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Arts Access Aotearoa
Increasing access to the arts
Arts Access Aotearoa works in partnership with others to increase access to the arts for people in New Zealand who experience barriers to participation in the arts and culture as creators, audience members, readers, and gallery and museum visitors. Key stakeholders are people with physical, sensory or intellectual impairments; individuals and organisations in the community and professional arts sectors; and people with lived experience of mental ill-health. We are also the key organisation in New Zealand facilitating the arts as a tool to support the rehabilitative process of prisoners.
Arts Access Aotearoa - Latest News [Page 5]
Tukutuku panel a welcome to Artsenta
Friday, 15 September 2017, 10:10 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
A tukutuku panel, created by Artsenta’s artists over three months, takes pride of place in the entranceway to the Dunedin creative space and serves as a welcome to everyone. More >>
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s first audio description
Saturday, 19 August 2017, 7:58 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s first audio description Royal New Zealand Ballet will present its first audio described performances for blind and low vision patrons in Auckland with the ballet Romeo and Juliet , which opens in Wellington on 16 August ... More >>
Arts can help meet challenges in health and social services
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 10:04 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
Research conducted in the UK provides evidence that participating in the arts improves quality of life, aids recovery from illness and saves money across the health and social services, says Richard Benge, Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa. More >>
Short film Tama a first for Film Festival
Tuesday, 1 August 2017, 2:46 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Tama, the first Deaf and hearing short film collaboration to feature at the New Zealand International Film Festival, will screen in Wellington (13 August), Christchurch (16 and 17 August) and Dunedin (18 and 19 August) as part of the Ngā Whanaunga Māori ... More >>
Arts Access Awards recognise arts leadership in prisons
Friday, 7 July 2017, 1:56 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
A programme where women prisoners read and record stories for their children and grandchildren and a Christchurch prison leading the way in its use of the arts as a rehabilitative tool, have been acknowledged at the 2017 Arts Access Awards. More >>
Theatre recognised for opening its doors to diversity
Friday, 7 July 2017, 1:48 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
The Court Theatre’s focus on working with communities and opening its doors to new, diverse audiences in Christchurch was recognised in Parliament on Tuesday 4 July when it received the Arts Access Creative New Zealand Arts for All Award 2017. ... More >>
Arts Access Artistic Achievement Award to Rodney Bell
Friday, 7 July 2017, 12:10 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Arts Access Artistic Achievement Award to Rodney Bell Rodney Bell’s life is one of many layers – of a time before and a time after, of culture and identity, and of disconnection and integration. The time before was growing up in Te Kuiti in the ... More >>
Accolade for Olivier Lacoua
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 4:30 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Accolade for Olivier Lacoua Commitment, inclusion, community and leadership are just some of the words that describe Wellington accessibility champion Olivier Lacoua, about to head south to manage the Novotel Christchurch Airport hotel opening in February ... More >>
Bedtime Stories bridge a gap
Thursday, 6 July 2017, 12:55 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Bedtime stories are a time for parents to bond with their children and share the magic of imagination but for some people, the nightly ritual isn’t possible. More >>
Arts Access Awards celebrate artistic contributions
Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 1:15 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
A performing artist who has returned home to New Zealand after many years dancing with a renowned dance company in California, a partnership that resulted in a large tape art mural in central Wellington, a creative space providing a pathway from isolation ... More >>
That Blind Woman to co-present at Arts Access Awards
Monday, 19 June 2017, 2:18 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Dunedin artist and motivational speaker Julie Woods aka That Blind Woman will join Richard Benge, Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa in Parliament on Tuesday 4 July to present the Arts Access Awards 2017. “It’s essential that disabled ... More >>
Exhibition marks anniversary of art space
Thursday, 8 June 2017, 4:36 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
An exhibition showcasing the work of Room 5 artists will open on Monday 12 June, coinciding with the second anniversary of the art studio based at the Phillipstown Community Hub in Christchurch. More >>
David Shrigley exhibition inspires Room 5 artists
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 12:08 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Drawings by Christchurch artists, inspired by the David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind exhibition, will be displayed in the gallery of the Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA) until Sunday 4 June. The display follows a visit to CoCA by twelve artists from Ōtautahi ... More >>
Te Manawa wins Arts Access Museum Award 2017
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 11:40 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
Palmerston North’s Te Manawa, Museum of Art, Science and History has won the inaugural Arts Access Museum Award 2017 for its commitment to putting access and inclusion front and centre stage. The award was presented last night at MA17, Museum Aotearoa’s ... More >>
Simon Kerr’s journey through art
Friday, 31 March 2017, 11:29 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
An exhibition featuring artwork by Simon Kerr, On the Way to the Opera with the Drug Lord and Mr X, will open at the Potocki Paterson Art Gallery in Wellington on 7 April. More >>
Coffee and art, the perfect partners
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 11:14 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
Coffee and art go hand-in-hand at Circa Café in the Christchurch suburb of St Albans, where regular exhibitions feature work by artists from The White Room creative space. More >>
Call for nominations to Arts Access Awards 2017
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 11:09 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
Do you want to see an outstanding disabled artist recognised? Or how about a leader providing access to the arts for people in New Zealand? Nominations to this year’s Arts Access Awards, presented annually by Arts Access Aotearoa, close on Monday 3 ... More >>
Call for nominations to Arts Access Awards 2017
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 5:12 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Do you want to see an outstanding disabled artist recognised? Or how about a leader providing access to the arts for people in New Zealand? Nominations to this year’s Arts Access Awards, presented annually by Arts Access Aotearoa, close on Monday 3 ... More >>
Shortland Street musical strikes chord with Deaf community
Monday, 20 February 2017, 5:26 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
The opportunity to see a New Zealand Sign Language interpreted performance of Shortland Street – the Musical , on during the Auckland Arts Festival 2017, has struck a chord with Deaf and hard of hearing people. More >>
Jacob Dombroski flies solo
Friday, 17 February 2017, 3:12 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
This is story is about strength, family and dreams; about overcoming fears, facing challenges and speaking up about your truth. Meet Jacob Dombroski, a young talent from Wellington, whose first solo performance, Big J Stylez, will be presented on ... More >>
