@TouchCompass

Touch Compass is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading professional disability-led performing arts company, combining artists with and without a disability.

 Aotearoa New Zealand
touchcompass.org.nz
Joined June 2010
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This week's episode is an interview with Holly Mercer, chatting about her diagnosis of Beçhet's (& Neuro Beçhet's) as well as her upcoming textile art installation with @TouchCompass. You can listen wherever you get your pods! open.spotify.com/episode/2Wj…
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1/5 As part of our #MetAccess program, every month we invite Disabled and Deaf artists to respond to works from our collection that spark curiosity or inspiration. Today @PelenakekeBrown shares her thoughts on this 19th-century serape:
A rectangular serape with a red, yellow, orange, and blue striped dyed wool repeating double-diamond and stripe design. The design sits against an undyed beige wool background.

ALT A rectangular serape with a red, yellow, orange, and blue striped dyed wool repeating double-diamond and stripe design. The design sits against an undyed beige wool background.

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Studio One Toi Tū are running a screen-printing workshop this Sunday that aims to normalise the use of te reo and encourage kaitiakitanga through the creation of one-off reusable tote bags with te reo slogans. Nov 22, 10-12pm, $20 @ 1 Ponsonby Road. Ka rawe!
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To say that we need to end the count means that this government doesn’t believe that disabled people should matter. We were disproportionately affected by this pandemic. I want my say. #CountDisabledPeoplesVotes
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We're excited to see @creativenz & @pantographpunch have partnered to launch the Pacific Arts Legacy Project. Edited by @lana_lopesi, the project "involves Pacific artists sharing their personal journeys and stories." 🖤 Find out more at bit.ly/32cI5x7
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Kera O’Regan@keraoregan2 Nov 2020
I was at a café in Twizel with @jgboberg talking disability justice and as if by fate, this lovely book was staring at me from the bookshop next door 🤩 Just finished reading “Here we are, Read us” & am excited to have more disabled women writers to follow! Mīharo @AccEase !
Kera’s hand holding “Here we are read us: Women, disability and writing” - a small white book with colourful box graphics and silhouettes of disabled women writers on the cover.

ALT Kera’s hand holding “Here we are read us: Women, disability and writing” - a small white book with colourful box graphics and silhouettes of disabled women writers on the cover.

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'Art needs an audience or it dies.' Wonderful i/v with Robyn Hunt @AccEase, Trish Harris and Charlotte Simmonds about newly-launched book 'Hear we are, read us' on #standingroomonly @radionz #cripthelit bit.ly/2Oq3vhT
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Beyond the use of disability as a metaphor or a plot device... a call for better writing about disability with a nifty 'nutshell' literary history in it thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-08… #cripthelit
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“I want to do more stage and screen roles, music, dance and acting. And I’d like to make my own film one day too.” @DuncArmstrong, recipient of the @artsaccessnz Artistic Achievement Award 2020 #ArtsAccessAwards2020, wants to do everything 👏 🙌 bit.ly/34hyTIY
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Thinking of applying for an online short showcase for the PANNZ Arts Market next year? Join us and @CreativeNZ at 12pm for a zoom hui focused on international strategy and presenting. zoom.us/j/97442472640 pannz.org.nz/arts-market/
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If you want to know the story about my first time voting, check out this piece by @new_girl_friday for @thelilynews! #CripTheVote #2020Election #Election2020 #DisabilityCoalition #IWillVote #RevUp
The Lily@thelilynews24 Oct 2020
“Some of their experiences are inspiring, others are infuriating, but hopefully, each one will make voting feel less anxiety-inducing and more empowering,” writes @new_girl_friday. thelily.com/it-was-truly-thr…
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An incredible collection of creatives have been honoured at the @creativenz Arts Pasifika Awards. These 8 artists embody passion for innovation and their culture - all so deserving of the recognition. More details in tomorrow's Lowdown on TBI - congrats to the winners!
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The Coconet@TheCoconetTV21 Oct 2020
Coco congrats to all of our amazing @CreativeNZ Arts Pasifika awards recipients this year. These awards recognise innovation and excellence in Pacific Arts and their contribution to the rich diversity of Aotearoa as a multi-cultural Pacific nation 🌺 thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/b…
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Robyn Hunt@AccEase21 Oct 2020
Congrats to all the winners in the @CreativeNZ Arts Pasifika Awards, especially Lusi Faiva and Pelenakeke Brown, winners of the Pacific Toa Award! 2020! youtu.be/xsRiGgzTOlU @TouchCompass
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Congratulations to @CreativeNZ's Arts Pasifika Award recipients - recognising innovation and excellence in Pacific Arts and contribution to the rich diversity of Aotearoa as a multi-cultural Pacific nation. ❤️ bit.ly/3odCaRy
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criposium@criposium14 Oct 2020
Support #DisabilityArts! This Saturday 17 October 8.30-10pm: Unsightly Drag and Friends cabaret featuring queer, blind and visually impaired performers (online relaxed performance with integrated audio description and BSL interpretation) bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/ev…
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Robyn Hunt@AccEase15 Oct 2020
This is what's happening in #disabilityarts in the USA. fordfoundation.org/work/inve…
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Do you believe in improving #access and #inclusion for children in the arts? Second Hand Dance are looking for parents and teachers of children aged 2-7, to become part of their Expert Panel Can you help? Find out more here: secondhanddance.co.uk/joinou… @2_ndhanddance #DisabilityArts
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Inspired by @blindandb0ujee, an accurate portrayal of my feelings during the many times I’ve been ‘reassured’ I’m not disabled, I’m ‘differently able’. Disability is not a bad word, it’s not the enemy here. Inaccessibility and discrimination is. #DisabilityArts
PD: a mouse with a cane for the visually impaired wearing a sunflower lanyard stands with one hand on their hip and another on their cane. Their cheeks are flushed with anger. Text reads: “For the 500th time Karen, I’m not ‘differently able’!! I’m disabled!!’”

ALT PD: a mouse with a cane for the visually impaired wearing a sunflower lanyard stands with one hand on their hip and another on their cane. Their cheeks are flushed with anger. Text reads: “For the 500th time Karen, I’m not ‘differently able’!! I’m disabled!!’”

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Online exhibition launch with MIMA & Disability Arts Online It will include a panel discussion reflecting on relationships to home and public visibility during and following the Covid-19 lockdown. Here is more info! facebook.com/events/11315950… #disabledartist #disabilityarts
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