From Consultation to Co-Creation: Strengthening Relational Practice

10 Sep 2025 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm

Images courtesy of artists: Clothilde Bullen, Ben Graetz & Genevieve Grieves

Images courtesy of artists: Clothilde Bullen, Ben Graetz & Genevieve Grieves

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First Nations led Imagine Talk on co-creation, equity & power in the arts.

Led in partnership with GARUWA, Shifting Ground & Diversity Arts Australia.

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From Consultation to Co-Creation: Strengthening Relational Practice

In conversation with Clothilde Bullen, Ben Graetz & Genevieve Grieves

📅 Wednesday 10 September

🕛 12:00 PM AEST

📍 Online Event (via Zoom)

Co-creation is a commitment to equity, trust and the redistribution of power. This program will demonstrate the critical relationship between self-determination and co-creation, and why ensuring First Nations peoples have control over creative cultural practice is fundamental in ethical, creative collaborations.

We will explore how to strengthen relational practices by identifying who has power and understanding what it means to return it to those who hold responsibility of story, leading us to unpack what ethical collaborations look like and how we can activate models for First Nations leadership and co-design.

Whether you work in the arts, community or education —

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Learn more about the First Nations Imagine Case Studies.

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ABOUT DIVERSITY ARTS AUSTRALIA

Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) is the national voice for ethno-cultural and migrant racial equity in the arts, cultural and creative industries.

DARTS’s work is underpinned by a human-rights ethic, social justice principles, and the belief that a truly diverse spectrum of creative expression and participation is fundamental to a democratic, inclusive and sustainable creative sector, and society.

Informed by our organisational values of: Inclusion, Diversity, Collaboration, Participation and Self-Determination, DARTS advocates for and actively works towards an arts sector that reflects the complex diversity of the Australian population on our screens and stages; in our audiences, our galleries and books; and within boards, committees, and positions of leadership into the future. We support the creative sector to develop practical and strategic ways to influence the stories and cultural landscape of contemporary Australia.

ABOUT GARUWA

GARUWA is a First Nations-owned and led impact-driven production company that believes in the power of storytelling.

Founded by Worimi siblings Genevieve Grieves and Kieran Satour, First Nations knowledges and culture are central to GARUWA’s ways of being. Grounded in collaborative and holistic approaches we work ethically, respectfully and innovatively to amplify community voices, support the next generation of storytellers and create a better future for generations to come.

ABOUT SHIFTING GROUND

Shifting Ground supports organisations and individuals to become empowered to think, talk and act on issues of culture and race in the form of workshops and consultancy.

Developed by Lilly Brown and Genevieve Grieves, we support organisations and individuals from across diverse communities, including First Nations people, to begin difficult conversations as the first step to changing the way they do things.

Our work re-humanises First Nations peoples and compels organisations and individuals to value our knowledge, experience, diversity and ways of doing things.

We work with organisations to develop a critical language, understanding and practice of decolonisation, race, privilege, power and whiteness, cultural safety and collaboration.

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The Imagine Case Studies project was led by GARUWA with the support of Diversity Arts Australia, in partnership with the British Council of Australia with support from Creative Australia