EDUCATE YOURSELF

The video highlights the principles from the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, emphasising the importance of cross-cultural work in fostering creativity. Key principles include building cultural relationships, embracing inclusive curatorial practices, and supporting diverse cultural expressions to enhance the impact and relevance of the arts.

This toolkit offers practical strategies for organisations to challenge racism and promote social justice. It focuses on transforming systems through self-reflection, building relationships, and fostering accountability.

Race, racism, identity, culture, difference: let’s talk it out!  Blackface — what the heck? Asians — gather round. White people — you have a race too. A podcast sharing stories, experiences and perspectives on race and identity from all Australians. Frank, fearless and sometimes funny, dive in with host Beverley Wang.

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• Who's on the team? Unpacking POC

This resource offers anti-racism tools to support community growth and learning. With this toolkit you can set aside time in your day to do a personal inventory. What thoughts, feelings, and behaviors have you contributed to upholding systems of racism? Are you making assumptions? What actions or inactions have you taken that contribute to systems of oppression?

This podcast shares knowledge, experience, and insight from artists and creative workers across Australia and around the world. It also shares critical conversations about racial equity in the arts and screen sectors, shares leading practices, and spotlights great work and creators.

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• Season 4, Ep 4: Ask the Other Question: Unpacking Intersectionality

• Season 3, Bonus Ep 2: Racism in the arts, reform or revolution

This ABC podcast series regularly features conversations with artists and cultural commentators about how art can challenge racism and promote inclusion in Australia’s cultural landscape.

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• Nici Cumpston: Indigenous artist turned curator to lead overseas museum (Wed 5 March, 2025)

• An art historical approach to the work of Khaled Sabsabi (Wed 26 Feb, 2025)

A series of interviews chronicling the histories of the creative practice of migrant, refugee and culturally diverse/POC creative sector leaders in Australia.

A practical resource designed to help individuals and organisations take meaningful action against racism. Moving beyond performative allyship, it offers clear strategies, real-world examples, and sector-specific guidance for workplaces, schools, and creative industries. This is a tool kit made by Australian high school students, for Australian high school students, that can be used to take down racism brick by brick.

Brings together published and unpublished data and research on representation within the Australian arts and cultural sector. It assesses equity among audiences and participants, artists, the cultural and creative workforce, cultural leaders and Australia Council investment and staff.

Ghassan Hage and Randa Abdel-Fattah reflect on the publication of The Racial Politics of Australian Multiculturalism — a combined work celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ghassan's White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society and the 20th anniversary of his Against Paranoid Nationalism: Searching for Hope in a Shrinking Society.

A toolkit that contains hundreds of practical resources, inspiring case studies and essential research on tackling anti-racism and increasing diversity in the arts.

Details the types of discrimination complaints that are covered by the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

The Key Terms page from the "Racism. It Stops With Me" campaign offers concise definitions of essential concepts related to racism and anti-racism. This resource enhances understanding of how race shapes society and supports meaningful conversations about combating injustice and promoting racial equity. 

A national anti-racism campaign of the Australian Human Rights Commission. It is one of many campaigns and initiatives working to increase awareness of racism and equip more Australians with tools to address it.

Marc Fennell demonstrates the concept of privilege to the students through a race with the help of Olympian, Bendere Oboya. The ground-breaking school program is designed to provide a class of primary school students with the tools to identify racial bias and make positive change.

The Glossary includes over 100 keywords and terms that inform and enrich Arts House's Equity—Builder initiative. It serves as a foundational tool for understanding intersectional justice, highlighting how language can transform harm into healing and ignorance into learning.

A great resource to start your learning journey and to engage with your workmates and colleagues. Consider watching a short film or listening to a song from the collection and discussing it after a team meeting. This artist-led initiative responds to the rise in anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring new works by 68 Asian Australian creatives across diverse artforms—including film, music, spoken word and visual art—and highlights the power of artists in challenging stereotypes, confronting xenophobia, and reshaping national narratives.

Promotes the use of inclusive language to foster respect, accuracy, and relevance in the workplace. It encourages mindful communication to dismantle unconscious biases and stereotypes, enhancing workplace culture and performance. The guide highlights practical steps for using language that values all individuals, regardless of background.

This article explores the ongoing reality of racism in Australia, particularly its deep and lasting impacts on First Nations peoples through systemic inequality, institutional violence, and cultural erasure. Experts across disciplines highlight the need for honest conversations about race, power, and the nation’s colonial legacy, and call for urgent support of Aboriginal-led solutions in justice, health, and education.

A writing and professional development opportunity for over 40 arts writers from across Australia. Supported by The Walkley Foundation and made possible through funding from the Meta Australian News Fund, Amplify Collective has created a platform to spotlight writers from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, as well as those based in regional and remote areas.

The Pro-Equity Glossary is a collaborative compilation of over 100 terms that inform and enrich Arts House's Equity—Builder initiative. It serves as a foundational tool for understanding intersectional justice, highlighting how language can transform harm into healing and ignorance into learning.

This series, which focuses on Indigenous perspectives, highlights artists and cultural workers who are using their creative practices to reclaim narratives and counter racism.

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• In conversation with Vernon Ah Kee (Fri 22 Nov, 2024) 

• The intersection of artistic expression and political activism (Fri 2 Aug, 2024)

Although focused largely on North American museums, this book offers valuable frameworks for rethinking representation and can inspire similar anti‐racist approaches in Australian cultural institutions.

A panel discussion answers questions like what it means to be an ally to people of colour? Why is it essential to remove blackface from our streaming services? And what can the creative sector do to advance racial equity?

Covers an incident that occurred on the set of Neighbours, exemplifying some of the issues faced by First Nations and culturally and racially marginalised folk.

Explores powerful initiatives that preserve and celebrate diverse cultural heritage, with a focus on Indigenous and marginalised communities. Facilitated by Dr Bilquis Ghani, the session features speakers from the UK’s Dahlia Publishing, Peru’s Dinamo, Sri Lanka’s It’s About Time Travelling Museum and Ngunnawal Country’s Bilingual Story Time.

This groundbreaking initiative provides actionable resources for individuals and organisations working towards inclusive futures in the arts. The Imagine Project features national and international case studies spotlighting leading practices in equity within the arts, screen, and creative sectors. The studies were collected to inspire transformative change in the cultural landscape.

Provides essential insights into creating safe, inclusive environments within the arts. It helps practitioners navigate complex dynamics, fostering respect for diverse identities while prioritising the safety and wellbeing of marginalised communities.

Explores the representation of culturally and racially marginalised (CaRM) people in the arts. It mainly delves into the fact that people from racial minority backgrounds are more likely to attend shows and create art. Yet, they are underrepresented as artists and in leadership roles within arts organisations.

In this article, Dr Zuleyka Zevallos unpacks how the seemingly innocent question “Where are you from?” functions as a racial microaggression in Australia. Repeatedly asking this question—especially of people of colour—reinforces the idea that only white people are truly “Australian,” and positions others as perpetual outsiders. Even when not intended to offend, this question reflects deeper structural racism and assumptions about who belongs, often leaving people of colour feeling excluded, interrogated, or othered in their own country.

Developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission, this national Anti-Racism Framework provides a roadmap for anti-racist action across government, business, and community sectors. It includes key recommendations for addressing racism in the arts and outlines current priorities for systemic change.

In this advice column, writer Sisonke Msimang explores the complexities of white curiosity about race and ethnicity. With insights from Dr Kathomi Gatwiri, she explains that while curiosity itself isn’t wrong, repeated questions about someone’s background—especially based on appearance—can be exhausting and reductive. Instead of focusing on difference, Msimang encourages building genuine relationships and seeking points of connection before asking personal questions about heritage.

In this case study, Dr Lilly Brown unpacks the principles and practices of cultural safety.

“But to be safe for First Nations people, people that have their responsibility of holding space or creating representations need to understand the way that colonisation has worked and the role of anti-Indigenous racism in the establishment of this country.”

This short quiz is designed to build racial literacy, prompt reflection, and spark meaningful dialogue. Using real-world, scenario-based questions, it encourages critical thinking and offers practical resources for further learning. It takes around 15 minutes to complete. It’s not graded — it’s a tool for growth.