Arts and Culture Page
Equal access to and participation in artistic and cultural life is recognised in international law as a human right (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 15) - including for people with disabilities.
We hope this page will develop further. If you have, or are aware of, other resources which would be useful to include here, please let us know.
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Arts ministers consult on national arts and disability strategy (2 October 2008)
Action plans | Captioning and Media access | Speeches | Media releases | Resources | Organisations
Arts and cultural organisation action plans
Arts related action plans on our Action Plan Register include the following:
Village cinemas |
Australia Council for the Arts |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Australian Film Television and Radio School |
Department of Communications and the Arts |
National Library of Australia |
National Museum of Australia |
National Folk Festival |
South Australia Film Corporation | WA Department of Culture and the Arts
Captioning and media access
See our media access page
Speeches
Presentation to accessible arts workshop Sydney Opera House, 10 December 2004, Bruce Maguire, Policy Officer, HREOC
Media releases / articles
Commissioner Graeme Innes AM launches Art Gallery of NSW access program (30 May 2007)
Other resources
These are links to resources from other organisations which you may find useful.
- Making the journey: Arts and disability in Australia : Arts Access Australia
- Culture and Recreation Government Portal - disability and the arts
- Arts Access Australia Disability Fact Pack for Arts Organisations
- Access All Areas: guide to Marketing the Arts to People with Disabilities
- National Gallery of Australia access information
- Australian War Memorial access information
- National Museum of Australia access information
- National Library of Australia access information
- Art Gallery of NSW Access program
- Western Australian venue access information
- Victorian EASE ticket service for people whose choice of seating is restricted
- Australia Council For the Arts Disability page
- Sydney Olympic Park/Olympic Co-ordination Authority Access Guidelines
- Arts Victoria - disabiilty page
- See also the city guides on accessibility.com.au
Links to arts and disability organisations
Australia
Australia has a national network of organisations which advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the arts called Arts Access Australia. Network members also run hands on arts projects, and promote the work of arts organisations and artists with disabilities
- Arts Access (Vic)
- Accessible Arts (NSW)
- Arts in Action (SA)
- Access Arts (Qld)
- Arts Access (SA)
- Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts Australia WA (DADAA WA)
- Australian Theatre of the Deaf (NSW)
- Back to Back Theatre (Geelong)
- Club Wild supports the creative expression of people with a disability through music, video and performance
- Mental Health music network
- The BiPolar Bears
- Junction House : recreational and educational services for adults with mild intellectual disabilities in Eastern Sydney
- Restless Dance Company (SA)
- Taj Productions