Access Arts Inc (Queensland)
Access Arts Inc (Queensland) creates opportunities by removing barriers to arts and cultural participation for the one in five Queenslanders with disability. We deliver programs in all art-forms at all levels which support our vision that all Queenslanders are free to participate, create and work in the arts.
Access Arts is the acknowledged leader throughout the Arts and Cultural sector in the development of emerging artists through mentoring and employment of professional artists and cultural workers experiencing disability and disadvantage.
Access Arts utilises an innovative and unique approach to reciprocal partnerships with individuals, regional Queensland communities, interstate and international organisations. These partnerships are instrumental in producing quality exhibitions, performances, projects, workshops and professional development outcomes.
Access Arts is recruiting a new General Manager on a 6 month contract to transition us to our new premises in Teneriffe. We expect the move to take place in August. If you would like to know more about this position, click here!
We bid a fond farewell to our General Manager, Angela Jaeschke, who has been with us for the past nine years and been a tower of strength. She left us for an exciting new position as Quality Systems Officer at Mercy Disability Services. We wish her well.
Many of you know Angela and the wonderful advice and support she has given. We want you to have a chance to say ‘goodbye’ to her personally, so she will be coming to our Community Showcase A Chance to Celebrate! on Saturday 22 June at 2pm (Cerebral Palsy League’s Windsor Hall, 217a Lutwyche Road, Windsor). Put the date in your diary now!
We are hugely proud and excited to announce the launch of our Disability Arts Master Class: Rising Star.
Rising Star aims to put Queensland on the map as a state leader in disability arts and support our already amazing artists to develop their work even further.
Rising Star is free and open to all Queenslander artists with disability, or arts practitioners working with people with disability. It’s your chance to spend time learning from internationally renowned practitioners like our Lead Artist Gaelle Mellis. Activities involve pre-master class online discussions, a one and a half day master class in Brisbane, and the opportunity to apply for a Rising Star Bursary.
To find out more, download the Expression of Interest Form below.
- Download the Rising Star Expression of Interest Form – pdf version
- Download the Rising Star Expression of Interest Form – word version
Closing Date: Friday 31st May 2013
- There is no cost to participants but we expect a high level of demand. People will know if their application has been successful by 7 June
- For artists who need to fly inter-state, a grant to assist with their expenses may be available. Please contact us.
Celebrating 30 years of Access Arts, Rising Star is a partnership between Access Arts and Arts Queensland.
