Creative Equity Toolkit

The Creative Equity Toolkit has links to hundreds of practical resources, inspiring case studies and important research on increasing diversity in the arts.

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Article

Black Face

Overview of the history and contemporary expression of black face from the UK and the US.

'Popular contemporary ways of displaying blackface include: darkening your skin and especially your face; wearing clothes that you assume all black people wear and in a fashion that is mocking (think ‘ghetto’ or ‘thug’); throwing up obscure gang signs, or what you assume are gang signs, in order to ‘act black’; and depicting blackness in all its complexities as a caricature.'

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: UK

  • Author: Edna Mohamed, Skin Deep

Toolkit

Black Illustrations

Free digital designs of black people to use in online projects, such as websites, infographics or mobile apps. Over 40 images of people with different skin tones in workplace and medical settings, downloadable as PNG, JPG and Sketch and fully scalable.

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  • Published: 2023
    Country: USA

  • Author: Black Illustrations

Support Network

British East Asians in Theatre & On Screen (BEATS)

This advocacy organisation/directory campaigns for positive examples of cultural representation and the right to tell their own stories and to combat stereotyping. Their directory features professional East Asian writers based in the UK.

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  • 2 minute
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  • Published: N/A
    Country: UK

  • Author: BEATS

Checklist

Budget Equity Assessment Tool

Developed by the US City of Portland for its bureaus, this tool offers a self-assessment to assess how equity is prioritised and addressed within budgets. While not developed for arts projects, this checklist offers insight into methods of equity-testing budgets.

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: USA

  • Author: City of Portland

Report

Building a Diverse and Inclusive Public Service:

A report by the Canadian Government that defines diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the public service, establishes the case for D&I, and recommends a framework and action plan. Focuses on people management, leadership and accountability, education and awareness, and the D&I lens.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: Canada

  • Author: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Worksheet

Building partnerships map

For developing a 'clear plan to working with other groups that have the same vision as me' this planning tool identifies realistic steps required to build a partnership. Though aimed at development projects, the worksheet can be applied to collaborations on a creative project.

'Building partnerships... often take a considerable investment of time to build the high quality working relationships that underpin effective collaboration. The Building Partnerships Map breaks the process into steps,'

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  • 1 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: Global

  • Author: Nesta