify this audience, how to reach them and how to provide what they want is the key advice contained in Access all areas. more >
Disability fact pack
Outlines a variety of issues for arts organisations regarding people with disabilities including access, attitude, employment and discrimination. It also provides an overview of the Disability Discrimination Act. more >
News
Signs of times as Melbourne theatre heeds deaf
When Sydney-based actor Luke Watts steps on stage in Tribes this week, he will become the first member of the deaf community to play a leading role for MTC, according to the company's general manager, Ann Tonks. Watts, who has severe to profound hearing loss, said theatre companies needed to make their productions more accessible to the deaf. more >
Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality and Ministry of Culture present first accessible multimedia museum guide for people with disabilities
At the Sorolla Museum in Madrid on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality (through the Royal Trust for Disabilities) and the Ministry of Culture presented the first universally accessible multimedia guide. more >
Vice minister of culture announces efforts in production of books in Braille
The vice minister of Culture, Cornélio Caley, manifested on Thursday, in Luanda, concern about the absence of literature in Braille, to help materialise various projects. more >
Creative New Zealand sponsors access award
Creative New Zealand is sponsoring a new award in Arts Access Aotearoa’s Big ‘A’ Awards 2011 to recognise an arts organisation or company that has gone to extraordinary lengths to become more accessible to the disabled community. more >
Accessible Arts
The Arts and Disability Equality Charter (ADEC), publicly funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, is encouraging arts organisations to look at how accessible their venue is for people with disabilities. more >
Australia’s National Arts and Disability Strategy
Arts Minister Peter Garrett and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten, today commended the Cultural Ministers Council for endorsing the National Arts and Disability Strategy at their national meeting. more >
National Endowment for the Arts to convene National Summit on Careers in the Arts for People With Disabilities
First summit in more than 10 years to address underrepresentation in the arts field. more >
Ian Rankin launches drive for more books in Braille
On the 200th anniversary of the birth of Braille's inventor, bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin has launched a campaign calling on writers, publishers and booksellers to make more books available to the visually impaired. more >
Disability arts mini-summit to be held in Auckland
IFACCA is working with the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand), Diversityworks Trust and the International Guild of Disabled Artists and performers (IGODAP) to organise a mini-summit about disability arts policy on 27 February 2009 during Momentum 09, the International Disability Arts Symposium, to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, on 25-28 February. more >
Arts and disability strategy for comment
A discussion paper on developing a National Arts and Disability Strategy was released by Cultural Ministers Council. Submissions are open until 3 November 2008. more >
National arts and disability strategy
The Council Minister’s Council (CMC) has agreed to develop a National Arts and Disabililty Strategy which is about giving people with a disability a greater voice in the develoment of arts policy and practices. more >
'Seeing' the theatre through new eyes
The Disability Discrimination Act has boosted a professional service that allows visually impaired people to experience the immediacy of theatre. more >
Arts and disability website an essential tool
www.artsanddisability.com, the first all-Ireland website to provide information, resources and facts about arts and disability, is already proving to be an essential tool for parents, families, advice workers, arts bodies and the wider community. more >
Arts and Disability Website an essential tool
The first all-Ireland website to provide information, resources and facts about Arts and Disability, is proving to be an essential tool. more >
The Ministry of Culture is committed to the artistic expression of people with physical disabilities
The Ministry has just opened the call for proposals to participate in the XV National Biennial of Art and Visual Expressions for People with Physical Disabilities and to participate in the training workshops that will be organized in preparation for it. more >
Mincultura, comprometido con las expresiones artísticas de personas con discapacidad
El Ministerio abre la convocatoria para participar en la XV Bienal Nacional de Arte y Expresiones Visuales de personas con discapacidad y en los laboratorios de formación que se realizarán como antesala. more >
Commission on Culture and Disability
Christine Albanel, Minister of Culture and Communication, and Valérie Létard, Secretary of State for Solidarity, reaffirmed the resolve of the government to give the greatest possible number of disabled people access to the world of culture. more >
Commission Culture et Handicap
Christine Albanel, ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, et Valérie Létard, secrétaire d'Etat chargé de la Solidarité, ont présidé la réunion annuelle de la Commission Culture et Handicap pour réaffirmer la volonté du gouvernement de respecter les engagements de la loi du 11 février 2005 afin de faire accéder plus largement les personnes handicapées à l’univers de la culture. more >
Melting pot provides next step for disability arts
Momentum 09 is an International Disability Art Symposium being held in Auckland, New Zealand, in February 2009. more >
New website for Accessible Arts
Accessible Arts has launched its new website, with a wealth of information on arts and disability. more >
Disabled dancers playing it safe
Restless Dance, South Australia's pioneering disability dance group, has set up a professional arm, where disabled dancers will be paid professionally for the first time in Australia. more >
New opportunity for the disabled: A decree which supports reading for the visually impaired
The decree makes reading possible for people who are visually impaired thanks to new publications being transformed into a digital format. more >
Museums Throw Open Their Doors to the Disabled
The Venezuelan Culture Ministry has launched a programme, 'Creating Without Limits', to draw in people with a disability to take part in the creative and artistic enjoyment that museums have to offer. more >
Hong Kong gov't promotes arts for disabled persons
The government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is seeking more performance opportunities through the provision of a barrier-free environment. more >
Pledge to make cultural facilities more accessible
The Ministry of Arts and Culture has pledged R162-million over the next three years to make cultural facilities accessible to persons with disabilities. more >
Reading Habits of Blind and Physically Handicapped Defy National Trend
Participants in the Talking Book program, provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, read more than the general population by a significant amount. more >
Research examines barriers to disabled people's participation in and access to the Arts in Northern Ireland
The Arts Council is pleased to announce the release of a substantial body of research examining disabled people’s participation in and access to the arts in Northern Ireland. more >
Melvyn Bragg on the role of disability arts in the nation's cultural life
The motion - that disability and deaf arts ought to be dead and buried, ie that we are all in the mainstream now - clearly found little favour. more >
Arts and Disability website launched
On the international Day of Disabled People (Monday 3rd December), the Irish Arts Councils have launched a website that contains information, resources and facts about arts and disability. more >
Abbey Theatre to stage subtitled play
The facilities, which are being used for the first time in the Abbey’s 104-year history, are being co-ordinated by Arts & Disability Ireland (ADI) with funding from The Arts Council. more >
Disability Strategy and Action Plan 2007 - 2008
The Arts Council wishes to consult as widely as possible with all interested parties on the outcomes of the Disability Strategy and Action Plan 2007 - 2008 screening. more >
ACW Publishes Its Disability Equality Scheme
Arts Council Wales has published its "Disability Equality Scheme", a follow-up to "Moving Beyond", its widely acclaimed 2005 arts and disability strategy for Wales. more >
New web resource for library staff working with disabled people
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) has launched a new web resource to provide information and learning for public library staff relating to access and equal opportunities for disabled people. more >
Implementing A Holistic Approach To E-Learning Accessibility
A paper on e-learning accessibility and culture. more >
Links between architecture and disability to be explored online
A new project initiated by Arts Council England Inside will explore the relationship between disability and architecture by looking at the responses of disabled artists. more >
Arts Council Wales launches arts and disability strategy for Wales
As the attending arts population in Wales continues to grow, The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) is to launch Moving Beyond, a new arts and disability strategy to improve access to venues and performances across the country. more >
MLA launches Disability Experts database
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has launched a new online tool, 'Disability Experts', to help cultural and heritage organisations meet their disability access needs. more >
New Zealand Disability Arts Festival a world first
As part of the Auckland Festival, New Zealand will be featuring its first disability arts festival, Giant Leap. Featuring international professional disabled artists, this is the first disability festival in the world to be incorporated into a mainstream arts festival. more >
Disabled Artists Show Their Mettle
The Department of Culture and Youth organised a Visual and Performing Arts Festival for artists with disabilities on November 13 at Boipuso Hall in Gaborone. The event was meant to showcase the cultural and artistic productivity of people with disabilities. more >
Festival for disabled artists on the cards
The South African Department of Culture and Youth will host a visual performing arts festival for artists with disabilities, in line with the recognition of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Creators Day and African Decade of People with Disabilities. more >
Arts Council England launches new dance fellowship programme
Arts Council England is set to launch a Senior Dance Managers’ Fellowship Programme to enhance the professional development of experienced dance managers around the country. more >
ARTS AND DISABILITY POLICIES
IFACCA today released its latest D'Art report, Arts and Disability Policies. Written by IFACCA's research analyst, Chris Madden, with the help of 11 respondents, the report looks at concepts and issues surrounding disability and the arts, and explores disability policies and programs adopted by arts funding agencies. Examples of arts and disability initiatives are provided, with resources listed both by type of initiative and by country. The report will be of interest to anyone looking to develop arts and disability initiatives or review existing policies and programs. IFACCA welcomes feedback and additional comments on the report. For more information on the D'Art program, click here. more >
New Film Festival For Learning Disabled
Arts Council England are lending a helping hand with a new film festival, set to provide more opportunities for artistic expression for the learning disabled. more >
High Beam on disability
A two-day international conference on the social impact of disability culture and arts will be the centrepiece of next year's High Beam festival in Australia. more >
New publication celebrates 30 years of disability arts
Arts Council England today published Celebrating Disability Arts, marking the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons. more >
Resource Launches Disability Database for Museums, Archives and Libraries
Providing online access to a database of 200 trainers, auditors and consultants specialising in disability issues is the latest step towards reducing access barriers in museums, archives and libraries by Resource. more >
Australia's first international arts and disability festival launched
Australia’s first international arts and disability festival will be held from November 16-23 in Brisbane, showcasing the talents of over 300 artists from 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific. more >
Disabled people engage with the digital arts
Arts Council England has funded major new research into the involvement of disabled people with the digital arts. more >
Arts And Disability Policies - Can You Help?
The latest D'Art question, on arts and disability policies, was circulated today to coincide with the International Day of Disabled Persons www.un.org/depts/dhl/dispersons. The query comes from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, which is looking for arts and disability policies from like organisations around the world so that it can refine its own policies. Check out the full query at http://www.ifacca.org/en/files/dart10.pdf . We would appreciate any assistance you can provide on this important issue. more >
Disabled make themselves heard
The Drake Music Project is using music technology to remove physical barriers for disabled people. more >
Events
2007 VSA arts Research Symposium
VSA arts will examine how evaluation strategies may foster deeper understanding of arts teaching and learning, as well as inform the design of high quality instruction and educational programs for all students. more >
The Arts Activated
The Arts Activated Conference in 2007 will be a celebration for all those passionate about people with disabilities and their active inclusion and participation in the arts. more >
European conference Culture and Disability
A conference on measures undertaken in Europe on culture and disability. more >
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