ADELAIDE FESTIVAL

In reply to Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (26 June 2013).

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts): I have been advised of the following:

The six funded organisations, and their respective program initiatives, were:

Community Arts Network for Armature, a skills development project for deaf and disabled visual artists

No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability Inc, for preparation of a touring production of Sons and mothers

Restless Dance Theatre, for its collaboration with other disability arts companies and disabled artists on the dance production Howling like a wolf

SA Writers' Centre, for its Writer in Residence program

Tutti Ensemble Inc, for a multi art-form work titled Eye music

Vitalstatistix Theatre Company, for the production Take up thy bed and walk.

Access initiatives implemented during the 2012 Adelaide Festival, through a partnership between the Adelaide Festival and the Disability and Arts Transition Team, included Auslan interpretation at Writers' Week sessions, Australian Dance Theatre's production Proximity and audio descriptions provided at four theatre performances.

Other access initiatives introduced by the Adelaide Festival in 2012 included an access program guide, access maps and tactile maps for Writers' Week and the Barrio nightclub, Writers' Week author and book information for blind and vision impaired people, and disability and deaf awareness training for ticketing staff.

Arts SA also funded the training of a team of people to provide audio descriptions for a range of performances presented by Windmill Theatre, State Theatre Company and the Adelaide Festival.

Arts SA's current total budget for enhanced disability programs is $350,000, being:

$220,000 through the ongoing Richard Llewellyn Arts and Disability grant program, providing support to individuals and organisations for projects and short notice initiatives

$50,000 through the Arts and Disability Access grant program, for access initiatives.

In addition to these two grant programs, there are allocations of $50,000 for staffing and $30,000 for organisations funding.

Funds allocated in 2012-13 from the budgeted $270,000 grant programs totalled $269,148, as follows:

Richard Llewellyn Arts and Disability program:

Organisations $110,625

Individuals $108,509

Arts and Disability Access initiatives $50,014.