STRATEGIC PLAN 2022 2024 - Touch Compass
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STRATEGIC PLAN
2022 - 2024
OUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge our Founder and long-time Artistic Director Catherine Chappell
MNZM and her tireless efforts to make a difference through creative expression, the
foundation she provided for us, and all past and present creators and creatives who
have enabled us to carry this kaupapa of access, opportunity and equity for
disabled artists forward into our future.
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OUR MISSION
To serve and support multi-diverse Aotearoa
New Zealand disability-led artists and their
communities by providing opportunities to
share their creative voices, develop deeper
understanding, and lead the development
and delivery of their work.
We honour our Hau Tipua extraordinary
disabled artists, Tangata Mana Whaikaha
people of power, honour and presence
pursuing further strength and the guiding
principles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi.
We champion our Five Pillars of Disability
Consciousness to ensure inclusive practice,
educate, and inform our art making.
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OUR VISION
Touch Compass is Aotearoa’s leading professional
disability-led arts organisation. We create high quality
performances and art activations.
Aotearoa’s Uniquely Aotearoa (New Zealand), honouring the principles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi
and ensuring we are multi-diverse, culturally connected and socially aware
Leading A champion for true diversity, inclusion, and equity for disabled artists for over a quarter
century, we understand our role as a leader in this community both societally and artistically
Professional A commitment to excellence at all levels of our organisation and the work we do
Disability-led Nothing about us, without us, led by us. Decision making and artistic development
comes from a disability conscious space
Arts organisation We honour, represent and understand intrinsically our role in the arts sector of
Aotearoa as a creator, curator, collaborator, connector and conduit to creative excellence and
community building for disability arts
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OUR STRANDS OF STRENGTH
Kotahi te aho ka whati; ki te kāpuia e kore e whati
One strand is easy to break, but many strands together will stand strong
WE HONOUR…
STRAND ONE
THE PRINCIPLES OF TE TIRITI O WAITANGI
STRAND TWO
FIVE PILLARS OF DISABILITY CONSCIOUSNESS
STRAND THREE
OUR ROLE AS A LEADING AOTEAROA ARTS ORGANISATION
5HONOURING STRAND ONE
TE TIRITI O WAITANGI
Our strategy honours the spirit of Te Tiriti O Waitangi
Kawanatanga (Governance), Tino Rangatiratanga (Self-determination),
Ōritetanga (Equity) – as they are manifested in three guiding principles:
PARTNERSHIP | PROTECTION | PARTICIPATION
1 PARTNERSHIP
An attitude of partnership at all levels, inclusive decision-making, planning, and initiative generation.
Partnership for Touch Compass is:
- enabling disability leadership within our work
- fostering strong relationships within our sectors
- having open reciprocal communication - genuine connection with our communities
- collaboration with others to support accessible arts and socially inclusive practice
- championing equity for creatives
6HONOURING STRAND ONE
TE TIRITI O WAITANGI
2 PROTECTION
Actively protecting and honouring our perspectives, our knowledge, interests, values,
and other tāonga. Identity, language, and culture. A commitment to knowing, respecting
and valuing where we are, where we come from and building on what we bring with us
Protection for Touch Compass is:
- Valuing, validating and protecting our knowledge
- Normalising the language of disability
- Providing safe and inclusive environments to express creativity
- Ensuring our creatives have a strong voice and a platform to express it
- Listening and learning, Including best practice organisation-wide
- Championing support for disabled artists and their communities
7HONOURING STRAND ONE
TE TIRITI O WAITANGI
3 Participation
Emphasising positive involvement at all levels, increased participation and success
through the advancement of disability-led initiatives
Participation for Touch Compass is:
- Strong relationships at all levels
- Disabled leadership in decision making
- Our environment reflects the multi-diversity of Aotearoa
- Providing for the growth and development of our Hau Tipua and creatives
- Whānaungatanga and a true sense of community
8HONOURING STRAND TWO
FIVE PILLARS OF DISABILITY CONSCIOUSNESS
Pillar 1
Mana Whaikaha Hautūtanga | Disability Leadership:
- Nothing about us, without us, led by us
Pillar 2
Tino Mana Whaikaha | Affirmative model of Disability:
- We recognise valuable and positive lived experience, challenging the medical and
social model of disability, the disabling barriers in society
Pillar 3
Rerehua Whaikaha | Disability aesthetics:
- We reflect in our work the extraordinary qualities of people with disabilities, the
multiplicity of creative expression through authentic experience
9HONOURING STRAND TWO
FIVE PILLARS OF DISABILITY CONSCIOUSNESS
Pillar 4
Mātau ā-wheako | Lived experience:
- We promote lived experience and disability-led work as an evolution that rebalances
the historical systemic benevolence associated with disability art making
Pillar 5
Mana Taurite | Equity:
- We support active equity across all levels of our organisation and we expect it
across all levels of society
10HONOURING STRAND THREE
OUR ROLE AS A LEADING AOTEAROA
ARTS ORGANISATION
Through our work and our CREATING HIGH QUALITY CREATOR COLLABORATOR WORKING WITH OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS
DISABILITY LED ARTS WORKS AND SUPPORT BODIES TO FURTHER DISABILITY
relationships we will continue AND ARTS ACTIVATIONS LED ART MAKING, CHAMPION DIVERSITY, ACCESS
to champion excellence AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
through our roles as Creator.
Curator, Collaborator,
Connector, and Conduit
PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR CURATOR CONNECTOR CONNECTING COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE
EXTRAORDINARY DISABLED AND PRACTICES TO IDEAS, INITIATIVES,
ARTISTS TO SHARE THEIR WORK OBJECTIVES AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR
ARTISTS AND PEOPLE
CREATING PATHWAYS FOR EMERGING
ARTISTS, AND BEING AN OUTLET FOR OUR CONDUIT
PEOPLE TO HAVE AN ARTISTIC VOICE
11OUR VALUES
MANAAKITANGA
with respect and reciprocity,
WHANAUNGATANGA
open and welcoming KOTAHITANGA
work together, act with
sense of community and
collective consciousness
connectedness
KAITIAKITANGA
care for and support our
artists, their communities,
their work, the spaces and
places we operate within
WAIRUATANGA
understand our kaupapa,
honour the spirit of
our work
12OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
2022 - 2024
13STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
TOROKIKI TIPU WHAKARITORITO
Year one of our strategy is about sprouting anew Year two of our strategy is about growth (tipu) and Year three of our strategy is about facilitating continued
(torokiki). Our focus: development, ensuring we have strong offerings. Our growth (whakaritorito), preparation for expansion. Our
• Growing our governance and organisational focus: focus:
capability • Building on year one’s work • Building on previous work
• Enabling disability leadership • Scaling our artistic and education programme • Further scaling our artistic and education programme
• Multi-diversity focus in artistic programming • Piloting current international opportunities • Growing new international opportunities
• Developing deeper cultural connections
• Strengthening our relationships
• Championing accessible arts and socially inclusive
best practice
14THREE YEAR PRIORITIES
ARTS RELATIONSHIPS ORGANISATION PROCESS COMMUNICATION
Our Artistic Programming, Artist Clients, Partners, Strategic Governance, People, Staff, Processes, Systems, Policies, Brand, Profile, Reputation, Website,
support and development relationships and networks, Expertise, Experience Assets, Databases, Impact Social Media, etc.
Supporters, Funders, Audiences
• Grow strong relationships with • Ensure the Five Pillars of • Policies and processes reflective • Our developed brand profile and
• Acknowledged as Aotearoa’s national and international Disability Consciousness are of our 3 Strands of Strength awareness puts us top of mind as an
leader in disability-led arts partners / funders to support reflected in decision making at kaupapa arts leader in Aotearoa
• Consistently deliver high quality resilience and opportunity all levels • Accessibility infuses our • Our key spokespeople are the go-to
disability-led artistic programming, • Actively engage, support and • Support a purpose-fit Board to disability-led approach when talking disability arts and art
culturally diverse and innovative develop our audience and have the requisite expertise and • Purpose-fit systems for practice in Aotearoa
• Recognised on a global stage participant / client base experience to achieve our operations, highly functional and • PR and Communications plans
through collaborations, festivals • Deepen Maori and Pasifika strategic goals user-friendly support our kaupapa, our artists and
and special presentations cultural connections • Operational staffing levels are • Best practice reporting key messaging
• Artistic Education Programmes • Foster disability-led arts across appropriate to achieve success processes and practices in place • Our communications platforms lead
champion arts access and are multi-diverse cultures and and honour lived experience the way in accessibility
• We measure the impacts of our
scalable across Auckland and groups • Provide ongoing capability work effectively through • We are proactive in communication
Aotearoa • Develop inter-sector networks building and professional appropriate tools and methods with our stakeholder groups and
• Pathways to are provided to grow across community groups / arts development that supports audiences including key influencers
our creatives, and art practices organisations / businesses organisational growth and and alumni
artistic excellence
15OUR STRATEGIC PLAN 2022-2024
Acknowledging our contributors
Nga mihi nui mo to tautoko to all those who played a part in the many
planning sessions and deep conversations that enabled us to develop
this strategic plan. Our staff, our tutors, our communities. We would
especially like to acknowledge the contribution of our Touch Compass
Board and the 2021 Artistic Direction Panel of Lusi Faiva, Rodney
Bell, and Suzanne Cowan for their mahi and mana.
Nga mihi maioha
TOUCH COMPASS
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