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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Exploring my Power and Privilege

Exercises developed for Canadian high schools to explore power and privilege, including the Power Flower (power mapping exercise), Equality vs Equity and the Paper Basket Exercise. Links to resources and background information.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: Canada

  • Author: Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Checklist

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Gauging Readiness for Partnership

Designed for local US municipalities working with artists in general, this one-page checklist offers a good self-assessment on issues such as compromise, disruption to usual practices and equitable compensation.

"Use these questions to help gauge if you and your potential partner are ready to work together. Ask these early on in the process."

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

  • Author: Municipal-Artists Partnerships

Article

a portrait of Priya Roy and Pearl Town in a semi outdoor setting, they are wearing dark colours, while Priya has a spash of red on her top, they both are smiling at the camera and the photo conveys a grounded and professional presence

How intersectionality can help storytellers

Pearl Tan and Priya A Roy give a useful primer on intersectionality and explain how intersectional approaches can make for better stories and a more diverse industry.

While it deals primarily with the screen industry, it breaks down the concept of intersectionality into its historical roots and explores structural, political, and representational intersectionality - and what this means.

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Pearl Tan, Priya A Roy

Report

Cover of the report with a panel of a purple Indigenous painting

Indigenous Cultural Protocols and the Arts

Case studies in multiple art forms of how arts organisations have implemented the landmark Creative Australia Indigenous Protocols, developed in 2002 to ensure Indigenous culture is used ethically and legally with appropriate consultation and consent, according to both Australian copyright law and Indigenous cultural protocols.

Includes question prompts for developing project methodology to ensure respect and consent when making art that draws on another community's culture.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2016
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Terri Janke

Article

screen shot of Overland website with an illustration of a wolf in sheep's clothing

Other peoples’ stories

Wiradjuri writer, teacher and academic Jeanine Leane ponders questions of representation and who had the right to tell another person's story.

'if non-Indigenous people are still only encountering Indigenous people via the works of non-Indigenous writers/historians/filmmakers/artists, then are they really encountering us at all?'

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: 2016
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Jeanine Leane, Overland

Checklist

Power Dynamics

Designed for US municipal government and artist collaborations, this tool sets out questions to identify what each partner brings to the project, including convening power, knowledge power, decision-making power and financial power.

'Being good partners means striving for conditions in which power is shared, and addressing incidents of imbalance or misuse of power. It means examining situational power, for example that each partner has its own capacity, resources, relationships, or influence.'

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  • 6 minute
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  • Published: N/A
    Country: USA

  • Author: Municipal-Artist Partnerships