The A List

This past Saturday, we had an absolute blast at the MCA Mega Draw! 🎨✨ The whole museum was buzzing with creativity, joy, and pure magic. One little visitor summed it up perfectly: "I’ve had the most wonderful day. This room is so beautiful—I wish I could live here!" 💙 Everywhere you looked, people of all neurotypes were creating and enjoying it to the fullest. It was a space for EVERYONE🧡 #MCAMegaDraw #CreativityForEveryone

We are on the move—next stop: Sydney Dance Company! ✨ That’s right, it’s time to groove, create, and connect with MOVED! 💃🏼🕺🏼🩰 What an incredible opportunity to be part of Sydney Dance Company’s Seasons of 'Somos' and bring true inclusion to the creative space through Create Space.🧡 Moved! is more than an event—it’s a celebration of movement, creativity, and community. Whether you love to dance, express yourself through art, or simply experience the energy of those around you, this is a space where everyone belongs 🤗 In partnership with Sydney Dance Company, Aspect Autism Friendly, MyCareSpace we’re creating a place where people of all neurotypes can explore movement in a way that feels right for them. ✔️No rules, no expectations—just a chance to connect, play, and be moved in your own way. 📅 Sunday, April 6, 2025 | ⏰ 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM 📍 Sydney Dance Company, Dawes Point 🆓 FREE event! Limited spots—register now! 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gSBkT9m4 #Moved #SydneyEvents #NeurodivergentFriendly #CreateSpace #SydneyDanceCompany #MyCareSpace

🤗This Saturday, 15th March join us at the MCA for The MCA Mega Draw, an all-day celebration of drawing and imagination. This event is a collaboration by the MCA, The A List “Create Space” Arts Initiative and Aspect! Come, be a kid again and draw all over the place! Drop in for as little or as long as you like. Can't wait to welcome you all. Registration is open: https://lnkd.in/gmf7fG6A 🙌🏼

The power of the arts in creating truly inclusive spaces was on full display this weekend at Brisbane Powerhouse. 🎧💃 Through The A List’s Create Space Arts Initiative, we transformed the iconic Brisbane Powerhouse Museum into an autism-friendly space where 164 neurodivergent people and their families could dance, connect, and simply BE 🩷   This wasn’t just an event—it was a testament to what happens when arts and accessibility come together in meaningful ways.  🙌🏼Together with our partner, Aspect Autism Friendly, the team is incredibly proud of the 27 Brisbane Powerhouse staff we trained to make this event inclusive, alongside our 6 neurodivergent volunteers who brought their lived experience and leadership to the day. The impact speaks for itself:  ✅ 119 attendees felt supported  ✅ 152 said inclusion made the event better for their family  ✅ 160 felt a true sense of belonging  ✅ Everyone wants more events like this! 💙 Some of the feedback:  "Normally, we have to leave events when it gets too much for our daughter. Here, she had space to choose what she liked—we stayed for hours!"  “What an incredible event, so many different activities, we felt so included” ⭐A huge thank you to our partners Brisbane Powerhouse & Aspect Australia—together, we are setting a new standard for what truly inclusive arts experiences can look like.    Thank you too, to Department of Social Services (DSS) for funding this project and to our two A List co-founders Nicole Gamerov FCA and 🪢Bianca Shapiro, for continuing to champion the rights of autistic people and their access to the arts. 🤗Join us for more events at MCA on 15th March, Sydney Dance Company on 6th April, or Melbourne Comedy Festival on 10th April—because inclusion in the arts is just getting started. #CreateSpace #TheAList #NeurodiversityInTheArts #InclusionMatters #BrisbanePowerhouse #AspectAustralia  

The A List Create Space Arts Initiative moves to the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia on March 15th for a full drop in day of drawing from 10:00am until 4:00pm. Collaboratively designed with artists from the MCA, AuDHD Project Director Madeleine Jaine Lobsey and the Autistic Arts Advisory Board including Rebecca Street, Emma Tomlinson and Stephen Hunter. Starting with a giant community chalk drawing and moving all the way up the levels of the MCA, the whole community will be able to make their mark on the museum. Creating drawings to build a box city, exploring how to work with giant chalk or watching artists draw on the glass, walls and lifts of the museum. This event has seen the staff at the MCA participate in autism friendly training from the Aspect Autism Friendly team, environmental assesments and reports, training in current practices with visual stories implemented and thorough planning inside universal accessible design practices. Six young neurodivergent artists have participated in art making workshops and leaderhsip training with professional staff and will be co-facilitating the event. None of this would be possible without the funding from The Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) grant for The A List team, MyCareSpace Team, Vikki Barrack , or the hard work from multiple departments of the MCA. EVERYONE is welcome as we 'take over the museum' for a day and rediscover a passion that started very young for most of us.... DRAWING! Saturday March 15th Drop in any time from 10:00am until 4:00pm For more information including visual story, click here. https://lnkd.in/gRvKJZ7e #autistic #CreateSpaceArtsInitiative #neuroinclusive #neuroinclusion #alisthub MyCareSpace Plan Hero Nicole Gamerov FCA 🪢Bianca Shapiro

We were thrilled to share The A List Create Space Arts Inititaive with Link Disability Magazine

A big focus of The A List Create Space Arts Initiative is the legacy of leaving arts and culture venues autism friendly and neuroinclusive. In partnership with Aspect Autism Friendly we are conducting environmental audits, delivering extensive feedback to arts venues, creating visual stories and resources and training staff. Over the past few weeks we have worked with Museum of Contemporary Art Australia , Brisbane Powerhouse , Museums Victoria and Melbourne International Comedy Festival . By the end of February we will have completed this work with Sydney Dance Company too . These are exciting times. We cannot wait for the public to attend the events we have created and for the future being embedded in these venues. MyCareSpace The A List Nicole Gamerov FCA 🪢Bianca Shapiro #CreateSpaceArtsInitiative #autismfriendly #autistic #neurodivergent

The The A List Hub Create Space Arts Initiative is thrilled to partner Brisbane Powerhouse in the Sound Space Silent Disco is transforming Brisbane Powerhouse into an immersive playground of music, art and connection for ΩHM Festival. Silent Disco - KSMBA, Update Prayer and a stack of QUIVR DJs delivering deep cuts and lush textures to keep you moving. Live Song Making – Jam with Emma Tomlinson & Aspy Jones as they spin your ideas into music. Collage & Connection – Create with artist Bonnie Hislop in a hands-on art-making session. Soundscape Remix – Drop a beat, a word, or a weird noise and watch it become music. SOUND SPACE SILENT DISCO SUN 02 MAR PART OF ΩHM 2025 Book here https://lnkd.in/gy-T_H6T #OHMFest #OHM2025 #BrisbanePowerhouse Bonnie Hislop Nicole Gamerov FCA 🪢Bianca Shapiro Vikki Barrack

We are thrilled to invite you to our next groundbreaking Create Space Arts Initiative event at the Brisbane Powerhouse. This neuroinclusive event designed by our Arts Advisory Board and features neurodivergent artists. We have collaborated with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) with environmental assesments, staff training and resources. Young neurodivergent adults have participated in a training program and will be lead facilitating this event. About Sound Space Silent Disco: The A List Create Space Arts Initiative presents Sound Space Silent Disco – an immersive afternoon that explores the dynamic spectrum of sound, silence, noise, and music! This immersive event invites you to explore the boundaries between sound, silence, music, and movement. Get lost in the rhythm and contribute to a community-created soundscape that evolves throughout the day. Designed to be inclusive, Sound Space is a celebration of creativity, connection, and auditory exploration. This is event is for EVERYONE. We would love to see you there. For more information and bookings, click here https://lnkd.in/gy-T_H6T This event is partially funded by Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) #autistic #neurodivergent #neuroinclusion #createspaceartsinitiative #arts #brisbanepowerhouse #aspect #mycarespace MyCareSpace, Aspect Autism Friendly, The A List Nicole Gamerov FCA 🪢Bianca Shapiro

We as the Founders of MyCareSpace and The A List are so proud to be leading the way for the disability community in our Create Space Arts Initiative, funded by Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) in partnership with Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect). Over the weekend we had our Create History Event at the Anzac Memorial where the whole community participated in our autism friendly event. The staff at the Anzac Memorial were trained by the Aspect Autism Friendly team, the content was designed and delivered by our Autistic Arts Advisory Board and the event was led by autistic volunteer lead facilitators that participated in our free training program. We were delighted to see the community so engaged with the Dhinawan yarn entertainment welcome ceremony, national anthem sung by Autism Queensland Limited ambassador Emma Tomlinson, get their hands on historial objects and hundreds of kilograms of LEGO. A highlight was the performances by the Anzac Memorial Staff from real letters, diary entries and a play by Morris Gleitzman. We are looking forward to connecting with more autistic young adults in our free volunteer training program, venues across NSW, VIC and QLD and giving autistic artists opportunities to create content. See you in 2025 Nicole Gamerov FCA 🪢Bianca Shapiro #autism #autistic #mycarespace #alisthub #aspect #createspaceartsinitiative #artsandculture https://lnkd.in/g9sNSBtP