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Our mission...
Nirvanas Arts Collective believes in the positive qualities of the arts to enhance holistic wellbeing and meet the needs of those who are disabled, disadvantaged or have challenging life experiences. The services we provide assist individuals to raise their aspirations, and supports wellbeing and overall community health. We are motivated by the belief that everyone deserves and should be supported to have the best life and wellbeing they can despite their potential health limitations; our service's primary focus is to create ways for disabled artists to achieve this through their creative practice.
Our Values
Equity
We believe equality can only be achieved through equitable interventions and projects.
Diversity
We aim to represent the many communities and voices within the services we provide.
Inclusion
Inclusion should go beyond just eradicating the physical barriers that impact inclusion, but make individuals and communities feel fully included through considerations of all individual needs, the language used, and acceptance of identities and differing life experiences.
Resistance
In the face of exclusive and oppressive structures, NAC strives to resist social and political change that negatively impacts the health, wellbeing and identities of disabled individuals and marginalised cultures and identities. NAC believes positive, beneficial change will only come about if communities resist and object to negative change.
Accountability
NAC strives to continually reflect on the actions and behaviours of those that operation within NAC that may harm or have a negative impact on individuals, communities and the environment. Through this we show that we value marginalised voices within oppressive structures.
Social Economy
We believe in creating a social economy that uplifts marginalised groups and supports sustainable economic development which creates real world positive impact to disadvantaged groups.
Individualism
NAC aims to see staff, directors, volunteers and individuals that use NAC services as individuals with their own perspectives, experiences, identities, cultures and communities.
Co-production
Those with lived experience are experts in their own experience. Those with lived experience should be centered in the decisions NAC make as they bring invaluable ideas and contributions to the direction of services.