Creative Equity Toolkit

Meaningful Measurement

Literature review of key research about how to measure artistic vibrancy and the challenges of evaluating artistic practice.

"The models emphasise:
• external and internal views of the organisation’s performance (eg audience, funders, artists, peers, staff)
• organisation’s ownership of the measurement process makes it meaningful
• employees and management must be engaged in the measurement process
• measures have to match the organisation’s mission"

Measuring Cultural Engagement: A Quest for New Terms, Tools, and Techniques

Report from a symposium held in Washington, DC, in partnership with the UK’s Arts & Humanities Research Council, which brought together cultural researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from the U.S., the UK, Australia and other countries. Looks at cultural engagement measurement and evaluation strategies, and they can be made relevant to different stakeholder groups.

Media-based Organizing

A short article and video on ‘media-based organising’ by the renowned Detroit-based, international network Allied Media Projects. Outlines this community-based, collaborative process using media, art, or technology to address the roots of problems and advance holistic and creative justice solutions.

Melbourne Fringe Festival cancels show after accusations of 'yellowface'

Coverage of the the Melbourne Fringe Festival's decision to pull a show titled 'Aisha the Aussie Geisha' after 70 artists signed a letter accusing the show of yellow face published in Liminal magazine.

'Reducing entire segments of humanity to punchlines is antithetical to the values of Melbourne Fringe, and harmful and insulting to Asian and Asian-Australian people,' the letter said.