New research shows that First Nations, Black-identifying People, and People of Colour in the arts industry feel exoticised and tokenised, with many of them also feeling ‘exhausted’, ‘drained’, ‘anxious’ and ‘broken’.
Developed by Melbourne-based advocacy project Creatives of Colour, the research – conducted with 60 participants during September 2019 through to March 2020 – also found that marginalised artists struggled due to the demands of unpaid labour, financial exploitation, financial insecurity, financial barriers, and classism within the arts.
