Art-Ability Exhibition

Background

The District Council of Grant's Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2020 – 2024 sets the roadmap to achieve our vision to be a fully inclusive society that values and respects all people as equal and contributing members of the community. A key action detailed within the Plan was to establish a Disability Access and Inclusion Advisory Panel to advise, monitor, evaluate and review Council’s Disability Access and Inclusion Plan and make recommendations as appropriate. Council formed the Access and Inclusion Advisory Panel (AIAP) in 2022.

The AIAP recommended that Council host an art exhibition at The Hangar Gallery, Mount Gambier Regional Airport in celebration of International Day of People with Disability. The day is celebrated annually on 3 December raising awareness of people with disability and promotes the equitable inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of life. Council subsequently approved this recommendation in March 2025.

The Exhibition

The District Council of Grant's Art-Ability Exhibition and People's Choice Art Prize will be held at The Hangar Gallery, Mount Gambier Regional Airport from September 2025 to February 2026, to highlight and celebrate the diverse talents of people living with disabilities within in our community.

How Do I Enter My Artwork?

If you are an artist living with a disability and reside or work within the District Council of Grant or broader Limestone Coast region, you are invited to complete an exhibition entry form. Entry forms can be completed via:

• The online Art-Ability Exhibition and People's Choice Art Prize Entry Form below
• Hard copy available at:
  • Council's Principal Office, 324 Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier
  • Port MacDonnell Community Complex, 5-7 Charles Street, Port MacDonnell

Completed hard copy and online entry forms must be submitted to the District Council of Grant via:

• The online Art-Ability Exhibition and People's Choice Art Prize Entry Form below
• Email to info@dcgrant.sa.gov.au
• Council's Principal Office, 324 Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier
• Port MacDonnell Community Complex, 5-7 Charles Street, Port MacDonnell

Exhibition entry forms close 5:00pm Monday 28 July 2025.

Next Steps

Artists who submitted an exhibition entry form will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date to be advised on the outcome.

Successful artists will be required to arrange delivery of their artworks to either Council's Principal Office at 324 Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier or Port MacDonnell Community Complex at 5-7 Charles Street, Port MacDonnell during the week of Monday 25 August to Friday 29 August between 9:00am and 5:00pm. Artworks will be installed at The Hangar Gallery between Monday 1 September and Friday 5 September, with an official exhibition opening scheduled to be held on Monday 8 September 2025.

The Art-Ability Exhibition will be open to the public between Tuesday 9 September 2025 and Friday 27 February 2026.

The People’s Choice Art Prize will be awarded on the International Day of People with Disability, Wednesday 3 December 2025, to the artists with the most public votes.