Ability to Create
This program is so much more than an art exhibition. The Ability to Create (ATC) program is a model for access, inclusion and creativity for the City of Hobart.
The aim of the program is to:
- upskill mentor artists to work collaboratively with all ability artists
- enable 'Art for Everyone'
- be a multi-disciplinary program that is ambitious and inspirational
- increase understanding about access and inclusion across the organisation and the broader community and lead by example.
Ability to Create 2025 InvisAbility
This year the City of Hobart has received support through Arts Tasmania's Industry Development program to deliver Ability to Create. This will provide all artists with a longer lead up time for creativity, greater community engagement through collaborative workshops and increased leadership from the Ability to Create organisations and artists.
Theme
The theme for this next exhibition program is InvisAbility: Making the invisible visible
This program aims to:
- Make artists visible
- Remove stigma and bias around hidden disability
- Increase community understanding of the term 'disability' to include people who identify as neuro-divergent or have other unseen disabilities.
Expressions of Interest (EOI) for Creative Practitioners
An exciting opportunity for three creatives to work alongside Ability to Create artists and organisations to co-create infrastructure and artworks for this year's exhibition, themed InvisAbility: Making the invisible visible
We are looking for artists with skills in either:
- Lighting/Sound and/or Digital design
- Visual Arts
- Performance (Dance/Music/Text/Theatre/Storytelling/Performance Art)
This may include a hybrid of these above disciplines.
See the Project Brief and EOI form to apply:
Project Brief(DOCX, 3MB)
EOI form(DOCX, 433KB)
Submissions close 3 pm on Friday 9 August 2024.
About Ability to Create
The Ability to Create exhibition was born in 2013 when the City of Hobart was approached by Freddy Lee-Mount, a community member living with a disability.
Freddy was committed to an idea of celebrating the creativity and talent of all ability artists in Hobart and creating awareness in the broader community of their talents and skills. Determined to develop a project with City of Hobart staff, Freddy identified groups who create regularly and worked with them to stage a fantastic exhibition at City of Hobart's Waterside Pavilion. Since then, the exhibition has occurred annually and grown from strength to strength in many amazing and creative ways.
The Ability to Create exhibitions are a platform for enhancing a sense of place, nurturing creativity, celebrating artistic excellence and, most importantly, connecting creative people.
See examples of previous work on the Ability to Create past exhibitions page.
Ability to Create past exhibitions