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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Audio

Community-Engaged Practice with Jade Lillie and Lia Pa'apa'a

Discussion of the book 'The Relationship is the Practice' edited by Jade Lillie and Lia Pa'apa'a which explores community engagement, collaboration, intersectionality, cultural safety, racial literacy, access and inclusion. Also links to the book.

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  • 44 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Tandi Palmer Williams, Theory of Creativity

Article

Complaint as Counteraction: Disputing the Archibald Prize

Conversation about Australia's most prestigious portrait prize, the Archibald.

[Entrants] 'want to be seen as being of the same ‘calibre of artists who have won before.’ Calibre strikes me as an interesting metric. For people of colour, it seems as if it’s not so much technical calibre that is being referred to here, but rather cultural calibre. If it’s only white artists who have won before, it’s the calibre and quality of whiteness one wants to be proximate and compared to.'

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung & Soo-Min Shim, Running Dog

Toolkit

Continuum of Impact

This toolkit looks at ways to evaluate arts that aim for social change, such as increasing awareness of mental health issues, or engaging youth in history. It includes a detailed toolkit considering six ‘families’ of common social outcomes of art and includes case studies, worksheets and Evaluations Plan templates.

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  • 40 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: USA

  • Author: Americans for the Arts

Research

Convivial Thinking: Critical Decolonial Collaborative - Raï Blog

Short blog posts by members of a global, open group of scholars working on post- and decolonial approaches to development and beyond. ‘Conviviality,’ means equity, mutual respect for others and nature, and assuming joint responsibility for how we live, act, and engage.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2024
    Country: Global

  • Author: Convivial Thinking network guest authors

Case Study

Counting and Cracking: the story behind Belvoir Street theatre's most ambitious play to date

Article on the collaborative process used to develop Belvoir Street Theatre's Helpmann award-winning play Counting and Cracking, looking at the story of a group of Sri Lankan Australians.

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Steve Dow, The Guardian

Research

Counting Culture: Six Principles for Measuring the Cultural Diversity of Your Workplace

Concepts of identity are crucial to benchmarking diversity. These principles describe the importance of gathering detailed, granular statistics that make room for nuanced identities when mapping the cultural diversity of your organisation.

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  • 2 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Diversity Council Australia