Creative Access Workshop

Designed for creative practitioners and commissioning arts organisations, this disability-led training explores creative access in the creation of new work. Explore its potential to transform the way we create and engage with art for all audiences.

Learn about embedding access and inclusion into new creative work in an aesthetic way, and how creative work can become inseparable from access. Think beyond traditional models where access is added-on to existing work and consider how to creatively engage diverse audiences in a meaningful way. This exciting new training program will lead you towards uncovering new ground at the forefront of Creative Access.

In this workshop you’ll:

• Learn how to make work that includes people with disability in a meaningful way
• Receive useful resources
• Learn from trainers with disability who are arts experts
• Enjoy the increased accessibility and convenience of online training
• Be able to interact with our trainers as well as other participants, so you can ask questions and share knowledge
• Come to our public workshop or book a private in-house session

Learn about:

• Embedded access where access is designed into new work from the start
• Creative access led by disability culture in the creation of new creative work
• Australian and international examples of successful work
• Who has the right to create the work
• Challenging traditional models of creative work
• Creative access as activism

Resources:

Participants receive a comprehensive resource kit as a valuable ongoing reference. This includes:

• Detailed resource manual
• Disability language guide
• Access checklists

Duration:
2hrs

Participation:
All sessions are delivered using the Zoom online conferencing platform (Zoom links are provided following booking)

About Zoom:
Zoom is an easy to use, reliable and FREE cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and
webinars across mobile devices, desktops and telephones.
If you haven’t used Zoom before you can find out more here: https://zoom.us/
After signing up for our workshop, you’ll receive an email from us inviting you to a Zoom meeting on the date of the
workshop. 
On the day of the workshop, all you have to do is click on the relevant link in the invitation, follow the prompts and
you’ll be part of the workshop.

Access:
Closed captioning and Auslan interpreting are available on request for all training. Please advise of your access
requirements upon registration. Please note that we require at least 4 working days’ notice.
Find out more:

If you have any questions or need help with making a booking, contact us at info@aarts.net.au or call on 02 9251 6499.

Image Description: A purple fabric tunnel with a person sitting with legs out in front reclined on their hands behind
them. A fan is visible to the lower right.

Image Credit: Bailee Lobb, In Bathing, Bask, installation view, 2021. Photo: Bailee Lobb. Courtesy of the artist.