The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts Australia

First aired: 8 Feb 2018 We know that people are moving around the world and fleeing persecution, fleeing environmental disasters at a rate that has never before happened in history. In this episode, we talk to an artist who was unable to practice his craft in his home country for fear of persecution. We talk to Damon Amb about his journey as a refugee and how he is now working to rebuild his life...

First aired: 1 Feb 2018 As our next guest tells The Colour Cycle, the great Australian author David Malouf is never referred to as the Great-Lebanese-Gay-Australian author. So do non-Anglo artists always have to represent the cultural identity of their parents or their birthplace? Why aren't they simply referred to as Australian artists? How does the colour of your skin or the language you speak a...

First aired: 25 Jan 2018  We talk a lot about the challenges for artists of colour to break into the arts sector and the pervasive stereotypes they face based on cultural backgrounds. But what if, on top of all that, you’re also trying to manage the added difficulties of language barriers, work and trauma as a recently arrived refugee to Australia? In this episode, we meet an extraordinary wo...

First aired: 18 Jan 2018 What does it feel like to grow up without seeing yourself reflected on TV? Screenwriter Benjamin Law describes this exclusion as 'quietly dehumanising' and a form of 'structural racism'. He joins Lena Nahlous on the Colour Cycle to talk about his comedy series that is changing the face of our TV screens. Benjamin Law talks about casting the predominantly Asian-Australian c...

First aired: 9 Jan 2018 Australia's recent census data shows that half of the population were born overseas or have a parent born overseas. But do we see this reflected on stage, on screen and in our arts sector? Launching in January 2018, The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts Australia aims to disrupt cultural whitewashing. Each week Lena Nahlous talks to an Australian cultural leader, artis...