How do artists fare when they show work in publicly-funded galleries in the UK? New research commissioned by a-n and AIR looking specifically at artists’ experiences reveals the gulf between the expectations of artists and galleries.
Second phase of a-n/AIR-commissioned research, exploring artists’ and venues’ experiences of exhibiting in publicly-funded venues. Phase 2 findings build on data from Phase 1 and are based on interviews conducted with artists and venues.
Second phase of research study commissioned by a-n and AIR looking at artists experiences of exhibiting in publicly-funded venues. Overview of main findings from interviews with artists and publicly-funded venues that deepens understanding of data Phase 1 findings and explores perceptions and issues from both sides of the experience.
a-n/AIR-commissioned research exploring artists’ experiences of exhibiting in publicly-funded galleries. Phase 1 is based on an online survey exploring artists’ experiences of exhibition practice.
Research study commissioned by a-n and AIR looking at artists’ experiences of exhibiting in publicly-funded galleries. Phase 1 is based on an online survey exploring artists’ experiences of exhibition practice.
As the first results from AIR’s Paying Artists Survey make clear, artists are finding themselves at the end of the arts food chain as funding cuts bite. Here, a-n’s Director looks at how things stand and suggests a future where practitioners determine the status of their art and of artists.
The first results of AIR’s UK-wide Paying Artists Survey – which focuses on artists’ experiences of publicly-funded galleries – reveal low earnings, miniscule or no fees at all for exhibiting, and shrinking production budgets.
AIR invites artists to take part in a UK-wide survey exploring artists’ experiences of exhibiting their work in publicly-funded venues.
AIR announces campaign to improve payment of 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 497KB]
We are a local authority-run gallery who occasionally employ artists and other workers to do workshops with us on our premises.
Aimed at public sector arts employers, commissioners, consultants and arts trainers, Good practice in paying artists addresses the context for fees and payments for artists’ residencies, workshops and community commissions.
Open exhibitions are becoming an increasingly common aspect of the visual arts landscape, with high-profile big hitters such as the BP Portrait Award and Royal Academy Summer Show joined by a growing number of smaller-scale shows. But with most charging an entry fee and with no guarantee of being included, are artists simply being asked to subsidise the sector with their own money? Jack Hutchinson investigates.
Esther Salamon, who was a valued contributor to a-n between 1995 and 2011, has passed away after a period in Queen Elizabeth Hospital hospice.
Highlighting a culture of low fees and unpaid labour
a-n is offering bursaries of between £500 to £1,500 for continued professional practice and creative development.
Sample day rates to guide arts budgeting and help visual artists negotiate a fair rate of pay for short-term contracts.
Artists Stacie McCormick, Jerome Ince-Mitchell, Clémentine Bedos, Jenny McNamara are the new Chair and Vice Chair of a-n Board and Artists Council.
As part of our commitment to supporting artists, we are offering bursaries of between £500 to £1,500 for continued professional practice.
Introducing the fourth and final set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of artist interviews.
Gina Birch reflects on her career, from founding post-punk band The Raincoats to falling “hook, line and sinker for paint”.
Read the third set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
Jane and Louise Wilson discuss the start of their artistic collaboration in the 1990s, and how a-n is “an essential resource.”
Our 40th Anniversary programme includes a new series of Artists Newsletter publications and interviews with leading artists.
a-n is seeking a new member of Artists Council, an advisory group to the Board and Executive that plays a key role in advocacy, lobbying and developing a-n programmes. APPLICATION DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED.
