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Disability Arts Festival
Artist Callout 2015
Friday 26 – Saturday 27 June, Queensland Theatre Company
Access Arts is hosting a Disability Arts Festival (working title) at Queensland Theatre Company from Friday 26 –
Saturday 27 June 2015. This is an exciting opportunity for emerging and professional artists from across Australia
to showcase their work at a festival accessible to all artists and audiences.
We are seeking polished performances in any art form, works in progress, installations, roving performances and
workshops, discussions or forums for presentation over the two days of the festival.
The spaces available for use include Queensland Theatre Company’s Bille Brown Studio, Studio Two, The
GreenHouse and Courtyard areas. All of these spaces are on ground level with wheelchair access.
What we’re looking for
 Polished performances in any art form no longer than 60 minutes in duration
(e.g. theatre, music, dance, cabaret, circus, physical theatre, performance art)
 Works in progress for showing
 Installations for the foyer and courtyard areas
 Roving performances
 Workshops, discussions or forums
What we’ll provide
 Marketing for the festival
 Venue for the performance or activity
 Technical operators
 Front of house staff
 Ticketing
 Assistance with accessibility during the festival
 A fee for your performance or activity (as negotiated)
 Letters of support for any related funding applications
What you’ll need to provide
 A performance, showing or activity ready to present on the day
 Any set, costumes or materials required
 A blurb about the performance, showing or activity and an image for promotion
 A support worker or carer if required for your participation
Your Expression of Interest
 While we prefer applications to be submitted via email, you are welcome to submit your application in
any way that’s accessible to you (for example, audio, video, printed, dictated, electronic and
handwritten). Please contact Access Arts staff to discuss any specific format requirements.
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Access Arts staff are available to answer any questions you have regarding your expression of interest for
the festival. You can ask staff for assistance either via phone, email, Skype or in person by appointment.
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Send your completed expression of interest form and any relevant support materials by email to
[email protected] with ‘Disability Arts Festival’ in the subject line or via post to Access Arts,
1F/24 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, QLD 4005 by 5pm on Monday 23 March, 2015.
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Applicant Details
Company Name (if applicable)
Full Name of Main Applicant
Phone Number
Mobile Number
Email Address
Residential Address
Postcode
Postal Address
Postcode
ABN (if applicable)
Eligibility
i
ii
Are you an emerging or professional
artist or arts worker?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Do you, or other artists/creatives
involved in the project, identify as
experiencing disabilityiii?
Are you 18 years of age or older?
Are you a current Access Arts member?
Project Details
Project Title
Approximate Running Time
Number of Artists Involved
Please describe the project you are proposing
(approximately 250 words)
What is the performance/workshop/talk about?
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Who are the artists/creatives involved?
Please list the full names of artists or creatives involved in the project, and what their roles are. Include names of
any technicians or stage managers on your team. If a role has not yet been filled you may list as “TBC”.
Do you have any organisational partners or mentors involved in your project?
(Approximately 100 words)
If any artists, mentors, partners or venues will be involved in your project, provide info about who they are
and what they’ll do. Your application will not be disadvantaged if you do not have partners involved.
What is your proposed fee to deliver one performance or showing of the project?
We have a limited budget, but are committed to paying artists involved in the festival.
Please consider everyone on your creative and technical team, and costs for any materials,
travel, or accessibility requirements. You may provide details below or attach your own document.
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What are your technical requirements?
Access Arts will be providing technical operators for the two days of the festival, and there will be a standard
lighting rig in the Bille Brown Studio for all shows to utilise. Please list whether you will require any specific
lighting states, sound requirements, AV, equipment such as mics, rigging, or particular assistance from technical
staff. This is also the place to describe any major set items. We understand this may change closer to the time.
Support Material
Essential Support Material
Current Resume of Main Applicant (required)
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1-2 pages
Outlines your artistic background, experience and
achievements
Examples of work (required)
Please provide at least one of the following:
 up to 5 pages of written material (published
writing, research or press), or
 up to 10 printed photographs or images of
your recent work, or
 up to 10 min of video or sound recording of
your recent work, or
 up to 3 website addresses linking to your
recent work.
Please note that where possible we prefer to
receive website addresses as support material.
Optional Support Material
Letters of Support (optional)
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from individuals or organisations offering
in-kind or financial support
Maximum of three support letters can be provided
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Further Information
Belinda Locke
Festival Director
Phone: (07) 3254 9585
Local: 1300 663 651
Email: [email protected]
Belinda’s regular working days are Monday and Tuesday.
www.accessarts.org.au
i Emerging artists are usually defined as someone who has “...probably practised as a professional artist
continually for less than 5 years but who wishes to develop his or her career in their chosen artform”
ii The Australia Council for the Arts has defined a ‘serious, practising professional artist’ in the Don’t Give Up
Your Day Job report. “The seriousness is judged in terms of a self-assessed commitment to artistic work as a major
aspect of the artist’s working life, even if arts-related work is not the main source of income. The practising aspect
means that we confine our attention to artists currently working or seeking to work in their chosen occupation. The
term professional is intended to indicate a degree of training, experience or talent and a manner of working that
qualify artists to have their work judged against the highest professional standards of the relevant occupation”.
iii People experiencing disability include “those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory
impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on
an equal basis with others” United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006.
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