Arts Access Awards 2016: Nomination Form

Arts Access Awards 2016: nomination form

Arts Access Creative New Zealand Arts For All Award 2016

This award recognises a performing arts company, festival, literary organisation, venue, producer, gallery or museum that best demonstrates its commitment to developing its audiences by becoming more accessible to disabled or Deaf people.

Arts Access Aotearoa and Creative New Zealand recognise the benefits to disabled people and to performing arts companies, festivals, literary organisations, venues, producers, galleries or museums when access to high-quality arts experiences is available to everyone in New Zealand.

The recipient of this award receives $2500, to be used to enhance its accessibility. It includes travel and accommodation for one representative to attend the awards ceremony.

If you need any clarification or wish to discuss your nomination, please contact Claire Noble, Community Development Co-ordinator (T: 04 802 4349 E: ). Return this completed form to Claire by 5pm Monday 11 April.

Format and sending options:

If possible, please send your nomination as a Microsoft word document and send via e-mail. One of the panel judges will likely be blind and their screen reader can read all Microsoft word documents but only a few types of PDF documents.

Simply attach the documents and images to an e-mail to Claire: . If the files are too big ( i.e. video, recordings, large size images) please share them via Dropbox to or call Claire to discuss options.

Or post it to: PO Box 9828, Wellington 6141

Organisations may submit only one nomination in this category. Arts Access Aotearoa will shortlist the nominations. An industry judging panel will make the final decisions. Shortlisted nominees may be asked to send more supporting information for the judging panel.

We will confirm receipt of your nomination and eligibility within one week of receiving it. Late or incomplete nominations will not be accepted.

To be eligible, the nominee must (please type an X in the check boxes):

be a New Zealand performing arts company, festival, literary organisation, venue, producer, gallery or museum

be able to demonstrate it has improved its access for disabled or Deaf people between January 2015 and up to the nomination closing date of 11 April 2016

not be a previous recipient of the Big ‘A’ Creative New Zealand Arts For All Award or Arts Access Creative New Zealand Arts For All Award

REQUIRED NOMINATION INFORMATION

A. Contact details

Please ensure your nominee knows they are being nominated.

A1. Nominee (i.e. the organisation being nominated)

Name/Organisation:

Contact person:

Physical address:

Postal address:

Phone/mobile: Email:

Website:

A2: Your details (i.e. the person making the nomination)

Name:

Job title/organisation:

Postal address:

Phone/mobile: Email:

B. What the judges want to know

Please use the word length as a guide and use bullet points where suitable.

1: List the nominee’s activities and achievements that illustrate its commitment to being accessible – i.e. consider the following:

o  initiatives that have increased accessibility

o  consultation and engagement with the disabled community

o  innovation and problem solving

o  increased audiences and audience satisfaction

o  providing a model for other organisations wanting to improve their accessibility.

(Maximum 300 words)

2: Outline how the disabled community benefitted

If possible, include feedback from disabled and Deaf people on the impact of the nominee’s accessibility activities.
(Maximum 300 words)

3: Explain how the nominee measured the impact of their accessibility initiatives. In particular, on the development of its audiences.

(Maximum 200 words)

4. Outline the nominee’s accessibility policies and/or disability action plan (Identify whether draft or adopted)

If the organisation has an accessibility policy, please attach with application.

5. Outline how the nominee would use the $2500 award money to progress its work in improving access to disabled audiences.

(Maximum length: 150 words)

6. Any other comments? (optional)

(Maximum 200 words)

C. Referee details

You must provide an external referee who can verify the nominee’s achievements and qualities, listed in this nomination. (A referee cannot be an employee/contractor/volunteer/trust member of a nominated organisation.)

Referee’s name:

Job title/organisation:

Phone/mobile: Email:

D. Support material

The judges require:

1.  At least one support letter for the nominee (up to a maximum of three support letters).

2.  A maximum of three additional items of support material

Examples of support material:

·  publicity material, media clippings, publications, e-newsletters

·  examples of the nominee’s work (e.g. images, CD/DVD/ YouTube link). Only one DVD or CD will be accepted.

·  a website address or one link about the nominee that you would like the selection panel to view.

Please type an X in this box if you want your support material returned.

·  Do not send stapled documents.

·  Do not send original artwork.

·  The selection panel will watch or listen to the first five minutes only of any DVD/CD or YouTube presentation.

Nomination checklist

Before submitting your nomination, please type an X in the boxes below to ensure all information is supplied correctly.

The nominee meets the eligibility criteria, listed on the front page of this

document.

The nominee knows they are being nominated.

Every section of this nomination form is completed.

At least one support letter has been included.

Maximum of three additional items of support material has been included

You have told the referee about your nomination and included

their contact details.

You have read the frequently asked questions document.

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