Masterclass for Industry and Employers (In Person)

This disability-led training has been expertly designed to upskill employers, venues and festivals in better understanding and responding to access requirements through providing practical knowledge and building disability confidence.

Learn about the social model of disability, the language and etiquette of disability, creating an inclusive workplace and where and how to access advice.

The course will include:

The social model of disability
Language and etiquette
What access riders are and how to use them
Creating an inclusive workplace
Where and how to access further support

FREE workshop – bookings essential.

Please note places are strictly limited so we recommend you book early.

Duration

90 minutes

Participation

This session will be held in the Ground Floor Meeting Room at The Arts Exchange, 10 Hickson Rd, The Rocks, 2000.

Access

Closed captioning and Auslan interpreting are available for these Masterclasses upon request. You can request these services during the booking process. Please note that we require at least 4 working days’ notice.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss your access requirements, please email Michelle Teear at training@aarts.net.au or call (02) 9251 6499.

About the Course Facilitator

Dan Pash is a small ‘d’ deaf musician and academic. He was a founding member of the band Leader Cheetah, whose debut album (‘The Sunspot Letters’) was a triple J feature album upon its release and was longlisted for the Australian Music Prize. In addition, the band performed multiple times at festivals such as Splendour in the Grass and the Big Day Out, and toured with international bands such as Interpol, Dinosaur Jr, Blonde Redhead, Elbow and Dan Auerbach (the Black Keys).

In part due to Dan’s deafness, Leader Cheetah ended in 2013. Having moved to Sydney in 2012, Dan’s next musical project, Reality Instructors, was created to explore the possibility of writing, recording and performing music while being almost totally deaf. In the last few years, the band has released two albums, the second of which was made possible via funding from Accessible Arts’ Sound On initiative.

Dan is a passionate advocate for creating greater opportunities for musicians who identify as d/Deaf or disabled and has appeared on various podcasts and radio programs as a way of furthering the important conversation surrounding these issues. In addition, he recently underwent cochlear implant surgery and is now exploring the musical possibilities that such technology might afford.

Dan completed a PhD in 2020 and was an Anderson Research Fellow in the Philosophy department at the University of Sydney.

This Accessible Arts initiative is funded by Sound NSW with support from MusicNSW.

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.

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