7 years. 75 organisations. 2,000+ creatives.
The Fair Play Reflections Report shares the impact, lessons & future of equity in Australia’s creative industries.
🎥 Watch vox pops: youtu.be/t3maZcVaPyk
📘 Download the report: diversityarts.org.au/fair-play-re...
Flyer image of Hannah Lye at StoryCasters. Photo credit: Nasir Jebeile.
✨ Culturally diverse writers, podcasters, photographers – get paid to showcase Parramatta’s arts & culture! Apply now: diversityarts.org.au/creative-pat...
🎨 Don't miss the Creative Cultural Diversity Network (CCDN) Roundtables!
Are you a creative worker passionate about cultural and racial equity in the arts? Be part of a national conversation: diversityarts.org.au/project/crea...
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Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out
12 May 2026: Opening the Doors: Libraries, Class and Community at State Library of NSW. Join writer and broadcaster Sarah Malik in conversation with Mitchell Librarian Richard Nevill as they explore literacy, belonging, civic participation and cultural knowledge.
15 – 18 April 2026: Art Tree at Brighton Town Hall. Get creative with Polyglot Theatre—kids aged 3–10 can use foraged natural materials to build and contribute to a growing forest of community sculptures.
22 April 2026: Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas – Sydney Launch
📣 Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out: linktr.ee/DiversityArt...
Edmond Roy - Journalist, SBS News
Paula Kruger - CEO, MDA
Kean Wong - Journalist and Editor
Rhianna Patrick - Independent Journalist
✨ Meet the Judges – Media Committee ✨
We’re proud to introduce the incredible voices behind The Luminas judging panel: diversityarts.org.au/project/the-...
🎭 We congratulate playwright S Shakthidharan on winning the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize! Awarded for his outstanding body of work, the surprise came while filming The Laugh of Lakshmi: www.broadsheet.com.au/national/ent...
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💧Join us for the info session on April 14! Applications are now open for the 2026 Ripple: Disability and Culturally Diverse Internship Program. Accessible Arts X Diversity Arts Australia: events.humanitix.com/2026-ripple-...
Naomi Wenitong – Artist & Songwriter
Luke Carroll – Actor & Presenter
Milaka Tai – Writer, Curator, Researcher & Academic
Amrit Gill – CEO, Theatre Network Australia
✨ Meet the Judges – Arts & Creative Committee ✨ We’re proud to introduce the incredible voices behind The Luminas judging panel: diversityarts.org.au/project/the-...
🎨 Join the Creative Cultural Diversity Network Roundtables: diversityarts.org.au/project/crea...
Are you a creative worker passionate about cultural and racial equity in the arts? Be part of a national conversation:
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🎥 Voices from the sector. Real stories. Real change.
Watch the interviews from the Fair Play journey and hear directly from artists and organisations working towards equity in the creative industries.
👉 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch
👉 Download: diversityarts.org.au/fair-play-re...
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💧Join us for the info session on April 14! Applications are now open for the 2026 Ripple: Disability and Culturally Diverse Internship Program. Accessible Arts X Diversity Arts Australia: events.humanitix.com/2026-ripple-...
iversity Arts Australia is invaluable. Their resources and training have transformed how institutions approach equity and inclusion. Benjamin Law, Writer & Broadcaster
Not only does MDA add and change the direction of discourse in our industry for the better, but MDA implements systemic changes that will benefit the future of media. Rashell Habib, Head of Digital News & Strategy, Network Ten
Be part of a transformative event that: Recognises and amplifies trailblazers shaping Australia’s cultural future. Positions your brand at the heart of the diversity and inclusion movement in media and arts. Offers long-term visibility through an extended content campaign.
Join us in making history. Align your brand with a movement for diversity, creativity, and cultural innovation. Limited sponsorship opportunities are available — act now! CONTACT US Simone Amelia Jordan, Event Lead: simone.jordan@diversityarts.org.au
🌿 Be part of history with The Luminas: diversityarts.org.au/project/the-...
Shout-out to our partners: Event hosted at the Sydney Opera House. Event sponsored by Office for the Arts, Hachette Australia, SBS and NITV. DARTS receives support from Creative Australia and Create NSW.
28 March — 18 July 2026: Join the SÔNG SỐNG SONG Exhibition Launch of James Nguyen at Fairfield City Museum & Gallery
Hachette Australia and Sweatshop Literacy Movement are partnering to launch a new annual scholarship
Register by 30 March: Sydney Fringe Festival Artist Registrations Now Open
Have your say: National Cultural Policy by 24 May
📣 Shout-Out:
📍 28 March — 18 July: Join the SÔNG SỐNG SONG Exhibition
📍 Hachette x Sweatshop launching a new annual scholarship
📍 Sydney Fringe Festival Artist Registrations Now Open
📍 Have your say: National Cultural Policy by 24 May
linktr.ee/DiversityArt...
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💧 Applications are now open for the 2026 Ripple: Disability and Culturally Diverse Internship Program.
Run by Accessible Arts in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia, this program will take place across NSW and ACT. Apply by 27 April: diversityarts.org.au/ripple-2026-...
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✨ The Luminas is coming soon! We’re proud to partner with the @SydOperaHouse for our inaugural ceremony this April 2026. Celebrating First Nations & culturally diverse leaders shaping arts, media & culture. Stay tuned: diversityarts.org.au/project/the-...
🎉 Congratulations to Diversity Arts' friend and colleague, Busty Beatz on receiving the AWMA Inspiration Award! A powerful recognition of her fearless creativity, leadership, and legacy inspiring generations to come: womeninmusicawards.com.au/2026-inspira...
In consideration of Indigenous cultural protocols, permitted image courtesy of NITV & SBS.
Rest in power, Aunty Rhoda Roberts AO — Widjabul Wieybal woman, groundbreaking arts leader, and champion of First Nations stories: www.sbs.com.au/aboutus/2026...
Educate yourself poster art by Judy Kuo
⚡ Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Explore How to Be Anti-Racist in the Arts — our national campaign featuring poster art by Judy Kuo, a Racial Literacy Quiz, talks and resources for change: www.antiracism.art/
Register for 20 March: 4A LIVE: The Jade Empress and the Great Zodiac Race | 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Register for the Afghan artist talk on 22 March as part of the Petals of Regrow, Where Culture Blossoms and Resilience Takes Root - Art Exhibition (12 March - 29 March), supported by Inner West Council and SSI's Community Refugee Welcome Centre.
Apply by 30 March: CAAP In Process EOI open for Asian artists with new performance projects (rough or ready ideas)
Southern Scent A multi-sensory storytelling afternoon with Chai, exploring South Asian identity through scent, memory, un/belonging and community. Featuring storytellers: Hamsa and Vishakha Venkat, Nayonika Bhattacharya, Piumi Wijesundara, Pratha Nagpal and Shehryar Hussain. 📍 11 April 2026 | Clontarf Cottage
📣 Arts Shout-Out:
📍 20 Mar: 4A LIVE: The Jade Empress and the Great Zodiac Race
📍 12 - 29 Mar: Petals of Regrow, Where Culture Blossoms and Resilience Takes Root - Art Exhibition
📍 30 Mar: CAAP In Process
📍 11 Apr: Southern Scent
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“I have worked and collaborated with artists who’ve escaped persecution because they’re speaking back to power“ - Dr Paula Abood on why art cannot be separated from everyday life and politics.
🎧 Listen to S8 Episode 3: diversityarts.org.au/project/the-...
Quick Shout-Out
Apply by 31 March: Queensland artists and producers are invited to apply for QTouring 's QShowcase: Arts Market + Conference
Apply by 30 March for PAC Australia - APAX ’s Presenter Training Program (Course 1).
📣 Quick Shout-Out:
📍 Apply by 30 March for PAC Australia - APAX ’s Presenter Training Program (Course 1).
📍 Apply by 31 March: Queensland artists and producers are invited to apply for QTouring 's QShowcase: Arts Market + Conference
linktr.ee/DiversityArt...
Apply by 15 March @CuriousWorks: HOLDING SPACE 2026 – Rituals of Reciprocity – Land and Water
Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out
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📣 Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out:
📍 Apply by 15 March at CuriousWorks: HOLDING SPACE 2026 – Rituals of Reciprocity – Land and Water.
📍 Register for 16 March at aartsnsw: Access Ideas and Insights: First Nations Storytelling.
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“Really, art is an expression, isn't it? Of who we are. So if we are very strong in our in our worldview, in ourself, in our culture, in our knowledge, I do think that from that place our artistic expression flows” - Lusi Austin
🎧Listen to Artivism now: diversityarts.org.au/project/the-...
🎧 Arundhati Roi says there’s no such thing as the voiceless, there’s only the deliberately silenced and the preferably unheard. Listen to the Breaking Ground podcast series for creatives on reclaiming narratives & pushing through with bold ideas: diversityarts.org.au/project/the-... #IWD
Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out
Bamboo and Shamrock - When China Meets Ireland | Adelaide Fringe - 12 - 20 Mar 2026 at Nexus Arts
📣 Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out:
📍Bamboo and Shamrock - When China Meets Ireland | Adelaide Fringe - 12 - 20 Mar 2026 at Nexus Arts: linktr.ee/DiversityArt...
📣 Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out:
📍 UTP is offering a series of free workshops – roots is a creative hang out space for Palestinian youth and their kin to connect | Mar - Aug
📍 ACE Choir | Mar - Dec
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📣 Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out:
📍 Radical Access Artist Lab - Apply by 19 Mar 2026 - Melbourne Fringe Fund.
📍 A Seat at the Table — IWD Lunch for Women of Colour Entrepreneurs 20 Mar 2026.
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📣 Quick Arts Opportunities & Events Shout-Out:
📍 Indigenous Business Australia and Centre for Indigenous People and Work Partner to Quantify the Indigenous Pay Gap.
📍 Everything Is Writing – CuriousWorks | Every Wed from 3 Mar - 15 Apr 2026.
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Photo credit: Mahla Karimian
🎉ICYMI: We celebrated the launch of the Fair Play Reflections report at The Wheeler Centre this month!
Thank you to our speakers, partners & community.
7 years. 75 orgs. 356 sessions. 2,000+ creatives.
Read more: diversityarts.org.au/fair-play-re...
Creative Cultural Diversity Network (CCDN) On The Road: Meet & Greet Naarm. Photo credit: Carolina Triana Cuéllar
⚡ Thank you to the creative workers who joined us for the Creative Cultural Diversity Network (CCDN) On The Road: Meet & Greet Naarm last week! Solidarity drives change. Interested? Join the next one: diversityarts.org.au/project/crea...
