Art Network North East
Art Network North East is an advocacy and development organisation for the visual arts. We work with individuals and organisations across the region to support existing activity, effect change where it’s needed, and raise the profile of…
Future Arts Centres
Campaign and leadership group for arts centres as a model for the cultural venues of tomorrow. Aims to create a unifying leadership voice for arts centres, campaign for investment and inclusion in artform development and funding policies,…
Trans-Inclusive Culture: Guidance on advancing trans inclusion for museums, galleries, archives and heritage organisations
The University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) – working with a team of legal scholars and experts in inclusion, equality and ethics…
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/trans-inclusive-culture
Good Practice Charter from Artists’ Union England
A set of 6 principles that art organisations, galleries and institutions sign up to and work towards: Register and self assess online.
https://www.artistsunionengland.org.uk/good-practice-charter/
W.A.G.E.
Artist collective that seeks to regulate the payment of artist fees in the USA non profit sector. W.A.G.E understands the contemporary fight for non wage compensation as part of a wider struggle by all gig workers who supply content…
The High Pay Centre
Independent, non partisan think tank focused on the causes and consequences of economic inequality, with a particular interest in top pay. Programme includes research, events and policy analysis involving business, trade unions, investors and civil society.…
Who Owns England?
Map of major landowners in England, combining public data with Freedom of Information requests. Follow the investigation and help fill in the gaps, on the Who Owns England? blog.
The Smart Fund
The Smart Fund is a proposal for creators and performers to be paid fairly for their work when it is accessed, distributed and stored on digital devices. It proposes to use a portion of sales of electronic…
Culture Central
Collective voice of the cultural sector in the West Midlands. They create opportunities through culture for places and people across the region. Their priorities include:
Creators Rights Alliance
A coalition of major creator led trade associations, unions and groups which exist to promote, protect and further the interests of authors and artists of creative works. Campaigns on fair contracts, pay, working conditions and intellectual property.
London Renters Union
Member led campaigning union and taking action to make sure all Londoners have a decent, affordable and secure home. Many renters are seeing their rents increase, with LRU members reporting rises as much as 50%. Includes fact…
Paying Artists Campaign
Launched to secure payment for artists who exhibit in publicly funded galleries. Consulted nearly 2,000 artists, curators, funders, arts producers, museums, galleries, local authorities and other public commissioners since 2014. Includes advice and information for artists and…
Art Not Oil
Art Not Oil mobilises against Big Oil cultural sponsorship, doing so since 2004. A coalition of autonomous organisations united around the aim of ending oil sponsorship of the arts, sharing resources as the Art Not Oil Coalition.
International Sculpture Center
Member organisation to champion the creation and understanding of sculpture and its contribution to society. Members include sculptors, collectors, patrons, architects, developers, journalists, curators, historians, critics, educators, foundries, galleries, and museums.
Culture Unstained
Research and campaigning organisation to end fossil fuel sponsorship of culture. Calls on arts and cultural organisations to cut their ties to fossil fuels to undermine social legitimacy that the industry gains from these relationships.
ArtLeaks
Collective platform of artists, curators and art historians that draws attention to cases involving politically active cultural workers and associated campaigns. Seeks to create a strong network of art whistleblowers to support and protect arts workers.
Decolonising Museums campaign: Museums Association
The Museums Association is a membership organisation that campaigns for socially engaged museums and a representative workforce. Their Decolonising Museums campaign began in 2021 to create guidance for museums, encouraging them to reinterpretation and decolonise…
https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/decolonising-museums/
Artists & Climate Change
Blog and directory of art work about climate change from around the world. Cross artform and not just visual arts. Includes arts organisations and university courses relating to climate action.