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AAV Flashbacks

We are sharing AAV memories this year. So join us in discovering our history. And how AAV fits into the wider arts and disability sector.

We will be updating this page throughout the year with new sections of history.

Please be aware: some language is outdated. We are not censoring these documents to show our history. Changes in language and concepts of Disability have changed throughout time. What we once thought of Disability is different today and will be different in the future.

Arts Access Victoria 1974 - 2024

Kids playing with hanging fabric.

Sensations Workshops

Find out how it all began! (1974 – 1979)

a close up photo of a puppet and its hands

A Puppet from Theorem, 1981.

AAV's Growth and Opportunity (Early 1980s)

a large puppet is surrounded by people.

Art Dayz, 1989.

AAV Making Moves (Mid to late 1980s)

Werribee Schools Program 1993.

AAV Sharing knowledge (early – mid 1990s)

a young teenagers is painting in a classroom

AAV Cultural Exchange program with China, 1996.

AAV On Tour (mid - late 1990s)

Sheep’s Back studio, 2003.

A New Millennium (early- mid 2000s)

Art Day South, The Past is under Glass, Performance, 2006.

Leading Change (2005 - 2009)

Boy holding sign.

Action on Cinema Access Rally, 2010. Photo by Paul Dunn

Art Everywhere (2010 - 2015)

Patrick Frances is in a red suit is looking towards the ceiling. He is wearing a red cape that is billowing behind him.

WOWalk: a fashion show to save the world, Way Out West, 2019. Photo by Raphael Recht.

Big shifts (2015 – 2019)

flags in front of the meat market

The Collective banners, North Melbourne, 2024. Photo by Teague Leigh.

Where We Are Now (2020 – present)