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9th annual disability arts showcase

Wednesday, 28 November 2011

11am-2pm

The Gums Reserve, TRANMERE

it’s a party, and everyone’s invited!

The mood will be festive, the performances unique, Fine Lines rock n’ blues music irresistible for dancing.

The $5 entry fee (support workers free) includes a BBQ.

Wear a hat, because prizes will be awarded for The Most Colourful, The Most Practical, The Funniest, etc (and other Hat categories will be invented on the day).

Come play with us.

PJ

PPS — RSVP (so we don’t run out of BBQ)

Date: Thursday 11 October
Time: 6-8.30pm
Event: Open Your Mind poetry Competition – Words Evening
Location: The SA Writers Centre, 2nd Floor, 187 Rundle Street, Adelaide
(lift available at the back of Brunellis cafe at 196 Rundle Street)
Free event.

Our Open Your Mind Poetry Competition is in its fifth year in 2012. The competition awards winning entrants in the categories of Masters, Youth, Open Rural, Indigenous, Multicultural, Carers and Open Metro. This event will be hosted by Carole Whitelock previously from the ABC.

For further information on this event or to enter please click here.

Date: Wednesday 10 October 2012
Time: 11am to 2pm
Event: Carnival in the North
Location: Playford Civic Centre, Playford Boulevard Elizabeth
Free event.

Carnival in the North is an annual event with over 30 agencies involved in providing information and interactive activities for people with an experience of mental illness, families and all community members. The Carnival in the North event is free and lunch is provided.

It also includes an art exhibition that will be open from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm during mental health week.

Visit: http://www.playford.sa.gov.au/page.aspx

You are invited to submit artwork for Perspective 2012, Purple Orange’s annual art exhibition, which this year will proudly be associated with SALA – the South Australia Living Artists festival.

The theme of Perspective 2012 is Change.

Australia is talking a lot about disability, with big changes in how people are supported to live a good life. This exhibition will explore how people interpret and experience change when things are different in their lives and their communities.

Submissions are due by 29 June 2012, with a launch on 30 July 2012.

Please direct enquiries to Purple Orange by emailing admin@purpleorange.org.au, or call (08) 8373 8333 or 1300 857 327 (cost of a local call from most phones).

The flyer contains more information, a submission form and terms and conditions.

The latest edition of DATT eNews is now available.

In this edition:

• Accessibility and the Adelaide Festival
• New Venue for Soundwaves in 2012
• GoTheatrical! Theatre Captioning App Launches!
• and more…

Read the newsletter here.

The Melbourne Dance Theatre is proud to present Angel’s Eyes, which will be performing at the Adelaide Fringe Festival on 9-11 March 2012. ‘Angels’ Eyes’ is an innovative work that takes you on a journey to explore the world we live in through the eyes of children with autism whose outlook on life is pure, innocent and simple. Promising a profound experience that is deeply moving, impacting and visually inspiring!

At the Holden Street Theatres.

Friday 9th and Saturday 10th March at 7.30pm.

Sunday 11th March at 2.30pm.

Free parking.

Book at FringeTix.

The next MusicWorks on Tuesday March 6th will feature great music from The Jam The Mix and The Gig music and mental health project.

First up the JMG Band followed by JMG Acoustic. The final act is Matt Davies who is a regular working support worker at the MusicWorks.

Matt will be doing a mixture of well-known popular songs and some originals.

The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel
59 Port Road
Hindmarsh

Tuesday March 6th, 10.30am to 2pm

Extra parking is available behind DK fabrics, one block away on Port Road.

Check out the new MusicWorks flyer.

The Adelaide Festival is offering accessible opportunitities to support the participation of disabled audiences to the various Festival shows. Offering Audio Description, Assistive Listening, AUSLAN interpreted shows and accessible venues, there are so many ways for disabled theatre goers to enjoy this years Adelaide Festival.

For more info visit http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/.

The SoundWaves project has a new venue for the SoundWaves workshops and monthly events in 2012.

The new venue is named “Guthrie’s” and is located at Prospect Town Hall, 126 Prospect Road, Prospect.

Car Parking

There is car parking at the rear of the Town Hall and also in Vine Street which runs along the southern side of the Town Hall building. Vine Street is blocked off at the Prospect Road end. There are very good “drop off” areas at the top of Vine Street if required.

Bus travel from city

Catch the G10 bus from stop X1 near the Transport Information Centre at the corner of King William St & Currie St.

Get off at stop 11 on Prospect Road. It is only a short walk from there to the Town Hall.

Workshop Dates

Instrumental and Vocals performance workshop, tutored by Musician, Composer Robert Petchell, will be held on Thursday the 16th February from 11am till 1pm at “Guthrie’s” (Prospect Town Hall)

On the same day Thursday 16th February there will be a hip-hop session tutored by Chris Koufolas from 12 noon till 1pm at the Irish Harp Room at Prospect Town Hall.

Hand Drumming Workshops will commence on Saturday 18th February from 11am till 12.30pm and will be held in the Irish Harp Room at Prospect Town Hall. These Drumming Workshops will then be held every fortnight, the second one being on Saturday March 3rd. These workshops are tutored by Andrew Ellis and will focus on traditional styles of African Drumming. The number of places is limited so it’s essential to phone Andrew to discuss your participation on 0419 821 985.

SoundWaves Monthly Event

The first SoundWaves monthly event will be held on Thursday February 23rd from 11am till 2pm at “Guthrie’s” located at Prospect Town Hall. There will be lots of exciting performances and food and drinks will be available. Come and checkout the new venue and its facilities.

Further information is available in this flyer.

22-29 February 2012

Disability & Arts Transition Team (DATT), supported by funding from Arts SA, brings UK audio describer Willie Elliott back to Adelaide to present training for local performers, writers, theatre-makers and arts organisations.

Renowned professional audio describer Willie Elliot will run professional audio description training. Willie has extensive experience in all aspects of audio description, including theatre, opera, dance, circus, visual arts, architecture, live events, TV, film and online.

Audio Description captures the visual elements of a theatre piece; painting or environment that a blind or vision impaired person might otherwise miss, describing them in clear, vivid language. Through a small radio receiver, the patron receives a spoken description of visual elements by a trained audio describer.

Royal Society for the Blind, 230 Pirie St, Adelaide

For more info call (08) 8231 0900 or datt@cansa.net.au.