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July 12, 2007
Momentum’09
Momentum’09 is an event in planning to deliver a major international Symposium in the world-wide calendar of Disability Arts festivals. Due to take place in Auckland, New Zealand during the Summer of 2009, the event will deliver a 4-day Symposium involving the world’s leaders in the field.
As well as providing time and space for intense debate on a range of issues and topics, Momentum’09 will concentrate on dialogue, audience development and capacity building via a learning fair marketplace offering professional development planning and highlighting career opportunities to artists. Momentum’09 will promote creativity in the widest form in all aspects of functional diversity and will have a strong youth development focus.
The aim is to create a highly participative programme, bringing together disabled artists and arts workers, representatives from funding bodies and mainstream arts organisations and venues. There is a strong commitment to attracting a representative and culturally diverse delegation, specifically addressing indigenous or culturally diverse disabled artists and arts enthusiasts; the inclusion of Deaf arts and Survivors of the mental health system. The organisers of Momentum will strive for a ‘global village’ feel to the event, where all delegates, performers and participants come together to celebrate the achievements of disabled people in the arts to date and build upon the ‘momentum’ for a thriving and vibrant future.
Posted by Nancy at July 12, 2007 10:52 AM