LOVE OF ART AND VINCENTS COMMUNITY: Meera Amaldev, who recently joined Arts Access Aotearoa as a volunteer writer, put her journalism skills into action when she interviewed Colin Korovin, an artist who works at Vincents Art Workshop in Wellington. “Colin told me that he has hundreds of journals filled with his sketches. I was very impressed by his dedication and love of art, and the community at Vincents.”

Deaf co-presenter on Attitude

13 May 2013
Mark Berry, Deaf studies tutor at Victoria University, actor and filmmaker, has joined TV One's Attitude show as its co-presenter, alongside Tanya Black. He is the first Deaf television presenter since the late 1980s.

Time for Pablos tutors to exhibit at ROAR!

3 May 2013
It’s time for the tutors at Pablos Art Studios in Wellington to show what they’re made of in the tutor-only exhibition at ROAR! gallery, which opened this week and continues until 2 June.

A good laugh for Deaf patrons at Comedy Festival 

29 April 2013
Deaf and hearing impaired people will be able to enjoy a good laugh at this year’s New Zealand International Comedy Festival, thanks to four sign language-interpreted shows in Auckland and two in Wellington.

Circa play accessible to Deaf community

22 April 2013
A sign interpreted performance targeting Wellington’s Deaf community will be offered for the first time in Circa Theatre’s history on Friday 3 May.

Quilts to be proud of
25 March 2013
Most of the women have never used a needle and thread or sewing machine before joining the Quilt-Stitch Group and the weekly quilting classes, run by volunteers at the Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility.