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February 2014 . . .

With numbers for out March Pilot Program filling up fast, we've got our heads down to make connects in the Ipswich community. ArtISability workshops are designed to be a stepping stone for artists with a disability.  Our goal is to then connect them to local arts groups and organisations to enhance their artistic ability and career opportunities . . . 

We seek to promote the social inclusion of people living in with disabilities and mental illness into their local community.  We are currently seeking opportunities to work with the Ipswich Arts Community in enabling clients to participate.  We have opened our newsletter up for advertising and want to hear from Ipswich artists, arts teachers, art groups and art organisations who like to invite an artists with a disability to participate in their organised art activities. 

Advertising is free for our partners and sponsors. If you like to know more about our partnership program, please phone Debbie on 3281 3218. Or use the contact form on your right. 

We are currently discussing partnership program with the Ipswich Arts Society. We will have more details in our March edition. 

Newsletter abstracts: For a copy of our full newsletter email Debbie.

ArtISability is a professional development program designed specifically for artists living with disability and mental illness, to provide a supported learning environment to extend their current skills. The program desires to enable artists to identify individual goals and link with other artists in their area at the completion of the program.

We also want to strongly encourage the artists to collaborate with other artists to produce artworks or exhibit work.

During our pilot program our artists can chose from workshops in: Oil Painting, Abstract Art or Sculpture.   Please visit our website for specific eligibility criteria and to download application forms. The closing date for our March 2014 program is 5 pm February 11^th. 

Please Note: It is extremely difficult to process applications after this date, as an individual support plan for each artist needs to be developed prior to the commencement of the program on March 1.  This is vital to ensuring artists reach their goals.  No applications will be considered after this date, but will be filed for future programs.

Community Linking: 

If you think you would like to offer classes or tutor our Ipswich artists at the completion of our program, or would enjoy mentoring an artist’s with a disability, we would like to hear from you.  We are looking for artists, art teachers, art groups and partnering organisations to advertise with us in our next newsletter. It is estimated that our first newsletter was shared with around 500 people Australia wide but with links of Facebook and Twitter this widens considerably.

Currently we have NO funding for Transport.  A small advertising fee of $20 could provide a taxi for an artist to attend.  OR for 12 months advertising you might like to sponsor an artist to attend the program.  Please contact Debbie on 3281 3218 to discuss advertising partnerships.

At the completion of our March program we need an accessible venue to meet and work on collaborative projects. If you know a suitable venue and can help fund its hire please contact us.

   

Your business advertisement could appear here, 

if you chose to partner with us in some way! 

        See our website for more details.

Sample Advertising

Our 2014 ArtISability Artists

may enjoy working with:

~ Cynthia Manietta ~

Turning Earth Cermanics

Classes

Workshops

Events

Studio Space

Website: www.turningearthceramics.com

Telephone: (07) 3813 0908

Studio Space is Accessible

ArtISability would like to Thank:-

ARALA Queensland, the Ipswich City C ouncil together with Arts Queensland, through the Regional Arts Development Fund; and Access Art Inc. Queensland for funding our ArtISability Pilot Program.  Future programs in Ipswich and perhaps further a field are dependent future funding submissions.  We have had interest, from artists living in Toowoomba and Brisbane who have expressed interest in participating in our program at this time, however under our funding agreement we can not help visual artists living outside Ipswich.

Future ArtISability Programs are dependent on the involvement and partnership of the local community. 

Our ultimate aim is not to emerge as another disability service provider but to link our artists into their local arts and small business community. As emerging artists in their own right, our artists simply seek the same opportunities as other artists. Our goal at ArtISability is to assist in the removal of barriers that may be obstacles for our artists.

Our March program assists by providing accessible training venues, learning support and support staff to enable our visual artists to achieve the goals they identified. We are seeking expressions of interests from like minded people living in South-East Queensland.  If you are interested, we are holding an Information Session on 15^th April, 2014 @ 7 pm. 

The feasibility of future programs will be determined by a successful pilot program, high levels of community support and participants being successfully linked into the Ipswich Arts community.  We can only support the local arts community if we are supported.  Please attend our community meeting on the 15^th April. If you can offer us a wheelchair accessible venue on this night we will be happy to promote your business in the March, April and May Newsletters.  Please phone Debbie on 3281 3218.