Since 2013, Think+DO Tank Foundation (TDTF) has been working within local communities in low-income parts of South Western and Western Sydney, co-creating artistic projects and social enterprises in which creativity and collaboration are driving forces.
Our work asks low-income and marginalised community members: “What would make life here easier, more affordable, or better?”. By working together, participating communities increase their capacity to be driving forces of change in society and in their own lives.
Hand-in-hand with local communities, we make art, we create social change, and we make our part of Sydney — the most culturally and linguistically diverse region in New South Wales — a cultural reference point for our city, our state, and beyond.
Our work is distinguished not only by our region, but the multilingual framework in which we operate. We literally speak the languages of the communities in which we operate.
The next four years represents a new phase of growth for Think+DO Tank Foundation. We will work with new communities through outreach, forge new partnerships to connect to larger audiences, and provide more generative spaces for artists to make new art. It’s perhaps best captured through the name of our new regional project, “The Universe of Possibilities”.