About this podcast
Join presenters Anthea Williams and Liz Cooper for discussions with artists and arts workers from across the creative spectrum for entertaining, enlightening and provocative discussions about art, culture and disability.
Each program we examine a specific topic, bringing in guests to unpack that topic in creative and surprising ways, while discussing their work and arts practices. The program also includes a round-up of relevant news and events. So switch on and transform your understanding of art, culture and creativity. Activated Arts is produced in association with Accessible Arts, NSW’s peak arts and disability organisation.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 28 episodes
- Ryan Enniss · 28 minRyan Enniss is a playwright, actor and voice artist whose work brings wit, imagination and a deeply personal perspective to the stage. He has a keen interest in how theatre can…
- Catherine McGuiness and Gabrielle Mordy - Studio A · 27 min(You can access a full transcript of this episode here) This month Anthea is joined by Catherine McGuiness and Gabrielle Mordy from Studio A. Studio A is a visual arts studio…
- Jodee Mundy · 28 minJodee Mundy OAM is an award-winning performance maker, film and festival director, and a leading figure in Australia’s Deaf and Disability arts communities. A Disabled artist and…
- Disability Arts History · 29 minA massive project has been brewing over the last six years: the Disability Arts History Australia website, spearheaded by academics from across the country. This month Anthea…
- The Strangeways Ensemble · 27 minThis month Anthea talks with Wollongong’s only professional theatre ensemble – The Stangeways Ensemble. They are a company of neurodiverse actors who have been devising theatre…
- Polly Atkin · 37 minThis month Anthea talks with award-winning nature writer, memoirist, and poet Polly Atkin about her remarkable body of work, Nature Cures and the owls of Grasmere. Click here to…
- Elly May Barnes · 27 minThis month Anthea talks with singer, songwriter and disability advocate Elly May Barnes about her life as a musician and work to make the music industry more accessible ahead of…
- Eliza Hull · 29 minThis month Anthea talks with musician, writer and activist Eliza Hull about her life as a songwriter while trying not to fangirl too hard! Eliza is also the Powerd Media Lead at…
- Debra Keenahan · 27 minThis month Anthea talks to multi-disciplinary artist and double doctor Debra Keenahan about her life, dehumanisation and the athletics of access…
- Undercover Artists Festival and Madeleine Little · 28 minUndercover Artist Festival has been running in Brisbane since 2014. Current Festival Director Madeleine Little discusses the festival and her creative practice with Anthea this…
- Rawcus · 30 minRawcus is a critically acclaimed long term ensemble of 14 performers with diverse minds, bodies and imaginations. For over 22 years, the company has been creating audacious…
- Andy Jackson · 28 minAndy is an award winning poet, essayist and academic at the University of Melbourne. He writes with vulnerability and fierceness about the body and the nature of being human…
- The Apothetae Theater · 34 minThe Apothetae is a North American theatre company dedicated to the production of works that explore and illuminate the disabled experience. This month Anthea discusses their work…
- Negin Chahoud · 28 minNegin Chahoud is a Visual Artist who explores her emotional journey as a refugee from Iran in her practice. She gives voice to her story through multi-layered, mixed media…
- Van Badham · 1 h 1 minVan Badham is a writer of plays and novels, an activist and columnist for The Guardian Australia. In the last years she’s been diagnosed as having ADHD. Join us for this special…
- Ali Murphy-Oates · 29 minAhead of the Sydney Festival opening, Anthea chats to the brilliant Ali Murphy-Oates, a Ngiyampaa Wailwan person who is both Senior Manager, First Nations Strategy & Engagement…
- Amy Claire Mills · 28 minThis month Anthea Chats brilliant artists Amy Claire Mills about the joys of unsolicited advice and quilting. https://www.amyclairemills.com Amy’s upcoming exhibitions: This Will…
- Kiruna Stammel - Screen, Stage, and Disability · 28 minKiruna Stamell is an Australian actor and dancer. Sydney born she’s trained in both the UK and Australia and has appeared in films like Moulin Rouge, on TV in shows like Serpent…
- Liz Martin - Disability Arts · 29 minLiz Martin is a powerhouse in Disability Arts. This month the musician and CEO of Accessible Arts NSW talks with Anthea about all things music, inclusion and how to use crip…
- Jo Simpson - Sydney Fringe · 28 minThis month Anthea talks all things access with Jo Simpson, the access coordinator at the Sydney Fringe. https://sydneyfringe.com/ What’s on: Limitless…
