Welcome to Taha Hotu Deaf and Disabled Artists Initiative
We are disability-led and facilitated by Arts Access Aotearoa. Our kaupapa is about supporting Deaf and disabled artists to create work, navigate the arts sector, advocate for change and develop our creative practice. We want Deaf and disabled artists to be an expected and anticipated part of the arts in Aotearoa, where we tell our own stories on our own terms, and we are valued as Deaf and disabled artists.
“We’ve got to have arts and rights together otherwise it’s not worth having arts.”
- Duncan Armstrong, performing artist
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