EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Last updated: November 2024
Kunstverein Aughrim is committed to creating an environment that promotes equality, diversity and inclusion, and to treating all employees, partners, collaborators (artists, curators, producers, volunteers & participants) and audiences equally, regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller community, or socio-economic background.
This Equality, Inclusion & Diversity Policy takes into account the Arts Council’s Equality, Human Rights & Diversity Policy and Strategy as well as current legislation including the employment Equality Acts (1998 – 2015), the Equal Status Acts (2000-2018), the Disability Act 2015 and Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014, otherwise known as the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty.
Kunstverein Aughrim actively strives to be an inclusive place where everyone feels welcome and valued. We pay particular attention to diversity in terms of gender, ethnicity, knowledge and socio-economic dimensions, and actively seek to be an open and inclusive entity, welcoming artists, collaborators, advisors, co-producers, members and publics regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, civil or family status, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller community. We use sensitive language in both our formal and informal communications, in a deliberately accessible san serif typeface.
We understand that it is our responsibility to address inequality — and we must continue to develop strategies to connect with the widest diversity of artists and audiences, not only as a means of addressing inequality but also as a means of constantly re-energising artforms. EDI is central to and embedded within Kunstverein’s Strategic Vision.
In addition, the Code of Conduct and Fair Practice Code, as drafted and implemented by our sister organisation Kunstverein Amsterdam, is a code of conduct for doing business and working in the arts, culture and creative industries based on five core values: solidarity, diversity, trust, sustainability and transparency. The code invites critical reflection and provides a helping hand to the cultural sector in order to foster a future-proof labour market and professional practice.