Research & Resources 
Research & Resources
Resources
Below are a range of resources collected by TNA to assist performing arts organisations and independents.
Advocacy Resources
- TNA Advocacy Toolkit
A beginner's guide by TNA on how to start being an advocate for the arts. - A New Approach
Australia's leading arts and culture think tank, A New Approach has lots of fantastic analysis papers and fact sheets. - Australia Council Electorate Profiles
An interactive tool providing data on arts and culture in each of Australia’s 151 federal electorates. - What can you ask your MP?
Oxfam Australia's resource on what to ask to achieve the greatest impact. - Rome Declaration of the G20 Ministers of Culture
This international declaration outlines founding principles and global call to action.
Access & Equity Resources
- Creative Equity Toolkit
Links to hundreds of practical resources, inspiring case studies and important research on increasing diversity in the arts. - Diversity Arts Australia Resources
Resources from Diversity Arts Australia, including an Equity and Inclusion checklist. - Arts Access Australia Resources
Resources from Arts Access Australia, including accessible marketing, best practice inclusivity principles, letters of support guidelines, disability language, inclusive employment, and how to get your work online and accessible to a wide audience. - Arts Access Victoria Resources
Resources from Arts Access Victoria. - Arts Access Victoria Training
AAV currently have training offerings in conversations which explore our perceptions about disability, Cultural Safety in a Disability Context Masterclass, creating welcoming environments, Addressing Ableism in the Workplace: Recruiting and retaining Deaf and Disabled Staff, and Accessible Arts Practice. - Arts Access Victoria Consultation
Provides assistance with making sure events are accessible, rating your current access and inclusion measures for Deaf and Disabled people, creating long-term change and developing a Disability Action Plan, customised advice, etc. - Hue Inclusive Workplace Toolkit
A guide grounded in lived experience that provides an introduction about different kinds of discrimination. - Hue Resources
Resources from Hue - Hue Workshops
Includes: 101: Understanding Race & Racism, Deconstructing Whiteness, Allyship in Your Workplace, Inclusive Feminist Spaces, Community Organising, Navigating Whiteness in the Workplace, and Board & Senior Leadership Antiracism Series. - Hue Consulting
Includes: culture audits, human resources reviews, diversify and train leadership teams and boards, and more. - Terri Janke and Company: True Tracks
A professional development workshop that will enhance your Indigenous engagement and increase your understanding of Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP), or Indigenous cultural heritage. - Australia Council for the Arts: First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts
- Support Act - Mental Health Resources
Helplines for anyone who works in the arts, plus other mental health resources and support. - Department of Health (Vic): Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety
Provides an overview of cultural safety as well as cultural safety framework guidelines. - Ethical Media and Schizophrenia
Information on how to ethically speak about schizophrenia. - Vision Australia Resources
Improving the Recruitment Process, Inclusive Presenting, Communicating Effectively, Tips to Improve the Theatre Experience
Anti-Racism Resources
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources by Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann and Bailie Gregory
- Anti-Racism Resources by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
Sustainability Resources
- Bilya
A relational map of people, projects, and organisations engaging with the climate emergency. - A Climate For Art
A growing union of arts organisations and workers committed to responding to the climate crisis through tangible action. - Green Art Lab Alliance
A network of art organisations contributing to environmental sustainability through their creative practice. - Green Touring
A range of tools and resources on sustainable arts touring. - Creative Carbon Scotland
An organisation aiming to embed environmental sustainability within the arts and cultural sector in Scotland. - Next Mobility Research Book
A research project on new international mobility and circulation in the post-pandemic era. - Market Forces
Exposes the institutions that are financing environmentally destructive projects and helps Australians hold these institutions accountable. - Julie's Bicycle
A pioneering not-for-profit, mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate and ecological crisis.
Fees, Rates and Working Conditions
- Fair Work Commission: Live Performance Award
This Fair Work Commission award outlines scope, minimum rates, allowances, leave entitlements, overtime, breaks and termination. - National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA): Code of Practice
Covers good practice approaches to working relationships, ethical standards of access and inclusion, and payment rates for artists and arts workers in the contemporary arts sector. - TNA: Salary Survey Reports
TNA’s biennial Salary Survey Reports capture the salaries, benefits, professional development budgets, tenure, and representation of small to medium organisations in the performing arts sector. - TNA: Independent Practice Reports
TNA's biennial report on the working trends of independent creatives in the performing arts covers fees for benchmarking purposes, and includes TNA's recommendations on best practice around access and superannuation. - Auspicious Arts: Resources
Includes budget templates, insurance and risk plans, and invoice templates. - ATO: Super for Contractors
Super rate is 11%, and has to be paid regardless of amount of earnings. Contractors with an ABN, including independent artists/arts workers, are entitled to super if paid mainly for their labour. - Contracts in Circus Guide Sheet
Created by TNA in partnership with Arts Law Centre Australia, this guide sheet provides helpful tips and explanations for navigating contracts as an independent circus artist - including plenty of info that is relevant to indies across other performance disciplines too.
Governance and Board Resources
- Australia Council: Essential governance practices for arts organisations
Covers principles of good arts governance, recommendations, performance, systems, accountability and relationships. - Australia Council: Arts and Culture Governance Report
Key themes of this report include leadership diversity, training needs, assessing performance, challenges, measuring financial success, impact and data. - Not-for-profit Law: Duties Guide
Guide to the legal duties of not-for-profit committee members, directors and office holders. - Kate Larsen: articles and writing on arts governance
Arts, cultural and non-profit consultant Kate Larsen has a series of articles on arts governance, including case studies of boards doing better, and how to be the best board member you can be. - TNA: Independent Board Member Sitting Fee Policy
TNA pays a sitting fee/honorarium to independents on our board, and this policy outlines how we go about this.
Insurance
- Try Duck for Cover, DanceSurance, Local Community Insurance Services, or Aon.
- Regional Arts Victoria and National Association for the Visual Arts also offers insurance if you join as a member.
Other Resources
- Safer Spaces
An initiative and network formed by a group of Victorian artists to keep arts workers safe, with a platform to share stories/speak out against unsafe behaviour. - Arts Access Victoria: Art For Everyone: Approaches to Inclusive Practice in Arts and Mental Health
A workbook for people and organisations who wish to develop inclusive art programs in a meaningful and respectful way.
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