Held each year on 3 December, aims to increase awareness, promote rights of people with disability and celebrate their achievements.
The artistic aspirations and achievements of people with disability are an important and valued part of our cultural landscape, which encourages social inclusivity, inspires creativity and reflects diversity.
To mark this important day many of our cultural organisations are hosting special events, including:
- 3 December, 2pm AEDT—
The Australia Council’s annual awards recognise Australian artists and arts-workers who have made an outstanding contribution to the artistic and cultural life of the nation, with recipients announced during a live streamed event.
- 3 December, 6pm AEDT—
Screening at the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Film and Sound Archive, the documentary follows 5 Labrador puppies who embark on a 20-month journey to become assistance dogs for people with disability.
- 3 December, 11am to 12pm—
Live dance performances and a selection of short films from around Australia will be streamed from the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Museum of Australia’s Gandel Atrium, along with special guest Dr Ben Gauntlett, Disability Discrimination Commissioner. Watch live on the Museum’s with Auslan interpretation and live captioning.
Photo: Participants enjoying iDay at the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Museum of Australia. Photo by Jason McCarthy, ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Museum of Australia.
- 3 December, 12.45pm to 1.30pm AEDT,
The ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Gallery of Australia’s art talks will feature artists Karen Bondietti and Stephen Corsini and ‘Hands On Studio’ program manager Tilly Davey, discussing collaborative and inclusive art practices.
- 6 December, various times,
These inclusive ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Gallery of Australia (NGA) tours include Sensory Sunday for people on the autism spectrum or with social anxiety and their families, an Auslan interpreted tourfor people who are deaf or hard of hearing and a descriptive tour.
Photo: Conservators installing Mira Gojak’s Transfer Station 1 2011, part of the Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now exhibition at the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Gallery of Australia.
- Ongoing— programming
ABC iView will be screening a range of programs, including films, produced in partnership with Screen NSW and Sydney Film Festival.
- Ongoing —
Take a virtual tour of the collection of portraits by and of people with disability. Each portrait acknowledges the exceptional achievements of the subject alongside their diverse experiences of disability, both visible and invisible.
Photo: Louise Sauvage, 1996 by Montalbetti & Campbell, ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Portrait Gallery, Purchased 1999 © Montalbetti & Campbell
