Arts Activated 2014 Cultural Program
The Arts Activated 2014 Cultural Program is a series of curated events that will take
place across Sydney and its surrounding suburbs, during the Arts Activated
Conference week. The program features events that advocate leadership, education
and information for people with disability across the arts and disability sector.
Detailed Cultural Program
Studio ARTISTS Cushion Up
Collaborating with Koskela, Studio ARTISTS will exhibit two and three dimensional
artworks. ‘Studio ARTISTS Cushion Up' features a range of hand painted, hand
printed, stitched, dyed and heart fully made soft sculptures and home wares.
Event Details
When: Opening at 2pm Saturday 18 October. Exhibition open until Sunday 16
November, 2014
Location: Koskela,1/85 Dunning Avenue, Rosebery 2018
Contact: Gabrielle Mordy, Studio ARTES at gabrielle.mordy@studioartes.com.au.
18th Annual Bondi Sculpture by the Sea Exhibition
Sculpture by the Sea returns to the Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach coastal walk.
See the spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk transformed into a 2km long
temporary sculpture park featuring over 100 sculptures by artists from Australia and
across the world. There are a range of accessible program available.
Event Details
When: 23 October - 9 November 2014
Location: Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Sydney
Contact: Phone +61 2 8399 0233 or email info@sculpturebythesea.com
Gallery Artes Print Making Class
Make simple relief prints and explore different colour compositions. Run by artist and
printmaker Jessica Hodgkinson with Studio ARTES
members these classes are perfect for beginners or the adventurous! All ages and
abilities welcome, children must attend with a parent.
Event Details
When: 10:00am – 12:30pm, Saturday 25 October, 2014
Location: Gallery Artes, Hornsby Mall, Corner George Street and Florence Street,
Hornsby 2077
Tickets: $30pp.
Contact: Jessica Hodgkinson, Studio ARTES at
Jessica.hodgkinson@studioartes.com.au.
Industry specific Inclusive Dance Theatre Workshop
This workshop will be facilitated by community dance artist, Kat Worth in
collaboration with ‘You’. This workshop is industry specific for people already
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working in inclusive and integrated dance and theatre practices, to share practice,
approach and philosophy through a creative, collaborative, art making experience.
Places are limited and only available for people working in inclusive performing arts.
Event Details:
When: 1.30pm – 4.00pm, Monday 27 October, 2014
Location: Shopfront Youth Arts, 88 Carlton Parade Carlton NSW
Tickets: Conference Delegates can register to attend at no cost. Non-Conference
attendees can register for $10.00pp.
Contact: Please RSVP and forward any questions regarding the venue and your
support requirements to Margot on (02) 9588 3948 | accessibility@shopfront.org.au
If you would like to contribute and deliver a component of the workshop (a warm up
exercise or composition task, please get in touch with Kat Worth,
dancingkat@iprimus.com.au.
Sydney Opera House Creative Play Shadow Tables
Shadows are endlessly fascinating and have intrigued artists throughout history. The
Sydney Opera House Creative Play team has dived into these traditions weaving in
contemporary gaming technology to create a giant table around which anyone can
make colourful and wonderful shadow art. Use your hands and body to create
shadows that are manipulated with computer graphics. Its physical, playful, intuitive
and colourful.
Event Details:
When: 9:00am – 5.00pm, Tuesday 28 October, 2014
Location: Level 2 Foyer, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Tuesday Conference delegates
Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
Matthew Massaria Duet Dance Performance
Event Details:
When: Plenary Session, 11.00am, Tuesday 28 October, 2014
Location: Concert Hall, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Tuesday Conference delegates
Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
Discrimination: The good, the bad, the ugly
How has responding to discrimination influenced your life? Experiences of
discrimination can challenge us. They can be isolating, liberating, frustrating or
empowering. How we respond to discrimination can have a profound effect, both on
ourselves and the people around us. Through video, photography, painting and
performance, Discrimination: the good, the bad, the ugly! share these experiences.
The exhibition will include a fully accessible audience experience.
Event Details:
When: Plenary Session, 4.00pm, Tuesday 28 October, 2014
Location: Concert Hall, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Tuesday Conference delegates
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Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
Twelve + 3 Exhibition
The ‘Twelve + 3′ Touring Exhibition is a project of the Accessible Arts North Coast
project – Creating Connections. Accessible Arts works across the North Coast region
of NSW to establish new arts and disability networks. This includes increasing
representation in the arts of artists with disability and inclusive arts collectives across
the region, as well as supporting the development and promotion of accessible
venues, activities, studios and communications. The exhibition will have braille
programs and audio description available.
Event Details:
When: 9.00am – 6.00pm, Tuesday 28 October; 9.00am – 5.00pm, Wednesday 29
October, 2014
Location: The Art Space, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Tuesday Conference delegates
Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
I Stand Corrected
An exhibition that looks at orthopaedic footwear from beyond a functional
perspective.
Event Details:
When: 10.00am – 4.00pm, Tuesday 28 October – Wednesday 29 October, 2014
Level 1 Foyer, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Tuesday and Wednesday Conference delegates
Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
Gayle Kennedy, Reading Excerpt from Me, Antman and Fleabag
“Take one woman, her partner Antman and their dog Fleabag, pack up the car, turn
up the country music and you've got one spirited road trip 'makin room for all the
good things in life, like family, laughin, travellin and, best of all, love”.
Event Details:
When: Keynote Session, 9.00am, Wednesday 29 October, 2014
Location: Concert Hall, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Wednesday Conference delegates
Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
Anna Baek, Etudie de concert No 3. Liszt
Cecilia's Piano Music Studio provides music lessons for people with intellectual
disability. Anna, a 20 year-old-girl with autism, began her piano lessons at the age of
13. She is just about to connect herself to the world through her musical talent.
Event Details:
When: 1.00pm, Wednesday 29 October, 2014
Location: Level 2 Foyer, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Wednesday Conference delegates
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Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
Closing Performance – Richard Lane
Heldentenor Richard Lane was born in Australia and has appeared in concert with
many organisations in New South Wales as a soloist including Opera in the Valley,
Jamberoo; Opera Afloat on Sydney Harbour and Opera in the Vineyards. Recently,
he has performed with the Wollongong Symphony Orchestra in their Classical
Spectacular and the Tenor soloist for Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Event Details:
When: Conference Close, 4.00pm, Wednesday 29 October, 2014
Location: Concert Hall, The Concourse, Chatswood
Tickets: Included for Wednesday Conference delegates. Register here
Contact: Gemma Collocott, Conference Convenor on +61 9251 6499 ex 110 or at
gcollocott@aarts.net.au
Out of Line
Out of Line is a confronting and eye-opening exploration of rules, behaviour and
bullying, in which 35 young people with and without disability from South East
Sydney expose their fears, memories, and hopes for the future. A dynamic new
dance theatre piece, Out of Line is devised and performed by Shopfront’s inclusive
Bodylines Ensemble.
Event Details:
When: Wednesday 29 October - Saturday 1 November, 2014
Location: Shopfront Youth Arts, 88 Carlton Parade Carlton NSW
Contact: Margot Politis, Shopfront at accessibility@shopfront.org.au.
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