Community Arts Programs

Access Arts’ Community Arts workshops provide members with a supportive, inclusive and creative environment to engage with various art forms, encouraging positive social interaction, a strong sense of community, and artistic expression of each individual.

Anyone is welcome to attend these workshops, whether or not you experience a disability and irrespective of your previous experience. Support is available to participate in all our programs. See our Disability Access Policy for further details on how we can assist and feel free to contact us to discuss your needs. If you would prefer, we can work with you to develop a tailored program to meet the individual needs of your group. Feel free to contact us at any time to discuss your ideas.

Access Arts Disability Support

The high-quality creative participation support which Access Arts provides, enables people experiencing disability to gain maximum benefit from our programs across the state. This sets us apart from other available community workshops and programs. If you require support with personal care, please see our Personal Care Policy online or contact Access Arts to discuss your support needs.

Creative Partnerships

Access Arts recognises the many benefits of partnering with a wide range of community organisations. Access Arts welcomes all members to participate in our programs. We invite Indigenous, multicultural communities and individuals to work in partnership with us. The benefits include opportunities to share resources, the development of programs that meet the needs of members/clients of both organisations, increasing the marketing reach of both organisations and enables cross-skilling between staff and members of both organisations. You can find further information on our Creative Partnerships page on the website or contact Emma.

Community Showcase

Every year Access Arts holds a mid-year Community Showcase that participants work towards throughout the first half of the year. All participants are welcome to be involved in the Community Showcase.

Term 2 Community Arts Program @ Access Arts

Posted on 04/04/2012 by genevieve

Beginners Visual Arts

Self-portraiture through different mediums: Photography, drawing, collage
When: 4 weeks, Wednesdays 10.30am – 12.30pm
Start: 2nd May
End: 23rd May
Location: SWARA – 101 Park Rd, Woolloongabba
Fee: $10/week Or $35/4weeks if paid up front
Facilitator: Rachael Gaffney- Dawson

Beginners Visual Arts

Origami art/ origami decorated card making
When: 4 weeks Wednesdays,10.30am – 12.30pm
Start: 30th May
End: 20th June
Location: SWARA – 101 Park Rd, Woolloongabba
Fee: $10/week Or $35/4weeks if paid up front
Facilitator: Gill Pyke

Northside Visual Arts

When: 8 weeks, Thursdays, 9.30am – 11.30am
Start: 3rd May
End: 21st June
Location: RCA – Lamington Dr, Redcliffe
Fee: $10/week Or $70/term if paid up front
Facilitator: Helen Bradshaw

Performance Arts

When: 8 weeks, Thursdays, 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Start: 3rd May
End: 21st June
Location: Pathwayz Hall – 217a Lutwyche Rd, Windsor
Fee: $10/week Or $70/term if paid up front
Facilitator: Kate Cooper

Drumming

When: 8 weeks, Fridays, 11.00am – 1.00pm
Start: 4th May
End: 22nd June
Location: SWARA – 101 Park Rd, Woolloongabba
Fee: Free
Facilitator: Nicky Perry

All workshops will be working towards the Mid-Year Community Showcase.

Please contact Joelene Scot for further information on the Term 2 program.

Please Note: Places for these workshops are limited and you must contact the Access Arts office as soon as possible to enrol.

For the diary: Mid-year Community Showcase

This year our Community Showcase will be held on Saturday, 23 June at the Pathwayz Hall, Windsor. Please note it in your diary! The theme for this year will be Journeys, and all Term 2 workshops will be working towards exhibitions and performances reflecting this theme. Further information will follow closer to the date.

For further information on the Community Arts Program, please contact Joelene Scot, Community Arts Administrator : joelene@accessarts.org.au or 3844 5897.

Art work from the new Northside Visual Arts Workshop

Posted on 14/09/2011 by joelene

The Northside Beginners Visual Arts workshop at the Regional Community Association, Redcliffe has been producing some beautiful art work – please enjoy!

: by Susan Gale

A black, yellow and red print with a lizard, horse, flourish, the name ‘Amy’, and a zigzag line arching over the shapes.

by Amy Currie

Pink and purple horizontal striped prints with flowers and horse silhouettes.

by Emma Crosby

Horizontal black, red and yellow print with 2 human figures touching hands, 2 circular symbols (one similar to yin and yang), and a fish bone like shape arching over the figures.

by Stephen Walsh

A blue print with different shades, with a flower with a lacey/doily pattern circling it.

by Margaret Johnson

A print of a blue butterfly and 2 flourishes (1 on top and 1 on bottom), with what looks like many paint brush marks/dots of red, yellow and green all around the butterfly.

by Adam Connolly

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Community Showcase 2011

Posted on 11/07/2011 by joelene

This year’s Community Showcase was a wonderful event! Centered around the theme ‘Seasons’, each workshop group expressed ‘seasons’ through various mediums: painting, photography, ceramics, movement, sound, music, action and voice. Thank you to everyone who performed, attended and helped at the event, and assisted in its preparation! Here are a few photos from the day:

Performance Troupe

Drumming Group

Beginners Visual Arts collabortive screenprinted seasons banner

Beginners Visual Arts collaborative screenprinted 'Seasons' banner

Performance Writers

Photography by Magda Labuda.

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