Disability Arts Inclusion Initiatives

Make Western Australian arts and culture an experience for everyone. Open your mind. Count us in.

Access to and participation in the arts are basic rights and all arts and cultural programs should be underpinned by the principles of access and equity.

The Department of Culture and the Arts (DCA) and the Disability Services Commission (DSC) have collaborated in a three year funding partnership with the aim of enabling people with disabilities to access and experience positive connections to everyday community life through arts and cultural activities.

As part of its new strategic plan, the DSC has provided $550,000 over three years to the Department to deliver and administer Disability Arts Inclusion Initiatives.

The Initiative consists of two separate projects: the Organisations Project, which provides opportunities for arts and cultural organisations to develop and manage pilot programs that increase participation opportunities and create positive attitudes towards people with a disability; and the Artists Project, which will test and improve access for artists with disabilities to DCA project funding. DCA is one of three state government departments working on access and inclusion projects with the DSC.

Please visit Grants for Artists with Disabilities for possible funding opportunities.

For more information contact the Senior Project Officer, Partnerships.