Art / Bristol creatives
Rising Arts Agency calls for change in anti-racism practice with new cultural report
Rising Arts Agency have launched their Whose Culture? report as a call for change in anti-racism practices in the Bristol cultural sector.
Data has been collected to highlight the everyday experiences for young people of colour, to aid the push for changes to be made on the creative scene.
Rising are tunnel-visioned for Bristol’s young people of colour to “fulfil their creative ambitions and to affect wider social change through the arts.”
The collective are hosting a free online event on Wednesday 30th June called This Is The Work.
Participants of the Whose Culture project have expressed their experiences of Bristol’s creative and cultural sector.
“There is a great arts and cultural vibe in Bristol, but not necessarily for people of colour.”
“There are young people waaay more talented than I am in this city, who do not get the proper access or support that they deserve and what this owes them. That’s not right. How do we change that?”
Rising have sent out a call to the cultural sector leaders to read the report, and reflect on how young people of colour have been dealt with thus far.
“Whose Culture? has helped us understand what Rising’s role in supporting People of Colour (POC) creatives could and should be: how important it is to us to do in-depth engagement work that moves at a pace that is in-step with our communities – helping us co-create alternative blueprints for working people that the sector defines as ‘other’”, Euella Jackson, Engagement Producer of Rising Arts Agency says.
From 1pm – 3pm on the 30th of June, Rising will host a “panel discussion with a difference”. They will be addressing themes of inclusion, anti-racism, community support, structural change and what it means to truly ‘do the work’.
Roseanne Dias, Whose Culture? and Resourcing Racial Justice Programme Lead at Rising says:
“The event is for those who are interested in unpicking concepts around ‘culture’, understanding the work needed to really change the status quo, or those who want to be inspired by young leaders posing new ways of thinking about the world.”
Download and read the full article here: Rising Arts Agency Whose Culture? Report
Main Photo by Shamphat Photography
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