"Are there any advantages to being deaf? He thinks, and a smile dances across his face. 'Well, most people are talking a lot of crap, aren’t they?'" - The cheeky (but serious) artist David Hockney in a 2015 interview with The Guardian.
An exhibition of David Hockney's work will be held at the Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs, in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra from 4 May to 16 June. You can find out more here: buff.ly/2Iyu2J0
To read the full interview, visit:
David Hockney: ‘Just because I’m cheeky, doesn’t mean I’m not serious’
theguardian.com
At 77, and with two new exhibitions, David Hockney is more prolific and outspoken than ever. He tells us why he stopped painting after the death of his assistant – and why, despite a 9pm bedtime, he...Happy Easter! What do chocolate and giving to charity have in common? They both make you feel good! If you want to give a little this Easter and create a little change in the life of an artist with disability, head to buff.ly/2GxCPJK
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Each year Arts Access Australia aims to provide travel grants to exceptional artists with disability to enable them to attend Meeting Place, Australia's leading forum on arts, culture and disability. It costs between $1500 and $2000 to send one artist to Meeting Place, but the experience can have invaluable benefits to an artist's career. If you would like to donate towards the cost of these Travel Scholarships you can do so today at buff.ly/2UI41i0. And for every donation received before 31 May, Creative Partnerships Australia will DOUBLE it!
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A huge thank you to Belinda Locke Madeleine Little Jeremy Hawkes and Mallika Macleod for starring in this video!
Great campaign, congratulations
Philip John Leanne Smith
Great promotion, however, Deaf representation, Auslan version?? Just sayin’
Go Jeramy!
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Maddie - I adore you!!
Extremely disappointed to see that the $1.6 million that was not spent on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) last year won't be spent on disability services, but instead will go straight to the budget bottom line.
Article via Guardian Australia: bit.ly/2UcbKnT
#RealMoneyRealJobs #Budget2019
Slow rollout of NDIS and automated welfare system to save budget billions
theguardian.com
Disability insurance scheme comes in at $1.6bn less than expected, but advocates blame shortfall on problems for people accessing the scheme
Vote them out.
and cause vast amounts of human suffering
It is a curious choice that is for sure. Very disappointing indeed.
*will go straight to tax cuts for millionaires
😡
Appalling
They don't value it but hopefully it will change with government
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