Creative Equity Toolkit

Toks Dada (classical music programmer, curator and producer) on governance

Toks Dada discusses the biggest governance challenges and opportunities as the sector responds to COVID-19 and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement, his experiences, and the challenges he's facing right now, and advice on how to do it better.

Too many diversity initiatives are neglecting junior Black employees. We can fix that

Four suggestions for success where other diversity programs have failed.

Towards a racially just workplace

Overcoming 'the illusion of inclusion'. This article sets out three key guidelines for a better approach to diversity - learning lessons from diversity efforts that have failed in the USA. It's a long and broad overview that covers work issues at all levels.

Towards Equity: A Research Overview Of Diversity In Australia’s Arts And Cultural Sector

This Australia Council report presents information for eight focus groups or demographics in the Australian community: First Nations people; cultural and linguistic diversity; people with disability; gender; LGBTIQ+ people; Australians living in regional and remote locations; children and young people; and older people.

This useful resource brings together published and unpublished data and research on representation in the arts and cultural sector in Australia.

Towards Equity: Response to the Australia Council for the Art's "Towards Equity" report

This conversation with Yorta Yorta curator and leading First Nations arts practitioner, Kimberley Moulton, explores colonialism and decolonisation in the arts sector, responding to the Australia Council’s “Towards Equity” report of 2021.

Transforming lives by turning trash into treasure

AfriCraft is a member of the World Fair Trade Organization which creates unique handmade, upcycled products from recycled waste materials to generate employment opportunities and income for its employees as well as support various community initiatives through the AfriCraft NGO for Tanzania’s less fortunate communities.