AIR

AIR e-Bulletin March 2009

Studio swaps, fees for artists, events in Manchester and London (tell your networks!), student needs, quick links, help shape what AIR does next.

1. Inform PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AIR members' now have a quick route to studio exchange around the world.   Established by Artquest, Artelier aims to enable artists with studios to indicate potential for studio exchange as well as to identify and arrange free accommodation or a studio when working overseas. Now that AIR is a partner, its 11,000+ members gain an immediate introduction and can become involved by offering and seeking spaces. View the AIR page on Artelier at www.artquest-artelier.com/partners/AIRArtistsInteractionandRepresentation. Use the Request an invitation box to make contact.   AIR advisory group members will be meeting in June with April Britski Executive Director of CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation) during her fact-finding mission researching attitudes to support to professional artists in the UK. "In Canada, most public art galleries and artist-run centres are funded primarily through arts councils. Since 1975, the Canada Council has made it a requirement that the galleries they fund must pay artists' fees. CARFAC introduced a new set of fees five years ago, that are much higher and more sophisticated than in the past. We did a lot...

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