I SUPPORT ARTS AND DISABILITY ...AND MY VOTE COUNTS!

About this submission

Recently I was asked to design a postcard for this campaign by a consortium of Arts organisations and Arts Access Australia, I agreed and would ask each of you to give the campaign your support by emailing peter.garrett.mp@aph.gov.au bill.shorten.mp@aph.gov.au steven.ciobo.mp@aph.gov.au info@artsaccess.com.au utilising this short Message below

I SUPPORT ARTS AND DISABILITY
...AND MY VOTE COUNTS!
• People with disability are 20% of Australia’s population yet significant barriers prevent their participation in arts and cultural life.
• Over 90% of 812 respondents to a July 2010 survey on the National Arts and Disability Strategy agreed that access to career pathways and training opportunities are limited for artists with a disability and that improving access to the arts should be supported by dedicated funding in addition to making all funding programs accessible.
• We are calling on the Australian Government to invest $20 million over the next four years to implement the National Arts and Disability Strategy, with an additional $4 million for Creative Ageing, so people with disability can take their place, as artists and audiences, alongside all Australians.
To email this postcard click Forward, then copy and paste these four addresses into the To field of your email -
peter.garrett.mp@aph.gov.au bill.shorten.mp@aph.gov.au steven.ciobo.mp@aph.gov.au info@artsaccess.com.au
Image: When Postcard © Barber 2010