[CEUD-ICT] Arts & Disability Ireland e-Bulletin | January 2010 | Oska Bright Film Fest, Turning Point New Writing Initiative and Much More!

[Joshue O Connor]

Hi y'all,

This may be of interest.

Cheers

Josh


HELLO!


Welcome to this, the first edition of Arts & Disability Ireland's
e-Bulletin for
2010! This bi-monthly e-Bulletin aims to keep you up-to-date on all the
goings on
at ADI, as well as providing you with a plethora of art, culture and
ideas inspired
by disability from Ireland and further afield.

Here at Arts & Disability Ireland, we're keeping our New Years
resolutions and kick-starting
year with two exciting projects: Turning Point, a new writing initiative
for artists
with a disability in partnership with Fishamble: The New play Company;
and we welcome
the Oska Bright Film Festival to axis, Ballymun. We also have some
information about
Arts & Disability Irelands forthcoming programme of Audio Described and
Captioned
Performances at the Abbey Theatre.

For those who made it along to our 2-day international conference
Outside In in
December, we'd like to say a big thank you for your contribution in
making the conference
a thought-provoking, inspirational and thoroughly engaging event.
We're currently trawling our way through 18 hours of film footage, over
300 photographs
and page upon page of text transcripts to bring you a flavour of the
presentations,
discussion and debates that took place over the course of the
conference. Keep an
eye on the Arts & Disability Ireland website over the coming weeks and
months where
we will be posting Outside In conference highlights for your delectation!


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Submission Deadline | 29th January: 'Turning Point' New Writing Project
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by Article Author

Fishamble: The New Play Company and Arts & Disability Ireland in
association with
VSA arts (Washington D.C.) present Turning Point - a new writing
initiative for
artists with a disability


Fishamble and Arts & Disability Ireland are seeking artists with a
disability to
 write new short theatre pieces for a new writing initiative entitled
Turning Point.
A selection of short pieces of writing for the stage will be presented
to the public
at Project Arts Centre on 31st March 2010, and a number of these will
then be presented
at the 2010 International VSA Arts Festival in Washington D.C. between
6th -12th
 June 2010.
This is an opportunity for artists with disabilities to develop a short
play for
 presentation on the theme of change. Fishamble and Arts & Disability
Ireland will
provide resources and dramaturgical guidance to a series of six short
pieces.

On Thursday 10th December 2009 Arts & Disability Ireland and Fishamble
the New Play
Company held an introductory workshop and information session with guest
speaker
 Kaite O'Reilly, for writers with disabilities interested in applying
for 'Turning
Point'. Audio Documentation of this is now available online.


* Click here
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102965525770&s=539&e=001psOeneNLTZFcmx_WD0Il7hd5rmRP2nW3ic4z-aimxXAGDjxEASUGBR0fDnON-H9qxvjjEyGb3deX1eRJuuP9BtsJXMf72bB6cFa2HxUld1BsTc-ikRKsaqouD0vXF43p53RY7gZB4qw4VHFkxAtMrA==]
for an introduction to the project and the partnership between Fishamble
and Arts
& Disability Ireland.
* To hear playwright Kaite O'Reilly talk about her practice, click here
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102965525770&s=539&e=001psOeneNLTZGjl9ud0sOIArM58LXnezCqjkA36rEd2MJVQVTq4-VOTyVzLqhBXn3D501XA3GY98XbP63p4oiGPzox3OoqpDnKWcAJ0PCtx3DdPjm9yK4XDfBDqnIz_1fd2h5tCGnTRuNOIUHQF5UMvA==].


To find out more about this project and submission criteria, please
visit
http://www.adiarts.ie/news/turning-point-a-new-writing-initative-for-artists-with-a-disability
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PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for receipt of submissions is 29th January 2010
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Oska Bright Film Festival comes to axis, Ballymun!  4th February 2010
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by Article Author

Oska Bright is the first film festival anywhere in the world to be run
by, and for,
people with a learning disability.
Now in its sixth year, the Oska Bright Film Festival will visit axis
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for the first time, presenting an enormous, exciting and inspiring range
of short
films including animations, documentaries, a soap-opera and western, all
created
 by film-makers with learning disabilities - offering a unique look at a
cultural
minority using film to express their diversity and power.

The Oska Bright Film Festival is organised, managed and directed by a
committee
of learning disabled film makers and artists from the South East of
England, UK.
 The steering group is trained and facilitated by Carousel and Junk TV.
The Oska
 Bright Steering Committee have developed a new website
www.oskabright.co.uk
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 which is an accessible resource that explains how to make a short film
and has
been made in a way that means it is accessible to people with a learning
disability.
A highlight of Oska Brights visit to axis will be a public talk at 3pm,
delivered
by members of the Oska Bright committee. This session which will provide
a rare
insight into the workings of Oska Bright, an exemplar model of best
practice, which
will be of particular interest to those with a learning disability and
non-disabled
people interested in supporting people with learning disabilities to
initiate and
develop their own arts projects and events.

Oska Bright ON THE ROAD is a free public event but advance booking is
necessary.
 All films will be subtitled in plain English, audio described and Sign
Language
 interpreted. Each screening will show between 8-15 different films,
with a total
of 32 films being shown in 3 screenings over the course of the day, at
1pm, 2pm,
 and 4pm.
Be inspired - and maybe an Irish-made film will be an award winner in
the 2011 Festival!
Oska Bright Film Festival will take place at axis, Main Street,
Ballymun, Dublin
 9. For bookings call (01) 883 2100 or email info at axis-ballymun.ie
[mailto:info at axis-ballymun.ie]
Oska Bright On The Road in Ballymun is supported by Arts & Disability
Ireland, The
Arts Council and Dublin City Council and is kindly hosted by axis.

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Forthcoming Audio Described & Captioned Performances at the Abbey
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by Article Author

Arts & Disability Ireland is continuing its pioneering work in
delivering audio
description and captioning services at the Abbey Theatre, making live
performance
accessible to blind, visually impaired, D/deaf, Deafened and
hard-of-hearing theatre-goers.
Upcoming audio-described and captioned

performances at the Abbey Theatre

* The Seafarer: Saturday 30 January, 2pm

* Christ Deliver Us!:Saturday 13 March, 2pm

* Macbeth:Saturday 15th May, 2pm

* Bookworms:Saturday 3rd July, 2pm

* The Plough & The Stars: Saturday 18th September, 2pm
To book your ticket, contact the Abbey Theatre:

* In person:Abbey Theatre, 26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1

* By Phone:01 878 7222 By Fax: 01 872 9177

* By Email: boxoffice at abbeytheatre.ie [mailto:boxoffice at abbeytheatre.ie]
* Online:www.abbeytheatre.ie
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About Arts & Disability Ireland
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whose visionis
of an Ireland where people with disabilities can fully contribute to and
experience
the arts and be an integral part of Irish cultural life.


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access to
and opportunities in the arts for people with disabilities through
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