Creative Equity Toolkit

Policy change at Darlinghurst Theatre Company

Darlinghurst Theatre Company in Sydney makes a public commitment to:

'having, at minimum, 50% of all artists in our employ, every year, belonging to an Indigenous, Black or Culturally and Linguistically Diverse community and to having diversity of representation across our season and programming. This will include employment of playwrights, actors, directors and designers.'

Re-Tool: Racial Equity in the Panel Process

A tool that provides effective strategies to intervene in ways that expand and empower collective work for racial equity in arts organisations, including sections on how to make your grant panel, application forms, recruitment process and board more racially diverse. It also includes a concise glossary of terms.

South Australian Film Corporation's 10-year diversity and inclusion strategy

This resource "aims to grow and support a screen industry which reflects the diversity and vibrancy of the South Australian community, which will require a long-term commitment to systemic change.
The strategy with 10-year goals formalises the SAFC’s existing commitment to diversity and inclusion and builds on past programs and projects."

Speed Museum Turns to a Spreadsheet to Increase Diversity

Article on the strategy of the Speed Art Museum in the US to diversify their board of trustees and governors, by auditing the attributes of members.

'Ghislain d’Humières, the French-born director of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Ky., uses a long and detailed spreadsheet to recruit people for the museum’s board of governors and board of trustees. His “board matrix” assigns columns to race, age, gender and profession, and to less concrete categories like “creative thinker.”'