The Picasso Project: A Report from the Field of Disability Arts (December 2004)

by Alex Bulmer and Rose Jacobson.

The Picasso Project was a collaborative two-year research and training program (2002-2004) led by Alex Bulmer of SNIFF Inc. and Rose Jacobson, then Cross Cultural Director of the Toronto Theatre Alliance (now TAPA). This report-back covers the Disability Arts scene they encountered – groups, events and advocacy - in England, Vancouver, Toronto and beyond; descriptions of the project’s training workshops, a glossary of dis-arts terms of reference, concepts, recommendations, photo images, contacts, and more.

Download a pdf of the report here (68 pages)

Focus on Disability & Deaf Arts in Canada (January 2009)

Report by Rose Jacobson and Geoff McMurchy on behalf of the Canada Council for the Arts. framing current practice within the history of Disability-Arts, a discussion of the Aesthetics of Access, background to key international Access legislations, a review of international and Canadian Dis-Arts “firsts”, the development of networks, the politics of identity and the role of public support and arts funders. With recommendations, appendices and links.

Download a pdf of the report here (50 pages)

Links To Other Resouces

A basic guide to sites and groups actively linked to disability culture, disability arts, training, access services, arts services and the performing & media arts.

Select) Professional Arts Service Organizations:

Creative Trust [Picasso PRO collaborating partner & trustee]http://www.creativetrust.ca

Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) http://www.tapa.ca

Theate Ontario http://www.theatreontarioorg

Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) http://www.pact.ca

Playwrights Guild of Canada http://www.playwrightsguild.com

Small Theatre Administrative Facility (STAF) http://www.theatreadmin.com

Dance Umbrella of Ontario (DUO) http://www.danceumbrella.net

Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA) http://www.caea.com

Canadian Artists Presenting Association (CAPACOA) http://www.capacoa.ca

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) http://www.actra.ca

Toronto Association of Acting Studios (TASS) http://www.torontoactingatudios.com

Canadian Actors Online (Talent Agents) http://www.canadianactor.com

The Artists’ Health Care Centre Foundation (AHCI) http://www.ahcf.ca

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(Select) Film including International Organizations/Festivals

Trinity Square Video www.trinitysquarevideo.com

Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival

FilmPRO: Film PRO links with 90% of the international disability arts film festivals in operation see: www.filmpro.net

Deaffest (UK) from across the UK and overseas. www.deaffest.co.uk/Deaffest/HOME.html

Emotion Pictures (Greece), the 1st International Documentary Festival on Disability Athens. www.ameamedia.gr/en/festival

Brazil's International Disability Film Festival www.assimvivemos.com.br

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Key Arts Funding Agencies

Toronto Arts Council (TAC) http://www.torontoartscouncil.org

Ontario Arts Council (OAC) http://www.arts.on.ca

Canada Council for the Arts http://www.canadacouncil.ca

Ontario Trillium Foundation http://www.trilliumfoundation.org

Laidlaw Foundation http://www.laidlawfdn.org

Metcalf Foundation http://www.metcalffoundation.com

Department of Canadian Heritage http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca

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Key Peforming Arts Festivals/Presenters

The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival http://www.fringetoronto.com

SummerWorks Festival http://www.summerworks.ca

Harbourfront Centre/HATCH http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com

CANDANCE (the Canadian Network of Dance Presenters / le réseau canadien des diffuseurs de danse) www.candance.ca

ado Performamce Inc ccca.finearts.yorku.ca/fado

PCC (Performance Creation Canada) www.performancecreationcanada.ca

Association of Performing Arts Presenters www.artspresenters.org

APASO http://www.americaperforms.com/aboutapaso.html

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(Select) Disability-Related Services

Voiceprint Canada http://www.voicprintcanada.com

Panorama Captioning Services carrie.oneill@panoramacaptioning.com

Handidactus (site audits) handidac@idirect.com

George Brown College ASL Training Programs http://www.gbrownc.on.ca

he Canadian Hearing Society http://www.chs.ca

CNIB www.cnib.ca

Canadian Abilities Foundation/STRETCH http://www.abilities.ca

Eyes on Camera (EOC) email: eyesoncamera@yahoo.ca

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(Select) Disability Arts & Culture Programming

Abilities Festival http://www.abilities.ca

Workman Arts http://www.workmanarts.com

The Glenvale Players http://www.glenvaleplayers.org

Fireweed Media Productions Inc. peuromaki@aol.com

Ryerson School of Disability Studies http://www.ryerson.ca/ds

Ryerson RBC Institute for Disability Studies, Research and Education http://www.ryerson.ca/ds

Creative Spirit Arts Centre http://www.creativespirit.on.ca

Society for Disability Arts and Culture, Vancouver ( S4DAC) http://www.s4dac.org

Canadian Disability Arts and Culture Network, Calgary http://www.stage-left.org

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(Select) Links to International Organizations

United Kingdom

SHAPE Artswww.shapearts.org.uk

Graeae Theatre http://www.graeae.org

Artsline www.artsline.org.uk

London Disability Arts Forum (LDAF) www.ldaf.org

USA

VSA Arts (originally Very Special Arts www.vsarts.org

The National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.endow.gov/index.html

National Arts and Disability Center http://nadc.ucla.edu

The International Center on Deafness and the Arts (ICODA)www.icodaarts.org

Theatre Development Fund, New Yorkwww.tdf.org

Australia

Arts Access SA www.artsaccess-sa.org.au

Disability Arts Advocacy Project 2007 www.artsaccess-sa.org.au/projects.htm

High Beam Festival www.artsaccessaustralia.org/highbeam.htm

Back to Back Theatre www.backtobacktheatre.com

The Adelaide Festival Centrewww.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au

Club Cool www.artsaccess-sa.org.au/clubcool.htm

Sweden

Tyst Teater of the Deaf, Sweden www.tdf.org

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