Creative Equity Toolkit

Pride and passion in arts from poor communities

Teatro Zona Norte means ‘North Zone Theatre’, referring to a territory in Rio de Janeiro where middle class and poor people live. The theatre began in March 2019 and holds drama, dance, visual arts and performance workshops for predominantly Black communities with low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Race Forward: Creating Cultures and Practices for Racial Equity

"Creating Cultures and Practices for Racial Equity contains a variety of tools that emerged from Race Forward’s Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab to help artists, arts advocates, culture bearers, and cultural workers to imagine, plan, and implement racial equity strategies in arts organizations."

Redefining Afro-Colombian culture and traditions via dance and movement

Sankofa Danzafro is a dance company that creates new discourses through Afro contemporary dance as a means to revindicate the Afro-Colombian culture in Medellín and other regions of Colombia.

“In this way, the voice of the ignored ones is amplified, people who for centuries have been considered objects of study claim, through dance, to be treated as subjects of knowledge to be heard and seen for the right to self-representation.” - Rafael Palacios , Founder, Sankofa Danzafro

Reflecting Value, Episode 3: Whose safe spaces?

This podcast asks questions about barriers to access that are being created in the intersections between culture, health and research. It also present ideas on how to enable "a diverse range of people to fully participate in cultural programmes designed to address health and wellbeing needs?"

Respecting Cultures: Working with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community and Aboriginal Artists

Respecting Cultures provides a specifically Tasmanian perspective as a companion text to Cultures – Protocols for Producing Indigenous Arts. Together, these publications promote cultural harmony and goodwill through best practice methods of interaction and negotiation. Respecting Cultures is also an important tool in managing the ethical use of Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and arts.