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 is being held at The Hangar Gallery, Mount Gambier Regional Airport to highlight and celebrate the diverse talents of people living with disabilities within in our community.

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

People's Choice Award

A prize pool of $500 is on offer to all participating artists in the Art-Ability Exhibition.

Members of the public are invited to view the 38 artworks on display at The Hangar Gallery or in the below online gallery and vote for your favourite piece.

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