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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Research

Living Music Report

Survey of programming in Australian Major Performing Arts Organisations in 2019, measuring the diversity of the repertoire of Australia's largest orchestras.

Out of the 2006 works performed across 2019:

'3% were written by female composers
9% were written by Australian composers
19% were written by living composers
0.45% were written by CALD Australian composers
0.05% were written by First Nations composers'

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Ciaran Frame

Article

Living with the Lams: CBBC in race row over children's show

Coverage of the controversy when non-Chinese writers were employed to write the 'Living with the Lams' TV program for CBBC, although a Chinese script consultant had been hired. "Even if it's done with the best intentions, there's something slimy about claiming someone else's story for your own and deciding how to tell it."

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: UK

  • Author: BBC

Artist Directory

Magabala Books' list of Authors and Illustrators

A list of over 270 Indigenous Australian authors and illustrators, published by Indigenous publisher, Magabala Books.

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: N/A
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Magabala Books

Research

Making Art Work

Of the 48,000 practising professional artists in Australia, only 10% are from a non-English speaking background (NESB). This compares to 18% NESB people in the overall workforce. The number of NESB artists who feel their background had a negative impact on their arts practice increased from 15% in 2009 to 19% in 2017. Twice as many NESB artists say the lack of access to funding or other financial support is the biggest limit to their professional development (18% compared to 9% of others).

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Australia Council for the Arts

Report

Making Civic Space Resilient

A report by leading INGOs that investigates ‘civic spaces’ where people exercise their rights to expression and assembly, freedom of association, accessing information and actively participating in society. Offers international case studies and best practice for restoring human dignity and increasing civic space.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Global

  • Author: Cordaid & Hivos

Toolkit

Manager's guide to Evaluation

Designed specifically for managing evaluations conducted by others, such as external evaluators or an internal team, this 9-step, interactive manager’s guide to evaluation supports decision making in planning, designing, overseeing and using an evaluation.

Includes the GeneraTOR tool for creating Terms of Reference or Requests for Proposals.

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Better Evaluation