Last month, as part of gathering evidence to support future art and design courses and government job creation programmes, we asked AIR members to respond to a survey about their employment status. As a result, we now have firm statistics to take back to HE and Government.
AIR – Artists Interaction & Representation welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the workforce development plan for the visual arts.
Summary of research into international visual artists’ representation by April Britski, Director of Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC).
AIR members discuss what representation will look and feel like for artists, plus Architecture for representation outlined.
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AIR member Rosalind Davis, mixed media painter and graduate from the RCA, discusses her thoughts on the new coalition government and how cuts to arts funding will affect her personally.
Response from AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation.
The recent AIR survey that revealed that levels of self-employment were higher amongst artists than the creative industries as a whole also highlighted the high level of qualifications artists hold.
Artists’ employment status and livelihoods were the hot topics at a meeting that took place in August between Visual Arts Ireland’s Chief Executive, Noel Kelly and AIR advisers Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, Sally Sheinman and Caroline Wright.
A response to the McMaster Review from the AIR Artists’ Advisory Group.
Artists Interaction and Representation Established by a-n as an integral part of Artist membership, AIR identifies and explores issues that impact on artists' practice. Informed by the advisory group AIR Council, it campaigns for artistic, legislative and economic measures that enhance artists' working lives and professional status.
Our Paying Artists campaign aims to secure payment for artists who exhibit in publicly-funded galleries. Visit the campaign site www.payingartists.org.uk
