Galleries, Get It Together!: Community-led responses to EDI in the creative sector

Patria Roman-Velazquez

Galleries, Get It Together! Community-led responses to EDI in the creative sector

Culture, Media & Creative Industries

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Abstract

This report provides results emerging from a preliminary analysis of institutional policies and community-led responses to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the creative sector, with a particular focus on publicly funded galleries in inner-London boroughs. It is a collaboration with the South London Gallery (SLG) in South London and funded by a British Academy Innovation Fellowship.

The research addressed pressing questions about social and structural
inequalities that hinder participation of migrant and ethnic groups in the
cultural sector in a post Covid-19 recovery context.

The report aims to shed light on the role that publicly funded galleries do and can have in creating a more just and equitable cultural space. In this context, what does an equitable, community-led gallery look like?

The research on which this report is based includes a systematic
analysis of EDI policies, where available, across publicly funded galleries in
London (18); in-depth interviews with 30 gallery workers across 14 London
galleries, artists (16), community groups (7), local government officials (1);
an eight-week participatory arts-based project with South London Gallery’s
youth collective the Art Assassins; mapping of borough level cultural strategies
in London; and ethnographic research conducted during my placement as
resident researcher at the South London Gallery.

Original language	English
Number of pages	44
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2024

Keywords

equality, diversity, and inclusion
EDI policies
creative and cultural industries
galleries
community-led response
migrant and ethnic groups
Inequalities

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