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Extends applications of the Code of Practice by demonstrating good practice in valuing and paying artists.
Includes advocacy, advisory and practical resources published with Arts Council England support that professionalise working arrangements between artists and employers, and provide learning material for higher education and training providers.
Artist's toolkits
The artist's fees toolkit
This toolkit takes artists step-by-step through a process to calculate an individual daily rate and prepare quotes for freelance work. Read on…
Artist's toolkit, a-n.co.uk December 2004
pdf files
Sample artist's day rates »
Open pdf file …PDF download of Sample artist's day rates to guide your budgeting processes. [Size 19 kb]
a-n.co.uk Nov 2011
Guides
Art work analysed
Artist's jobs and opportunities 2003 - 2005 Read on…
Guide, a-n Magazine February 2006
Artists’ rates of pay 1989-2004
Since 1989, a-n has tracked fees and payments offered to artists for art services in the form of residencies and educational workshops. This research was generated in response to artists’ requests for key information that would support their… Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk January 2005
Fees and payments for artists
In 2004, a-n commissioned a team of experts from University of Newcastle to undertake a research study into current context, attitudes and approaches to paying artists for their skills and services. Through interviews with employers and… Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk August 2004
Good exhibition practice
a-n’s Code of Practice for the Visual Arts encourages artists and arts organisers to “contribute confidently” when embarking on professional arrangements. Whilst much has already been gained from wide distribution of this publication… Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk October 2005
Good practice in paying artists
a-n’s Code of Practice for the Visual Arts encourages artists and arts organisers to “contribute confidently ” when making professional arrangements. In particular it requires recognising worth and “considering the value of all… Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk March 2005. Updated for 2007/08 September 2007.
Intangible, inflatable, irreducible
Lucy Kimbell explores the value of artists' work. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk November 2004
Negotiating a better rate of pay
Getting paid a fair fee is not suggestive of a revolution. So why does it sometimes incur resistance, both from those who pay and from ourselves? This guide by Rod McIntosh introduces ideas towards getting paid what you want and indeed deserve. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk January 2005
Quality on a budget
In an ideal world you would only embark on projects where there is sufficient funds available. This guide by Rod McIntosh outlines an approach to finding workable compromises whilst maintaining quality for times when money is tight. Read on…
Guide, a-n.co.uk May 2005
pdf files
Establishing a Charge Rate for a Working Artist »
Financial expert Richard Murphy’s practical framework to demonstrate how visual artists can take responsibility for their working arrangements and establish, and make a case for, their charges and fees. Download pdf [Size 234KB].
An interactive version of this publication can be found as The artist’s fees toolkit at www.a-n.co.uk/toolkits
Good practice October 2006
Good practice in paying artists »
Aimed at public sector arts employers, commissioners, consultants and arts trainers, addresses the context for fees and payments for artists’ residencies, workshops and community commissions.
Download pdf [Size 514KB]
A text only version of this publication can be found at www.a-n.co.uk/fees_and_payments
Good practice October 2006
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