The Arts Law Centre has available Practical resources and best practice information for use in major collaborative arts projects involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists.

Background
The Collaboration Toolkit consists of practical resources for people and organisations wanting to develop and participate in collaborative arts projects involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists. Its primary focus is the visual arts but the resources can be adapted for use in a range of creative projects. It facilitates effective and ethical management of the various legal and ICIP issues involved, including appropriate protocols and procedures, and best practice agreements.

The Toolkit can be used by people and organisations wanting to develop and participate in collaborative arts projects including:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island community art centres;
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists with independent creative practices;
• non-Indigenous artists;
• arts organisations whether working in the visual arts or in other areas of creative practice (performance, film etc);
• public exhibiting institutions;
• academic institutions; and
• other commercial enterprises .

Some examples of collaborative projects where the Toolkit can add value include:

• major exhibition projects involving the development of a new body of work over an extended period of time;
• collaborative work created at artists’ camps on country in workshops to learn new techniques, or through collaboration
• with independent artists working in different media or from different cultural backgrounds;
• new collaborative works developed with non-Indigenous arts organizations from outside the visual arts such as the performing arts;
• public art commissions.

Access the toolkit through the Arts Law Centre of Australia:

Artists in the Black Collaboration Toolkit – resources for use in Indigenous art projects