Authentic Artist Collective

Founded by Kath Burlinson in 2009, the Authentic Artist Collective (AAC) is an empowerment engine and support network for artists from all disciplines, as well as a production company for new work.  

Authentic Artist Workshops offer a safe space to explore and be guided towards greater personal and artistic realisation.  

Head-and-shoulders view of 5 women in a circle, embracing. At the centre, a white woman with short white hair. She is gazing on one of the women in the foreground, a white woman with long white hair. In the background, a black curtain.
A black woman with black hair kneeling. By her left knee, a piece of cardboard reading 'God'. By her right knee, a piece of cardboard reading 'don't'. She’s holding a piece of cardboard reading 'own'. Behind her, 2 red chairs, a black curtain. 
A white man in his 20s with jaw-length dark hair sitting on a blue floor. He is holding a latin percussion instrument. In a semi-circle in front of him are 7 other hand-held instruments. In the background, a frosted-glass door and a wooden screen. 
A white woman in profile with jaw-length grey hair. Her head is tilted back and she is looking upwards with her mouth open, her arms and hands are straight by her sides and her knees are bent. In the background, a white curtain and a white wall. 
A white man with short light hair and a beard, squatting on a blue floor and a white woman with mid-length brown hair, sitting. He is looking at 3 pieces of paper on the floor, smiling. She is laughing. Behind, a cream wall and a wooden screen.

'AA workshops offered the safe laboratory I was craving in every rehearsal room I ever set foot in’

Ellis Kerkhoven, actor/director