View this email in your browser

Artorial

Forward

Hi Friend

As per usual, another jam-packed Artorial full of lots of accessible arts events and opportunities to chat about during October.

There's accessible performances of The 39 Step, an introduction to a new accessible art directory and lots of upcoming workshops and artist opportunities to get involved in.

We also relive the fun we had at the Heart Beat Club at MOD. this past weekend in our feature.

Have a lovely month!

Thanks
Access2Arts

We are running our own proper club night so we can have fun and stay up late. Spend fun time with friends. Do it our way. Show our talents. Beat box on stage. DJ on stage. Dance. Dress up. Feel safe. Make our Club awesome." - The Beats Crew on the Heart Beat Club

Accessible Performances

The 39 Steps

After a sell-out season in 2016, The 39 Steps is back for an extremely limited return season, complete with the stellar original cast.

Pulled into a web of intrigue and deceit, Richard Hannay must evade shadowy organisations and femme fatales, corrupt constables and frisky farmers’ wives. Twisted into knots by skullduggery and suspicion, Hannay must solve the mystery of the 39 steps and save the motherland before it is too late.

Equal parts farce, clowning masterclass and heart-stopping noir, strap yourself in as four actors perform 139 roles in 100 minutes at breakneck hilarity. It’s Hitchcock at top speed.

Audio Described Performances:

When: Tuesday, 8 October 2019
Where: Dunstan Playhouse, Festival Drive, Adelaide
Time: 5:30pm Touch Tour, 6:30pm Show
Note: This performance will also feature a post-show Q&A

When: Saturday, 12 October 2019
Where: Dunstan Playhouse, Festival Drive, Adelaide
Time: 1pm Touch Touch, 2pm Show

Tickets: to book your access tickets, please call BASS on (08) 8205 2220. Companion Card available.

Captioned Performances

When: Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Where: Dunstan Playhouse, Festival Drive, Adelaide
Time: 11am and 6:30pm

Tickets: to book your Captioned access tickets, please call BASS on 131 246. Companion Card available.

Workshop

Choose Access! - Part 2

Making your community event accessible is only the first step. Jody Holdback, Audio Description Coordinator and inclusion trainer at Access2Arts will discuss the importance of communicating the accessibility of a community event to let all audiences know they are not only included but actively welcomed.

When: Friday, 18 October 2019
Where: Studio 1, Adelaide City Library, Rundle Place, Rundle Mall, Adelaide
Time: 3pm to 5pm
Cost: Free

Bookings are essential.

Wheelchair Access Logo

Book your seat

Launching Soon

Choose Art

Choose Art is an Accessible Arts Directory that will be launching soon.

The Choose Art Directory allows people with disability to search Australia-wide for arts and cultural programs and services by location, cost, art form and importantly, access needs thereby widening access to and participation in the arts.

If you would like to receive updates on Choose Art, click here.

If you would like to have your inclusive and accessible work listed on Choose Art for launch day, please click here to send Gaelle an email.

Feature

The Heart Beat Club

A big thank you to every one who attended or supported our latest Heart Beat Club this past Saturday, 28 September at MOD.!

HEART BEAT CLUB /hɑːt biːt klʌb/ noun.
1. A club night run by and for learning disabled people and their friends.
2. The Heart Beat Club is run by the Beats Crew, a group of learning-disabled people.

The Heart Beat Club enables learning disabled people to have a more active and ‘age appropriate’ social life including club nights in a safe and supportive environment.

More images, fun from the night and information about upcoming Heart Beat Clubs will be shared via A2A's website, social media and Artorial E-News.

Image description (left): a multi-coloured sign signalling to the different spaces in the Heart Beat Club

Image Description (right): DJ Celtic Warrior hitting the decks.

Workshops

Mental Health Week Poetry Writing Workshops

Poetry can be a very powerful form of self-expression and it is a great way to support your wellbeing this Mental Health Week! Come to one session or both and let your pen become your sword. Learn new techniques and writing skills and explore your creativity. Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments provided.

These workshops are run by the team at Draw your (S)words and Mindshare as part of Mental Health Week 2019.

When: Tuesday 8 October and Thursday 10 October (multiple dates to choose from).
Where: Adelaide South West Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street, Adelaide
Times: 3.30pm – 5pm
Cost: FREE

Registrations essential

Book your spot

Artist Opportunities

Applications closing in October

Click on the names of each opportunity for more information.

LGBTIQA+ Short Story Competition
Writers SA and Feast Festival present the 2019 Writers SA & Feast Short Story Competition to celebrate the creative work of queer writers in South Australia. Entries are open to short story submissions of 1000 to 3000 words, in any genre or style of prose.
Short Stories must be in by midnight on Friday, 18 October 2019.

APJ 9.2 Open for Submissions – Australian Poetry

Submissions close November, 1 11.59 pm 2019

Australia Council’s Arts Leaders Program

Applications for the Future Leaders Program and Arts Leaders Program are now open.

Applications for both programs close on 28 October 2019 (11:59PM AEST)

View all Artist Opportunities

Feast Festival

Crochet With A Gay Hooker: Workshops

Immerse yourself in the Feast Festival and join artist Richard Boyle AKA The Gay Hooker, as he teaches you the foundations of making a crochet doll (drag themed if you like). Over two workshops, you will create your own doll from scratch.

Please note: basic crochet skills required.

Cost: FREE (bookings essential)

When: Tuesday, 12 November and Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Where: Adelaide City Library, Rundle Place, Rundle Mall, Adelaide
Time: 2pm-5pm

Call us: +61 (0)8 8463 1689
Email us: hello@access2arts.org.au

www.access2arts.org.au