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Creative Australia’s arts and disability initiatives value and champion unique practices, perspectives and leadership – disrupting and reinventing artforms, opening up creative and professional pathways, and connecting with audiences – challenging how we see ourselves and each other.
Arts and disability practice spans and innovates across all art forms – opening us up to new aesthetic, creative and curatorial possibilities. Creative Australia’s disability arts/arts and disability initiatives also recognise that barriers to cultural participation exist and hold us back from drawing on our full range of talent and experiences. By investing in arts and disability practice, removing barriers and supporting skills development and career pathways for people from diverse backgrounds.
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MATCH Lab
Multi-art form
Delivery Partner: Climate Action Services
Multi-art form
Delivery Partner: Disability Arts Services
Multi-art form
Playing Australia Project Investment
National Arts and Disability Requests for Tender Q&A Session
National Arts and Disability Requests for Tender Q&A Session
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Word document · 429.07 KBd/Deaf and disabled artist and arts workers (and audiences) are vital contributors to the cultural life and creative expression of the nation. Creative Australia’s arts and disability initiatives value and champion unique practices, perspectives and leadership – challenging and reinventing artforms, opening up creative and professional pathways, and connecting with audiences – challenging how we see ourselves and each other.
Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan
Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan webinar
Equity is a four-year roadmap of activities to build the foundations of equity for artists, arts workers and audiences with disability across Australia, with an $8.1 million investment from July 2024.
Watch our information session, here or below, with Zohar Spatz, Head of Experimental at Creative Australia; Camilla Brzoska-Smith, Director of Access, Participation and Inclusion at the Office for the Arts; and Ken Crouch, Head of Industry Development at Screen Australia.
Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan Webinar
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Disability Programs Manager
The Arts and Disability Associated Plan (ADAP) is a plan to make life better for people with disability. This Plan is about what we can do to make arts and culture more equitable,accessible and inclusive for d/Deaf and disabled artists, arts workers and audiences.
This role is a chance to drive change and deliver arts and disability projects and initiatives that can improve the lives of people with disability. You will support stakeholders to deliver projects and initiatives that reflect our commitment to arts and disability under the ADAP.
Request for Tender
Request for Tender Info Session: Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan
Request for Tender Info Session: Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan
National Arts and Disability Code of Practice or Guidelines (RFT)
Creative Australia is seeking tenders from suitably qualified individuals, organisations or consortia to develop and steward a new National Arts and Disability Code of Practice or appropriate Guidelines (Code or Guidelines).
Issue Date: Tuesday 4 February 2025
Tender Closing Time: Tuesday 25 March 2:00pm AEDT
Enquiries and Lodgement: tenders@creative.gov.au
Contact: Zohar Spatz, Head of Community and Experimental
National Arts and Disability Forums and Gatherings (RFT)
Creative Australia is seeking tenders from suitably qualified individuals, organisations or consortia to deliver a series of disability-led accessible, online and in-person forums and gatherings across 2025-2028 focusing on disability-related issues in the arts and cultural sector, including the screen and digital games industries.
Issue Date: Tuesday 4 February 2025
Tender Closing Time: Tuesday 25 March 2:00pm AEDT
Enquiries and Lodgement: tenders@creative.gov.au
Contact: Zohar Spatz, Head of Community and Experimental
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Our assessment panels include artists and creative workers who understand the creative process. Their involvement ensures Creative Australia’s funding decisions remain at arm’s length.
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Creative Australia encourages applications from practising artists, arts workers and organisations. Find out more about our application process.
