Useful links
This section contains links to sites that provide relevant information about accessible arts practice and community arts development. If you would like your organisation's site to be listed in this section, please and we may be able to add you to this section.
New Zealand
Arts Canterbury | Ka Mahi Toi o Waitaha
This website profile artists and galleries in Canterbury. You need to be a member to be profiled on this site and in its Canterbury Regional Arts Guide (25 per individual or $40 per couple, organisation or gallery).
Artists Alliance
A membership-based organsation representing the professional interests of New Zealand visual artists.
Association of Community Access Broadcasters
There are eleven community access radio stations from Southland through to Auckland. They’re making radio by, for and about the communities they serve. As the website for the Association of Community Access Broadcasters states, people are at the centre of the process and there is no editor. Access radio is a great vehicle for you to let the community know about what you’re doing and the great stories you have to tell.
Chrysalis Seed Trust
An arts organisation helping visual artists connect with each other, develop their practice and explore the intersection of art and Christian faith. Its website includes arts opportunities, a directory, arts community and other resources.
Cultural Well-being
What does cultural well-being mean and why is it so important? Aimed at local government, this site has wider relevance to anyone working in the cultural sector.
DANZ, Dance Aotearoa New Zealand
DANZ is the national organisation for dance in New Zealand. It promotes participation, works to improve access, provides professional development and advocates for the dance sector. Its website is a great resource for anyone working in dance or interested in dancing.
Exult
Working for communities, Exult offers practical resources (free or at low cost) such as workshops, training courses, event management, marketing, networking and fundraising tools.
New Zealand Art Guild
A national organisation providing promotion, support, opportunities and resources to New Zealand visual artists of all career stages and mediums. As a member artist, you will receive information, online promotion, professional development, networking and exhibition opportunities, and discounts. Art buyers and collectors can view thousands of artworks online and purchase direct from the artists. Business can hire or rent original New Zealand artwork for their premises.
New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres
Its aim is to provide an impartial information and referral system through a network of independent, community-based centres throughout New Zealand. Every year, NZFDIC and its centres respond to more than 150,000 client calls seeking disability information. Its website includes a list of member centres and their contact details.
Office of Disability Issues
Working across portfolios and with government agencies, its work is underpinned by the New Zealand Disability Strategy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Out Of Their Minds
This new site explores views on madness, mental distress and “mental illness”. It features artists and thinkers interviewing themselves about the value they see in their experiences of mental distress, and about what comes out of their minds.
Papakura Arts
An example for other local authorities to follow … Created by Papakura District Council and administered by its arts adviser, this site includes news, events, an artists’ database and resources.
The Big Idea
An online community for the New Zealand creative industry featuring art news, arts jobs, and other work and income opportunities.
Toi Pōneke Hub
Wellington City Council launched the Toi Pōneke Hub website in February 2010 - an online portal to arts activity and resources in Wellington.
International
Arts Access Australia
The national body of state and territory arts and disability organisations working to increase access and participation in the arts for the one in five Australians with a disability.
Accessible Arts
This is the peak arts and disability organisation for New South Wales. Its key services include arts development, audience development, training and information.