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Having celebrated its fortieth birthday in 2008, CARFAC is keen to rebuild ties with the UK.
As part of this, in June AIR advisory group members and the NAN Coordinator met with April Britski, Executive Director of CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation) during her fact-finding mission on 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 of consultations with the museum community, and in 2007 went through a mediation process with museum and gallery associations to negotiate the new fees. We are now evaluating whether or not they are being respected. "Similarly, the Artist-Run Centre association has adopted those fees. We are now going through the process of establishing a set of best practices guidelines, or code of practice, for the sector, via the new Visual Arts Alliance. "The minimum fees agreed are designed to reflect the scope and financing of the gallery as well as whether a show is solo or group. For example, a gallery...
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