ARTS ALIVE	PGM 39 -2007.  TX: 4:04 Eastern Time 1 October 2007
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 09¡¨

This week¡K  I¡¦ve been in Sydney attending the Arts Activated conference, organised by Accessible Arts NSW and the Spastic Centre of NSW, and held at the Conservatorium of Music in Macquaire Street¡K 
indeed in the new extensions to the Con¡K rooms and galleries carved into the sandstone beneath the Botanic Gardens¡K  are quite an architectural experience in their own right.  So we¡¦ll hear from Sansha Donald, the chief executive of Accessibility Arts about the issues of access to the arts, for both audiences and performers who suffer any form of disability¡K  and from one of the many artists present at the conference who are running programs for disabled practitioners¡K Matthew Perry who co-ordinates the Art in the Garage project in the Bega valley on the far south coast of New South Wales.

Before that we¡¦ll hear from Sasha Grbich, from the Australian Network for Art and Technology.  ANAT is calling for entries in the second iteration of their project to explore art and the mobile phone¡K  it is called Portable Worlds and the first exhibition opens in Berri in the Riverland of South Australia, this last week of September.

But first a round up of the week¡¦s news¡K

STING		NEWS:  	(Ends. 6.38)

As if you hadn¡¦t noticed, the latest mobile phones offer a whole range of facilities that have little to do with dialing a friend to chat or doing business.  There is a growing range of audio-visual services being produced just for the mobile phone.  The Australian Network for Art and Technology is now calling for entries in the second iteration of their project to explore art potential of the mobile phone¡K the project is called Portable Worlds.  The exhibition of the first iteration opens in Berri in the Riverland of South Australia, the last week of September¡K and both are curated by ANAT¡¦s Sasha Grbich¡K  so I first asked what we would see if we walked into the gallery in Berri¡K

Item 1: ANAT /Sasha Grbich (6.23)
First words: OK, you¡¦ll see¡K
Last words: ¡KThat right.¡¨

Sasha Grbich, curator of the Portable World project.  And she can be contacted at ANAT in Adelaide, her e-mail is sasha@anat.org.au .

The Arts Activated conference was jointly organised by Accessible Arts NSW and the Spastic Centre of NSW.  The program promised to explore a wide range of current issues in the arts and disability sector from Australia and overseas¡K for a summary of the issues for audiences and practitioners with disabilities¡KI spoke to Sansha Donald, the executive officer of Accessibility Arts¡K

Item 2 Sansha Donald (7.48)
First words: Accessible arts¡K yeah we¡K
Last words: ¡K that the Sydney Opera House has developed.¡¨

Track 1:  Allegro Molto Sonata in A flat Opus 110/ Aura Go

Item 3 Sansha Donald (5.53)
First words: We¡¦re speaking with¡K
Last words: ¡K.thanks Sansha.  Thanks very much.¡¨

Track 2:  Such a Smile / Aimee Crathern

END VOICE	28 min 18 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 08 sec

Item 4  Matthew Perry (9.39)
First words: You¡¦re listening to¡K
Last words: ¡Kwith Matthew Perry¡¨

Track 3:  Homecoming / Jeremy Monteiro

Item 5  Matthew Perry (11.01)
First words:  ¡§You¡¦re listening to¡K
Last words: ...Thanks Vincent.. 

And that is the show for this week¡K thanks for listening¡K  and thanks to the organisers of the Arts Activated conference.  We will have more from the conference on later programs.  ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC.  We receive financial support from the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION ... and the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University.  The program is heard on the COMMUNITY RADIO NETWORK, on the SBS DIGITAL RADIO SERVICE, and is distributed on CD by THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE.

The spoken word content from the past four programs is available as audio on demand at www.artsaliveradio.com .  Many thanks to website manager, Vincent Fok.  

I¡¦m Vincent O¡¦Donnell and here is another track from conference participant Aimee Crathern¡K it is the old Peggy Lee standard Fever¡K

END VOICE	54 min 20 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Stings: Federation Bells sting
Track 1:  ¡§Allegro Molto Sonata in A flat Opus 110/Beethoven/ Aura Go/ P/ Sampler/20secs Track 2:  ¡§Such a Smile¡¨/ Rix & Calvit / Aimee Crathern/CP/TR002/ 2.20 Track 3: ¡§Homecoming¡¨/Jeremy Monteiro/ ditto/OS/S/N170702-04-2/ 3.30 Track 4:  ¡§Fever¡¨/Davenport & Cooley/Aimee Crathern/P/ Tr002/ 1.30