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In 1992 the National Artists' Association decided to commission a Code of Practice for the Visual Arts. The idea had grown out of the successful bid document from the Northern Region to host Visual Arts UK 96 – the Year of the Visual Arts – that stated: "At the centre will be the practice and place of the artist." To support this aspiration it was agreed that a 'code of practice' should be developed that would address not only the appropriate rewarding of artists, but also "the basic requirements in terms of facilities, professional structure and networks, that artists need to make [their] contribution more effectively". The NAA seized the opportunity to work with Northern Arts, and expressed its belief in the need for a code as follows: "...although there are many specific areas where sound practice has been developed, researched and documented ... the visual arts sector remains fragmented. Artists and artists' groups often operate in isolation. In the absence of commonly accepted standards and codes of practice, the majority of artists are not properly rewarded for their work, and those who commission or engage artists lack a framework of guidelines within which to...
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