The AHK trains professionals who work for and in the arts. We tell stories and stimulate imagination, change and empathy through arts, culture and heritage. That takes place at the heart of a society where diversity is not a policy objective, but a reality.

We strive towards an inclusive learning and work environment within the AHK, which forms the basis for quality, new ideas and creativity. In the inclusive environment that we envisage, you can be yourself completely and you are valued for everything that constitutes your identity; not regardless of, but inclusive of your gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, functional disability and social, cultural and ideological background. Students and staff must feel welcome and seen at each level of the organisation, and be given the space to develop their talents. We want to share, examine and connect different perspectives, so that everyone can get the best out of themselves, and the AHK will flourish as a whole. We want the work of AHK graduates to provide inspiration and recognition to a broad and diverse audience and to reflect what is going on within society.

The AHK has laid down its action points in the field of diversity and inclusion in the Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan 2021.

From 2020 to 2024, the AHK Circles formed a community platform for everyone to initiate discussions, interventions and actions around the theme of diversity and inclusion. This is where discussions about an inclusive AHK took place and different voices were heard. The results of all these years and recommendations for the future are recorded in the report ‘Drawing Circles, to understand assumptions of comfort and discomfort’, which was presented in January 2025.