The Language of (Dis)Ability: access2art 2007

Textile Work by Marianne

Project Summary

access2art is a program of creative activities and expression developed, implemented and evaluated through a forum of Hills based disability services and schools hosted and coordinated by Baulkham Hills Shire Council (BSHC) Cultural Development Program and Aged and Disability Services.

It involves an ongoing evaluation and planning process and a development stage which culminated in an end of year exhibition to recognise the International Day of People with a DisAbility.

The project has gradually increased the role the participants have in developing their own forms of expression and creative language. The core strength of the program is based on community cultural development practice which interweaves personal development with arts practice, supports its participants in a broader cultural exchange with the wider community and reveals an evolving and dynamic range of creative practice which challenges existing assumptions.

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    • Textile Work by Marianne

      Textile Work by Marianne

    • Wheel Abstract

      Wheel Abstract

    • Northwest Disability

      Northwest Disability

    • Lifestart - Joint Work

      Lifestart - Joint Work

Cultural Awards 2008 Award Winner

Award Winner

Programs Projects and Partnerships
Division C

Project Information

Council
Baulkham Hills Shire Council
Cultural Officer
Stuart Slough
Other Baulkham Hills Council Projects
Hills Voices Online
Mu Meng Moved Three Times and Other Stories: Traditional Chinese Storytelling
Cultural Awards 2008 Winners Announced

Recent Blogs Feed (?)

Blog

  1. October 22, 2008

    The new 2009 Cultural Awards site is now open for entries!

  2. September 01, 2008

    Beyond Social Inclusion: Towards Cultural Democracy - Interesting commentary and website from Scotland...

  3. May 29, 2008

    "Cities must trade in cultural cringe for a growing sense of confidence in our distinctiveness. They must try to be somewhere, not anywhere in the extended global sprawl of electronic suburbia. Cities must wilfully believe that the unique combination of events that may fuse here is just as compelling as those that may fuse somewhere else. Cities need to involve their people in making and remaking their own mythology, and create something that is truly unique." Marcus Westbury

  4. April 17, 2008

    "Writing about culture is like trying to catch a butterfly with a pin" ... Miriam Lyons on bigger picture cultural change.