Our community of Collaborative Artists are generally living with, have experienced or are at risk of homelessness and/or housing instability; living with mental health or disability support needs; have experienced domestic violence, or come from First Nations and/or Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities.
We use the term ‘Collaborative Artist’ in place of ‘participant’ to recognise the vital creative energy and experience individuals in our community bring to workshops, developments, productions and performances.
As of 2024 our community of Collaborative Artists (respondent could choose one or more of these factors):
have lived experience of homelessness or are survivors of trauma.
are recovering from, have lived experience of mental ill health or addiction to alcohol or other drugs.
are living with physical or neurological and/or learning disability.
identified Centrelink as being their main source of income.
identify as Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD).
identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
For me it’s medicinal, in many ways I feel healed
The incredible thing about Milk Crate is that it gets you together with people who have also seen the hard side of life and it somehow invisibly feeds or buoys up your soul.
