Meeting Place is the signature event of Arts Access Australia, the national peak body for arts and disability in Australia.
Meeting Place is a national forum created in 2012 to build stronger linkages and collaboration between stakeholders. Meeting Place is held annually and brings Deaf, disabled and non-disabled artists with disability together with industry leaders in an accessible and supported space, to present, perform, discuss and debate the latest in arts and accessibility.
The first international Meeting Place was held in Germany in 2017, hosted by Kulturprojekte Berlin GMBH. Head to our Gallery page to see highlights from this ground-breaking event. To find out about hosting a Meeting Place international forum please visit our Partners & Sponsors page.
Meeting Place strives to demonstrate best practice in inclusion, by creating universal access for all. Meeting Place engages people across all art forms, access needs and level of engagement. Delegates include: artists and arts workers; representatives from arts and disability organisations as well as arts and cultural leaders from local and national government bodies and the Australia Council for the Arts.
By bringing a diverse selection of the arts and disability sector together, Meeting Place creates an opportunity to showcase best practice in access standards and role model what good access looks and feels like.
Date: 15-17 September 2021
Theme: Reflect; Redefine; Revolutionise!
Venue: Brisbane & Online
Host: Arts Access Australia
Creative Advisory Committee: Uncle Paul Constable Calcott, Rachael Missingham, Alison Richardson
Presenting Partner: Undercover Artist Festival
Funding Partner: Australia Council for the Arts
Date: 15-17 September 2020
Theme: Creating Space
Venue: Online
Host: Arts Access Australia
Creative Advisory Committee: Hanna Cormick, Daniel Savage, Jordan Fyfe
Supporting Partners: National Portrait Gallery, Australia Council for the Arts
Media Partners: Arts Hub, Vision Australia Radio
Date: 1-3 December, 2019
Theme: Disability Leadership, Identity and Pride
Venue: National Gallery of Australia, National Portrait Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, The Street Theatre, Ainslie + Gorman Arts Centre
Lead agency: Arts Access Australia
Creative Partners: Belconnen Arts Centre, National Gallery of Australia
Supporting Partners: National Portrait Gallery, Rebus Theatre, The Street Theatre, ai media, Access2Arts, Capital Hotel Group, Bentspoke Brewing Co.
Funding Partners: Australia Council for the Arts, ACT Government, Australian Government, Creative Partnerships Australia
Date: 24-26 September, 2018
Venue: Araluen Arts Centre and Cultural Precinct
Hosted by: Incite Arts
Major Partners: Incite Arts and Northern Territory Government
Supporting Partners: Australia Council for the Arts, Department of Communications and the Arts, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs Town Council, Berlin Embassy, Goethe-Institut.
Funding Partners: Northern Territory Government, Department of Communities (NDCI Funding)
Date: 16 October 2017
Venue: Podewil
Hosted by: Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH
Major Partners: Berlinklusion
Supporting Partners: Förderband, Brotfabrik Gallery
Funding Partners: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; The Department of Communications & Arts; Friends of AAA.
Date: 2 March 2017
Venue: University Club at UWA
Key Partners: DADAA and PIAF
Funding Partners: Australian Government through the Australia Council, and the State Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts.
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