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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 8]
Carving skills “a gift” to pass on to others
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 2:50 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Everything Joe knows about tikanga Māori he learned in prison: his whakapapa, te reo, carving, art, kapa haka, storytelling and politics. “It was total immersion for me,” says Joe (Ngā Puhi), who was recently released from Christchurch Men’s ... More >>
Original, inventive art in Pataka gallery
Friday, 7 September 2012, 1:22 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Original, inventive, challenging … These are the words curator Stuart Shepherd uses to describe the work of self-taught artists around New Zealand featuring in a national exhibition presented by Arts Access Aotearoa at Pataka Museum of Arts ... More >>
JOLT dancer to receive recognition
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 4:21 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
The “ability, determination and courage” of Melissa Fox, a member of integrated company JOLT Dance in Christchurch, will be recognised on Sunday 17 June by Arts Access Aotearoa and its Executive Director, Richard Benge . More >>
CQ Hotels Wellington sponsors Community Partnership Award
Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 2:49 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
MEDIA RELEASE Date: 7 March 2012 Attention: Arts reporters / Chief reporters CQ Hotels Wellington sponsors Big ‘A’ Community Partnership Award More >>
Nominations to Big ‘A’ Awards 2012
Friday, 17 February 2012, 1:00 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
A new award recognising the artistic achievements of a disabled or sensory impaired artist is one of six award categories in the Big ‘A’ Awards 2012, presented every year by Arts Access Aotearoa at a ceremony in the Banquet Hall of Parliament. Nominations ... More >>
Nominations to Big ‘A’ Awards 2012
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 8:27 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
A new award recognising the artistic achievements of a disabled artist is one of six award categories in the Big ‘A’ Awards 2012, presented every year by Arts Access Aotearoa at a ceremony in the Banquet Hall of Parliament. More >>
Grants to improve access to arts events and venues
Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 4:43 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Date: 31 January 2012 Grants to improve access to arts events and venues Arts organisations and venues will become more accessible this year, thanks to eleven grants provided by Creative New Zealand for projects ranging from sign language interpretations and ... More >>
Uplifting art installed and blessed
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 3:18 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
“New Zealand has been through a tumultuous time and to have something to lift us up is important. Fraser’s sculpture emphasises what art can do for us. It can take us away from the mundane things in life and up to where we belong,” said Suzanne ... More >>
InterACT Festival to take centre stage
Monday, 3 October 2011, 1:54 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
New Zealand’s first arts festival showcasing the abilities of more than 150 disabled artists will take place in Auckland in the aftermath of the Rugby World Cup from 28 to 30 October. The InterACT Festival will include more than 30 performances, workshops ... More >>
Edgy art in Bowen House exhibition space
Monday, 27 June 2011, 12:52 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Artists working at creative spaces from Dunedin through to Auckland will be represented in Make/Believe, an exhibition presented by Arts Access Aotearoa and opening in Parliament’s Bowen House, Wellington on 7 July. More >>
Exploring perspectives on death
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 3:13 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Wellington theatre maker and director Leo Gene Peters has been working with staff, patients and families using hospice services to create a performance piece based on their stories. More >>
Tom di Maria presentation at Te Papa
Sunday, 23 August 2009, 12:44 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
“Given the chance, people with disabilities can become outstanding contemporary artists of our time,” says Tom di Maria, Director of the Creative Growth Art Centre in Oakland, California. More >>
PM launches First Outsider Art Gallery at Parlt
Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 4:57 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
Bowen House at Parliament is going to have its own Outsider Art exhibition for the first time to mark the launch of the Outside-In Gallery . The Prime Minister called it a “a caravan of a gallery”. She said the Outside-In Gallery was not a gallery ... More >>
‘Outsider’ Art gaining recognition, in Parlaiment
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 12:09 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
The Honourable Judith Tizard recognizes ‘Outsider’ Art with ‘The Big A’ Award in The Grand Hall, Parliament at 6.30pm on 29th March, 2007. ‘Outsider’ Art is art developed by people who are often on the margins of society, who have had no ... More >>
Tapping into creativity reaps financial benefits
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 1:48 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
New Zealand’s economy is reaping the benefits from the work of more than 4,300 little-known, self-taught artists to the tune of an estimated $2.7 million a year. More >>
A creative way to slow down the revolving door
Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 9:33 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
Adding a touch of creativity within the prison walls is playing a huge role in slowing down the revolving door linked to reoffending, a visiting American expert says. More >>
Make the most of the “invisible workforce”
Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 12:03 am | Arts Access Aotearoa
Employers who close the doors on people with mental or physical disability are the ones who could be missing out, says President of the World Fellowship of Schizophrenia Jim Crowe. More >>
Providing a canvas for creativity
Thursday, 20 February 2003, 4:07 pm | Arts Access Aotearoa
If every picture paints a thousand words then there are pages full of stories behind the array of artworks that will be on display in Wellington from next Monday. More >>
