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.

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Applied theatre a tool for change at Arohata Prison

Monday, 27 June 2016, 12:08 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

“Theatre engages the heart and the mind. It’s a hyperlink to change,” said Richard Benge, Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa, at the graduation of six women from the intensive, therapeutic programme in the Drug Treatment Unit at Arohata ... More >>

Celebrating 25 years of children’s theatre

Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 4:19 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

Auckland’s Tim Bray Productions is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary of making children's theatre by bringing back some of its favourite shows in 2016 – all of which will include sign interpreted and audio described performances. More >>

Call for nominations to Arts Access Awards 2016

Monday, 22 February 2016, 5:10 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

Call for nominations to Arts Access Awards 2016 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 ... More >>

Forums to Highlight Role of Theatre And Creativity in Prison

Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 3:10 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

German theatre practitioner Uta Plate will lead a series of forums and workshops in New Zealand in February and March to highlight the role of theatre and creativity in prisons, in partnership with Goethe-Institut New Zealand and Arts Access Aotearoa. ... More >>

Theatre for Deaf and hearing audiences

Friday, 22 January 2016, 12:15 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

Bilingual theatre for Deaf and hearing audiences, At The End Of My Hands, will open at BATS Theatre in Wellington on 28 January for three nights before touring to Auckland and Hamilton for returns seasons later in February. More >>

Using digital platforms to improve access to the arts

Friday, 4 December 2015, 4:12 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

Making the most of social media, blogging, video and other digital platforms was the focus of a weekend symposium on 28 and 29 November in Wellington, attended by people in the disability sector and aimed at building their digital skills to advocate ... More >>

Isaac Theatre Royal’s CEO recognised at Arts Access Awards

Monday, 6 July 2015, 10:06 am | Arts Access Aotearoa

Isaac Theatre Royal’s CEO recognised at Arts Access Awards Neil Cox, Chief Executive of the Isaac Theatre Royal, was acknowledged for his work upgrading the historic theatre’s accessibility after the Christchurch earthquakes, at the Arts Access ... More >>

NZSL video, making the arts more accessible to Deaf people

Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 2:06 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

New Zealand Sign Language video, made by Deafradio’s Seeflow translation service for Arts Access Aotearoa, lets Deaf people know about some of ways artists, performing arts companies, festivals, museums, galleries and venues can make the arts more accessible ... More >>

Call for nominations to Arts Access Awards

Monday, 9 February 2015, 3:26 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 Friday 2 ... More >>

Youth collaboration takes flight at Circa

Monday, 9 February 2015, 12:22 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

A show where young intellectually disabled Wellingtonians perform alongside professional theatre practitioners will open at Circa Theatre from 21to 28 February as part of the NZ Fringe Festival 2015. More >>

Vincents’ annual exhibition celebrates its artists

Monday, 10 November 2014, 3:21 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

Celebrating the achievements of artists at Vincents Art Workshop is the main aim of its Annual Group Exhibition, opening in the First Floor Gallery at St James Theatre in Wellington on Monday 24 November. The exhibition will include 85 artworks and ... More >>

Susan Te Kahurangi King’s art in New York and Auckland

Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 5:11 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

Aucklander Susan Te Kahurangi King’s art will be exhibited simultaneously in New York and Auckland. New Zealand’s first Outsider Art Fair in Auckland from 21 to 23 November will include work by Susan King while Andrew Edlin, Director of the New ... More >>

Kamini Nair: vibrant colours of her homeland

Monday, 3 November 2014, 11:25 am | Arts Access Aotearoa

Kamini Nair likes painting large canvases of flowers in vibrant colours because they remind her of her homeland Fiji. Kamini, who has been living in Hamilton for the past 20 years, is one of five artists participating in the I’m an Artist Campaign ... More >>

Michael Krammer: dancer of many talents

Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 10:30 am | Arts Access Aotearoa

Christchurch dancer Michael Krammer is a man of many talents, working in various roles from dancer, tutor and volunteer to trust member with Jolt Dance. More >>

Tanya Faiva: a good eye for colour

Monday, 13 October 2014, 2:05 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa

A vibrant mix of colours and textures interact with each other on the canvases of Tanya Faiva, a Dunedin artist who has been attending Studio2 since 2005. Tanya is one of five artists participating in the national I’m an Artist Campaign happening ... More >>

I’m an Artist Campaign to change attitudes

Monday, 6 October 2014, 10:58 am | Arts Access Aotearoa

Fraser Hoffe of Wellington is one of five artists to be featured in a national campaign aimed at changing attitudes and behaviour towards people with disabilities, sensory impairment and mental ill-health. The campaign will be launched in five cities over ... More >>