Media Releases

Media Releases from Diversity Arts Australia, Australia’s national voice for ethno-cultural and migrant racial equity in the arts, cultural and creative industries.

DARTS MEDIA RELEASES

  1. 10 July 2026 – New Imagine Canada Case Studies Share Lessons in Indigenous Sovereignty and Cultural Equity

  2. 30 April 2026 – ANNOUNCING THE INAUGURAL LUMINAS HONOUREES (2026)

  3. 19 February 2026 – Diversity Arts Australia Launches Fair Play Reflections Report

  4. 8 December 2025 – Diversity Arts Australia welcomes two new board members, strengthening leadership for equity in the creative sectors

  5. 5 December 2025 – Love – Stories, Poems and Essays

  6. 12 November 2025 – Diversity Arts Australia Hosts Creative Sector Symposium In Partnership With The University of Canberra

  7. 9 October 2025 – Finalists announced for 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards

  8. 2 October 2025 – What would the arts look like without Diversity Arts Australia?

  9. 18 September 2025 – The Luminas: A New Era of Recognition for Culturally Diverse Leaders in Media, Arts & Culture

  10. 14 August 2025 – First Nations Imagine Case Studies: Lunchtime Provocations

  11. 12 May 2025 – RITUAL: A Collection of Muslim Australian Poetry

  12. 28 April 2025 – Diversity Arts Australia CEO Awarded Churchill Fellowship, Acting CEO Appointed

  13. 2 April 2025 – Anti-Racism & The Arts: A Bold New Campaign Launches at Sydney Opera House

  14. 17 February 2025 – Breaking Ground – Women in Arts and Creativity Symposium Set to Inspire and Empower

  15. 7 February 2025 – Fresh Off The Boats

  16. 13 November 2024 – Diversity Arts Takes Steps to ‘Shift the Balance’ of NSW’s Arts Leadership

  17. 25 September 2024 – The Hage Award Winners 2024

  18. 10 July 2024 – Announcing the Hage Award for First Nations Writers

  19. 3 July 2024 – New leadership and capacity-building program: City of Sydney Funding

  20. 19 March 2024 – 2024 Carla Zampatti Arts & Culture Medal

  21. 5 December 2023 – Opportunity for Aspiring Storytellers: Diversity Arts Australia’s StoryCasters Program Opens Doors for Culturally Diverse Voices in Media and Journalism

  22. 2 December 2023 – Fair Play Regional Victoria Symposium wraps up year-long program, showcasing equity and inclusion successes in Regional Victoria

  23. 7 August 2023 – Twenty compelling interviews chronicle the creative work of culturally diverse ‘Pacesetters’ in Season 6 of The COLOUR CYCLE, Diversity Arts Australia’s acclaimed podcast

  24. 29 May 2023 – OPEN FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – FAIR PLAY REGIONAL VICTORIA

  25. 15 May 2023 – APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE 2023 DISABILITY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

  26. 9 March 2023 – I AM NOT A VIRUS: NEW EXHIBITION CHALLENGES RISING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC

  27. 2 February 2023 – Diversity Arts Welcomes New Cultural Policy but asks how Cultural Diversity will be Supported

  28. 8 September 2022 – StoryCasters Report: Seeding emerging media talent in Western Sydney .

  29. 7 July 2022 – Twenty Years: The War in Afghanistan

  30. 13 May 2022 – 21 Trailblazing Case Studies For Racial Equity In The Arts In The ‘Imagine Australia Project’

  31. 10 March 2022 – Lost Work 2.0 Report: The impacts of the pandemic on creatives of colour and First Nations creatives

  32. 13 May 2021: New programs for culturally diverse writers and editors – Writing NSW Partnership

  33. 13 May 2021: Another Australia Companion Anthology Coming 2022

  34. 18 September 2020: I Am Not A Virus Australia: Artists and Creatives Respond to COVID-19 Racism

  35. 28 August 2020: Fair Play Round 2 Announcement – Building A More Inclusive Creative State

  36. 10 July 2020: How to be Anti-Racist in the Arts

  37. 9 June 2020: After Australia Publication

  38. 23 March 2020: Culturally Diverse Creatives fear they’ll be hit hard by pandemic shutdowns: 91% predict income loss

  39. 21 February 2020: Unique Partnership creates After Australia, a bold anthology of speculative fiction imagining an alternative Australia

  40. 13 June 2018: The British Council and Diversity Arts Australia announces knowledge exchange programme – INTERSECT

  41. 4 December 2017: DARTS calls for strong leadership to increase cultural diversity in the arts

  42. 9 June 2017: Western Sydney filmmakers explode cultural stereotypes