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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California Arts Council Strategic Framework cover

California Arts Council Strategic Framework 2020-2027

California Arts Council's Strategic Framework includes a Racial Equity Statement providing for action both internally through its work environment and externally through its programming. It also includes an Equity Alignment Tool and a guide to conducting Racial Equity Impact Assessments.

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  • 40 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: California Arts Council

Film

List of Collaboration Tools from the webinar

Collaboration: the good, the bad and the ugly

Co-Directors of Aphids & Aphids discuss collaboration tools including explicit conversations around crediting, project expectations and the environments where the collaboration will take place (do you you meet in a cafe or a bar or the park?). Daily check-ins on the workloads and responsibilities of each collaborator, such as childcare responsibilities and energy levels are recommended, as well as allowing transparent access to administrative documents, and information on scheduling and budgets.

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  • 48 minute
    watch

  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Mish Grigor and Lara Thoms, Australia Council for the Arts

Audio

Image featuring photos of Jade Lillie and Lia Pa’apa’a

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

Cultural Authority and Consultation

Discussion of cultural consultation and the importance of finding the people in the community with the relevant cultural authority, and the processes they must undertake to provide solid cultural advice. Focused on First Nations but includes good principles for consultation in other cultural communities.

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Wesley Shaw, National Association for the Visual Arts

Infographic

Infographic from Engaged Communities, with a number of tips for engaging

Engaged Communities

Infographic with top tips on engaging respectfully with communities, including outlining different types of community engagement (such as the difference between collaborations, co-creations and consultations) and tips on managing power, responsibility and the project's legacy.

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  • 2.3 minute
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  • Published: 2015
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Australia Council for the Arts

Toolkit

Equity in the Arts Toolkit

A toolkit created during a convention of arts leadership bodies and local artists in California's Eastern Coachella Valley, a community that is 98% Latino, with many monolingual Spanish speakers. Provides a framework for arts project design that makes participants, power and beneficiaries explicit.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: USA

  • Author: Center for Cultural Innovation