Collaborative Indigenous art projects often involve a large number of people working with artists in different roles. It?s important that there is a contract in place with anyone who is working externally to the art centre or organization with overall responsibility for the project. This sample agreement can be used when contracting an external person or arts business to facilitate a part of the creative project whether through running workshops, mentoring the creative process or otherwise. It could be adapted for use in contracting a curator for the project.
It is not suitable to govern the relationship between the individual Indigenous artists creating the work and the organization with the overall responsibility for the project. It is also not suitable for the situation where the contractor is not a facilitator but a true co-creator – e.g. an artist who is working jointly with the local Indigenous artists to create a collaborative piece.?
Before using this agreement we recommend that the parties read the Artists in the Black information sheet?Collaborative Art Projects.
