ARTS JOBS SUMMARY – MAY
An experiment in seeing how useful Arts Jobs actually is.. and what is actually being advertised out there.
Design
Paid – 17
Unpaid – 36
Technical (stage/lighting/carpentry etc)
Paid – 38
Unpaid – 42
Music
Paid – 8
Unpaid – 21
Writers/Poets
Paid – 8
Unpaid – 20
Actors/Performance/Dance
Paid – 61
Unpaid – 72
Admin/Managerial/Curating
Paid – 205
Unpaid – 116
Artists
Paid – 36
Unpaid – 87
Overall for practitioners (admin section not counted)
Paid – 168
Unpaid – 278
Obviously a count riddled with flaws, and a product of random Emily categories, but hopefully an interesting load of numbers nonetheless. Internships were included in admin and pretty much constitute all unpaid numbers.
Lots of performance and art related jobs that were paid tended to be workshop leading rather then work for artists.
Design has so many unpaid opps as artists seem to advertise for help with their websites and photography in a barter style exchange on here.
Generally though it seems that artists, musicians and writers are the worst off with less than a third of the jobs featured on the Arts Council list being paid. Also, music and writing have the fewest opportunities, which is hopefully just because people advertise elsewhere?
This list also doesn't tell you which opportunities will actually cost money. Ah a sorry-looking list indeed, but then again, I'm sure most of us are aware how random Art Jobs can be!
Tomorrow – a summary of the Storey Gallery/Fly Eric seminar on Saturday. No figures in that one I promise.
