Art-Ability Exhibition

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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:

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

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.

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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:

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

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.

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    The District Council of Grant is calling on local artists living with disability to showcase their talents in the inaugural Art-Ability Exhibition being held at The Hangar Gallery from September 2025.

    The exciting new exhibition, recommended by Council’s Access and Inclusion Advisory Panel, will highlight the diverse talents of people living with disabilities in the community.

    Access and Inclusion Advisory Panel Chair and Councillor Katherine Greene said the exhibition coincides with International Day of Disability.

    “The day aims to increase awareness, understanding and acceptance of people living with disabilities and the Art-Ability Exhibition is a meaningful way Council is acknowledging their artistic talents. Also as part of this year’s celebrations, Council will be presenting a People’s Choice Award to artists, as voted by the community,” Cr Greene said.

    A prize pool of $500 will be on offer to all participating artists in the Art-Ability Exhibition. Recipients will be announced on Tuesday 3 December 2025; International Day of People with Disability.

    “This exhibition is more than just art, it’s about promoting the equitable inclusion of people with disability and celebrating the diversity of people in our community. I encourage all eligible artists to get involved.”

    Artists living with a disability and residing or working in the District Council of Grant area or broader Limestone Coast region are invited to apply to have their artwork displayed and sold in The Hangar Gallery between September 2025 and February 2026.

    Interested artists can enter by competing an entry form:

    • Online via yoursaydcg.com.au
    • In person at:
      1. Council’s Principal Office at 324 Commercial Street West, Mount Gambier
      2. Port MacDonnell Community Complex at 5-7 Charles Street, Port MacDonnell

    Entries close 5:00pm Monday 28 July 2025.

    District Council of Grant Chief Executive Officer Darryl Whicker highlighted Council’s continued commitment to increasing access and inclusion.

    “The Art-Ability Exhibition supports Council’s goal of embedding disability access and inclusion into our business-as-usual processes. If we all make small and consistent efforts to improve accessibility and inclusion each day, it can positively impact our community in a significant way,” Mr Whicker said.

    “This initiative reflects the strong work of our Access and Inclusion Advisory Panel and Council’s ongoing commitment to achieve a fully inclusive society that values and respects all people as equal and contributing members of the community.”

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