[‘Birds’ (detail) by Kristy Sweeney]

[‘Birds’ (detail) by Kristy Sweeney]

Exhibition runs: 22 Oct - 2 Nov 2019

Ignite 2019, produced by Arts Access Victoria, showcases the diverse and exciting work of ten Victorian artists living with disability, working across a range of media.

Exhibiting Artists: Chelle Destefano, Dean White, Elly Luks, Isha Paasse, Jonathon Goodfellow, Kristy Sweeney, Matthew Jelleff, Matthew Simpson, Nicky Tsourlenes, Paul Henry

All artworks are available for purchase.

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From 29 October to 2 November, Arts Access are partnering with the Digital Writers Festival to present a fantastic series of events amongst this exhibition. See the links below for further details.

IGNITE Digital Exhibition
Can’t attend IRL (in real life), check out the exhibition online!

#BeingEnough Digital Assignments
A ground-breaking creative exploration, Being Enough 2019 is a five day cross-art form residency to develop seed strategies for survival and sustainability by thinking through creative practice. Led by Arts Access Victoria CEO, Caroline Bowditch and Scottish-based Luke Pell, the residency welcomes intersectional artists from across Australia. Find out more!

Sitting
Where do you find stillness? Exploring the almost physical impossibility of sitting and being still, artist in residence Fury will create portraits across daily sitting sessions throughout the Digital Writers’ Festival to be published right here and across our social channels.
Find out more!

Daily Write-In (2-4pm)
Get motivated and get your word count up with a daily writing sprint! Whether you’re powering through an entry for the Swinburne Microfiction Challenge, polishing your poetry for submission to Yarra Libraries’ Receipt Poetry project or plotting your approach for NaNoWriMo, set the timer and get stuck in.
Find out more!

Telescope: Live Play
Ever wished you could walk around inside your character’s story? Telescope, a new tool developed by Sandpit with Google’s Creative Lab, uses machine learning technology to generate a story for the character you create drawing from the world around you.

Based in Melbourne? Come along to our live play and workshop, where you can meet the developers and creatives behind Telescope! Road test the tool using one of our devices, ask questions of the team and get stuck into some writing of your own.
Find out more!