Creative Equity Toolkit

Developing diverse audiences at the Shepparton Art Museum

A video Kirsten Paisley explains how the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) have broadened their audiences by developing programs to partner with and invite communities from culturally diverse cultural backgrounds into their gallery.

It's one of the videos in the Developing Diverse Audiences series addressing methods to make museums accessible and inclusive, considering new audiences, audiences with disabilities and audiences from diverse backgrounds.

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.

Exploring a nation’s history through a dynamic and insightful platform

In Sri Lanka, the ‘It’s About Time’ travelling history museum reaches out to local communities by engaging with them through a range of interactive exhibitions and educational activities and events.

"The ‘It’s About Time’ travelling history museum was designed as a platform for a collection of exhibits to explore concepts of history, narrative and its relationship to the present."

First Nations Arts - Stereotyping, Tokenism and Funding

Merindah Donnelly speaks to Larissa Behrendt about tokenistic programming decisions, how to challenge stereotypical audience expectations through contemporary expression of First Nations identity, and how in spite of positive audience engagement, First Nations performing artists struggle to secure funding.

“For All of Us”: An Interview with Philly-based Cultural Organizer Marángeli Mejía-Rabell

An interview with Marángeli Mejía-Rabell, the cultural organizer and festival director for the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival and founder of AFROTAINO. She discusses her work and how it bridges the divide between Puerto Rico and Philadelphia, Latinx and Latin America. One of her early mentors was a substantial influence and shaped her approach; she says “at the center of everything he did was the community.”