Overview
Anti-Racism & The Arts is a project and campaign empowering the creative sector to tackle racism and drive systemic change. The project combines creativity, capacity-building, and education. It will be officially launched in April 2025.
Campaign
Anti-Racism & The Arts is designed to drive systemic change in the creative sectors. The project combines creativity, education, and advocacy to equip artists, creatives, and organisations with the tools to tackle racism and promote equity.
Project elements include: the Anti-Racism and the Arts masterclass program run by TAFE NSW, an interactive knowledge quiz, a resource hub, and a visual campaign aimed at fostering dialogue and empowering individuals and organisations to take meaningful action. The campaign will be officially launched in April 2025.
Project Outcomes
The project brings together multiple elements designed to engage the sector in meaningful action.
The Anti-Racism & The Arts project encompasses multiple elements aimed at promoting anti-racism, fostering dialogue, and empowering racially marginalised communities. The program includes:
- A bold visual campaign “How to be Anti-Racist in the Arts” featuring posters and postcards by artist Judy Kuo, available for organisations to display and download (Available from 2 April 2025).
- An interactive Racial Literacy Quiz, providing a reflective tool for individuals and organisations (Available from 2 April 2025).
- The Anti-Racism & the Arts Masterclass Program, delivered in partnership with TAFE NSW, training creatives to lead discussions on racial equity.
- A network of trained campaign presenters, available to deliver campaign presentations to organisations across the sector (Bookings open from 2 April 2025).
- A dedicated online Anti-Racism in the Arts Resource Hub, providing tools and materials to support anti-racism work in the sector (To go live at launch: 2 April 2025).
- A dynamic social media campaign, engaging audiences in discussions about race and equity in the arts (Ongoing from 2 April 2025).
- Tracking Racism in the Arts: Incident Survey, inviting artists and creative industry workers to report experiences of racial discrimination in the sector.
Get Involved
We invite individuals, artists, and organisations to take action:
- Take the Racial Literacy Quiz and explore the Anti-Racism in the Arts Resource Hub (Available from launch date: 2 April 2025).
- Download campaign posters and postcards for display and sharing (Available from 2 April 2025).
- Engage on social media by amplifying key messages using #AntiRacismArts (Ongoing).
- Register for a campaign presentation by one of our trained facilitators, bringing the conversation directly to your workplace or organisation (Bookings open from launch date).
- Help us track Racism in the Arts here.
Funding & Supporters
Anti-Racism & The Arts is a project of Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) and was developed in partnership with TAFE NSW. Funding for this project was provided by the NSW Government as part of the Strengthening Social Cohesion Community Grants program.
DARTS is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts funding and advisory body, and Create NSW. The project has also been supported by Arts and Cultural Exchange, City of Sydney and the Sydney Opera House.