About

The Australia Latin America Foundation (ALAF) is an independent cultural diplomacy initiative dedicated to strengthening engagement between Australia and Latin America through the arts, cultural exchange, and creative industries. Working in partnership with governments, cultural institutions, and international festivals, ALAF connects Australian artists with leading platforms across the region. Through strategic collaborations and touring initiatives involving arts workers and performing arts companies large and small, the Foundation helps position Australian cultural excellence as a catalyst for dialogue, institutional partnerships, and deeper people-to-people relationships.

while australia has built significant cultural capital in the region over several decades, engagement has often remained episodic and project-specific.

This initiative seeks to reposition Australian cultural product, particularly in the performing arts, as a deliberate soft power instrument that strengthens trust, reinforces Australia’s international narrative, and expands the networks underpinning our diplomatic, trade, education objectives and enhances understanding.

while australia has built significant cultural capital in the region over several decades, engagement has often remained episodic and project-specific.