Arts For All resources

This page contains checklists, guidelines, information sheets and other useful resources, complementing the publications Arts For All | Ngā toi mo te katoa. We will be developing new checklists, including a guide to programming diversity. If you have any suggestions for useful resources, please us.

Checklists and template

Accessibility checklist

This checklist aims to help arts organisations and venues assess their current accessibility. It references access requirements set down in NZS 4121: 2001, Design for Access and Mobility, but is not a legal compliance document. Download a checklist pdf.

Exhibition design checklist

This checklist can assist galleries, museums and exhibition spaces to present exhibitions that are accessible to everyone. Remember that how you present the content of an exhibition (e.g. curatorial text, captions and labels) is as important as the physical access you provide. Download a checklist pdf.

Marketing to the disabled community checklist

This checklist suggests ways to provide information and publicity material to the disabled community. Download a checklist pdf.

Q and A template

This template includes some common questions you may be asked, and guidelines on what information to include in the answers. There are also some suggestions on what you can provide to improve access. Download a template pdf.

Ticketing and seating checklist

Ticketing and seating procedures affect an audience member’s experience of arts events: for example, the flexibility of a seating policy; the response people get when they phone to enquire about accessible seats; and the systems for booking accessible seats. Download a checklist pdf.

Guidelines and information sheets

Disability awareness information sheet

This information sheet includes definitions of disability, New Zealand statistics, legal requirements and language. Download an information sheet pdf.

Disability media information sheet

This information sheet will help you understand what disability media is, how to develop a disability media contact list and appropriate ways to submit material to get your event or organisation publicised among the disabled community. Download an information sheet pdf.

List of useful media and promotional opportunities

This is a list of some key media, organisations and individuals interested in hearing about and promoting your work. Arts Access Aotearoa will add to this list as it finds out about additional media and promotional opportunities. Download a list pdf.

Print and publication guidelines

These guidelines look at plain English, accessible design and print, alternative formats, websites and sending emails. Download the guidelines pdf.

Other useful publications

Access All Areas: Guidelines for marketing the arts to people with disabilities

Published by the Australia Council in 1999, this practical guide demonstrates that access makes good marketing sense for arts organisations both small and large. Download Access All Areas.

Action For Access: A practical resource for arts organisations

Published by the Arts Council England in 2004, this is a resource pack for arts organisations wishing to make their activities more accessible to disabled people. Download Action For Access.

New Zealanders and the Arts: Attitudes, attendance and participation in 2008

Commissioned and published by Creative New Zealand in 2009, this report contains findings from a comprehensive Colmar Brunton national survey, using the data identified in 2005 as a benchmark. Download New Zealanders and the Arts.

Smart Arts: Marketing the arts in New Zealand | Toi huatau: te hāpai i ngā mahi toi i Aotearoa

Published by Creative New Zealand in 2001, this guide provides useful marketing tools to artists and arts organisations in New Zealand. Download Smart Arts.