Momentum’09 is an International Disability Art Symposium being held in Auckland, New Zealand from the 25 to 28 February 2009.
Momentum’09 will bring pace, perspective and prominence to disability arts and provide the next step towards a viable and global understanding of and respect for disability arts and culture. It will be a melting pot of innovation, inspiration, aspiration and the very best in performance and visual arts by disabled artists and performers from around the world.
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Momentum’09 will deliver a 4-day Symposium involving the world’s leaders in the field.
As well as providing time and space for intense debate on a range of issues and topics, Momentum’09 will concentrate on dialogue, audience development and capacity building via a learning fair and marketplace offering professional development planning and highlighting career opportunities to artists. Momentum’09 will promote creativity in the widest form in all aspects of functional diversity and will have a strong youth development focus.
The aim is to create a highly participative programme, bringing together disabled artists and arts workers, representatives from funding bodies and mainstream arts organisations and venues. There is a strong commitment to attracting a representative and culturally diverse delegation, specifically addressing indigenous or culturally diverse disabled artists and arts enthusiasts; the inclusion of Deaf arts and Survivors of the mental health system. The organisers of Momentum will strive for a ‘global village’ feel to the event, where all delegates, performers and participants come together to celebrate the achievements of disabled people in the arts to date and build upon the ‘momentum’ for a thriving and vibrant future.
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