Arts Access Darwin

Follow the link below to read or download our Disability Action Plan:

ABOUT DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS:

Darwin Community Arts (DCA) Is a multi-art, community arts organisation operating in the Darwin Urban and Rural Area; and is engaged with local, regional, national and international communities. DCA is focused on grassroots community arts and cultural development; working to ensure that diverse communities have opportunities to develop their creative practices in safe, inclusive and accessible art spaces.

DCA works through partnerships with diverse communities and non-arts organisations to provide programs which democratise the making and sharing of art. Supporting and facilitating the production of new works through community-led creative practice and collaborations.

Darwin Community Arts acknowledges the Larrakia, the traditional owners of Darwin, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them, and to their elders both past and present.

Arts and Disability at DCA: Inclusion and access for artists with disabilities have always been central principles in programming at Darwin Community Arts. All DCA’s spaces, projects, activities and programs are inclusive and accessible. Additionally, DCA runs several important, innovative and longstanding disability-specific arts programs including the Arts Access Darwin, CemNTstars, CemeNTheads and the Free Space Studio. Darwin Community Arts is now a registered NDIS provider in the Innovative Community Participation category.

Darwin Community Arts – General inquiries Phone (08) 8945 7347 Email mail@darwincommunityarts.org.au Website http://www.darwincommunityarts.org.au 

10 – 25 April @ Tactile Arts Gallery

Read online or download the exhibition catalogue

Job Opportunity:

Arts Access Darwin – Creative Producer (Casual)

Maternity Contract

MATERNITY CONTRACT PERIOD:  7-Months, 1 March – 30 September 2020

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 5 FEB, 2020

SUCESSFUL APPLICANT NOTIFIED: 15 FEB, 2020

HANDOVER: 19 & 20 FEBRUARY 1pm – 5pm

REMUNERATION: $45.00 p/hr (DCA Casual Rate) – 15hrs p/week

WORKING HOURS & OFFICE DAYS: 2-days p/week, 7.5hrs p/day – Wednesday & Thursday 9am – 4:30pm

Applicants to submit:

– 1-page cover letter addressing the applicant’s suitability for the role and relevant qualifications in relation to the selection criteria.

– CV

– 2 professional referees (provide name, position, phone & email contacts for each referee)

Send applications to: artsaccess@darwincommunityarts.org.au

DOWNLOAD POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:MATERNITY ROLE – Creative Producer _ ARTS ACCESS DARWIN (2)

Position Specifications:

Key Accountabilities and Functions

> Project development, management – delivery of projects, exhibitions, productions and publications.

> Grant writing and corresponding reporting and acquittals.

> Advocacy and support for artists with disability – best practice in disability led arts, supporting artistic practices and professional development for artists with disabilities.

> Administrating the Free Space Studio including; securing funding; participant enrolments; workshop facilitator staffing; studio maintenance; materials upkeep & budgeting.

> Joint hosting of the annual NT Arts Access Awards ceremony with Incite Arts in Alice Springs – we have a 2-year rotation of award ceremony hosting duties – for example in 2020 & 2021 the awards ceremony will be hosted by Darwin Community Arts and in 2022 & 2023 the awards will be hosted by Incite Arts.

 Selection Criteria:

> Demonstrated understanding of best practice in arts and disability.

> Experience in community arts production and facilitation.

> Demonstrated effective project management and administration skills.

> Demonstrated experience in grant writing, ability to secure funding to support new and existing projects.

 Summary of Position

 Arts Access Darwin (AAD) is a creative producer role at Darwin Community Arts, the objective of the role is to provide arts-based workshops, professional development opportunities and events led by, inclusive of and accessible to people with disability. AAD partners with disability service providers and arts organisations to increase access to and participation in the arts for people with disability in the Darwin region. AAD is a member of Arts Access Australia. AAD will work with partners in the disability sector to enhance artistic production by people with disabilities. AAD continues to host the NT Arts Access Awards for the Northern Territory in collaboration with Incite Arts, Alice Springs.

 OUR MISSION – WHAT WE’RE STRIVING FOR:

• To increase the presence and visibility of artists with disability in ALL areas of artistic endeavour
• To promote a culture of inclusivity in ALL areas of artistic programming in Darwin – which acknowledges that people with disability, belong to diverse communities, with diverse access needs, and have a right to equal access to:
  • The means for creative expression – time to develop a practice, accessible creative workspaces, resources & materials etc.
  • Professional outcomes resulting from creative practice;
  • Equal opportunities for participation as audience members in arts venues;
  • Equal opportunities for paid employment in the arts sector;
• Push for access and inclusion as a mainstream core value of ALL arts organisations.
• Support the production of new works by artists with disability.

OUR CORE VALUES:

Arts Access Darwin takes our core values in relation to the equal rights of people with disability to participate in the creative arts, from The United Nations Convention on the Rights of people with Disability.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES:

The general principles of the convention are as follows:

• Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make one’s own choices, and independence of persons;
  (b) Non-discrimination;
  (c) Full and effective participation and inclusion in society;
  (d) Respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity;
  (e) Equality of opportunity;
  (f) Accessibility;
  (g) Equality between men and women;
  (h) Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities

 

2019 NT Arts Access Awards – Nominations now open!

Image: Dion Beasley, Winner 2018,The Michele Castagna individual artist with disability award

To download the 2019 nomination form:

2019-nt-arts-access-awards_nomination-form

 Send completed nomination forms to:

Arts Access Darwin | Darwin Community Arts

0416453012 | E. artsaccess@darwincommunityarts.org.au

Nomination Categories:

• The Michele Castagna individual artist with disability award

Nominate a remarkable artist that you know.

• Accessible Arts Projects

Nominate a project which has demonstrated outstanding leadership inaccessible and inclusive arts practice.

• Individual Arts Worker or Disability Support Worker

An individual who has been instrumental in supporting the creative practices of artists with disability.

• local arts or community organisation

Nominate a local organisation for their contributions to accessibility in the arts.

Nominations open 7 October

 Nominations close 31 October

The NT Arts Access Awards recognise the contributions of individuals, groups and

organisations in the NT who have been working to improve accessibility in the creative arts for people with disability, across all genres of creative endeavour. The awards aim to acknowledge NT based artists with disability who have made an outstanding contribution through their creative practice.

The NT Arts Access Awards recognise the contributions of individuals, groups andorganistions in the NT who have been working to improve accessibility in the creative arts for people with disability, across all genres of creative endeavor. The awards are a joint project of Arts Access Darwin and Incite Arts (Alice Springs) running since 2009. The awards aim to acknowledge NT based artists with disability who have made an outstanding contribution through their creative practice.

 

Nominations Open 7 August

Nominations Close 31 August

TO DOWNLOAD THE 2018 NOMINATION FORM:

2018-nt arts access awards_nomination-form

 

SEND COMPLETED NOMIATIONS TO

Arts Access Darwin | Darwin Community Art

P. 0416453012 | E. artsaccess@darwincommunityarts.org.au

 

The 2018 NT Arts Access Awards will be judged by Meagan Shand CEO of Arts Access Australia

 

Nomination Categories:

 

The Michele Castagna Individual Artist with Disability Award 

Nominate a remarkable artist that you know.

 

Accessible Arts Projects

Nominate a project which has demonstrated outstanding leadership inaccessible and inclusive arts practice.

 

Individual Arts Worker or Disability Support Worker 

An individual who has been instrumental in supporting the creative practices of artists with disability.

 

Local Arts or Community Organisation

Nominate a local organisation for their contributions to accessibility in the arts.

 

ABOUT THE 2018 NT ARTS ACCESS AWARDS

NT Arts Access Awards will be held as part of the 2018 Meeting Place program.

Meeting Place is the signature event of Arts Access Australia, the national peak body for arts and disability in Australia. Meeting Place is a national forum created in 2012 to build stronger linkages and collaboration between stakeholders. Meeting Place is held annually and brings artists with disability together with industry leaders in an accessible and supported space, to present, perform, discuss and debate the latest in arts and disability. The first international Meeting Place was held in Germany in 2017, and the aim is to hold an international forum every four years. Arts Access Australia is excited that this year’s Meeting Place will be held in Alice Springs. This will be the first time in the events history that Meeting Place will be held in regional Australia. The forum will be co-hosted by Incite Arts. https://www.meetingplaceforum.org/

 

 

A selection of  images showing artists at  work in 2016 Free Space Studio workshops.

top to bottom: 1. Leigh Zarimis, 2. Joseph McGee, 3. group image: Alex McGinnes, Callum Elliot, Rebecca Hell, Rebecca Mackrow. 4.Lisa Tiernan, 5. Joanne Van Roden, 6. Amy Davidson, 7. Annie Moors,  8.Callum Elliot