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Applied: Artist Workforce Data
Data and insight on artists’ working conditions, career barriers, and ambitions Applied addresses a crucial gap in data and insights related to artists in England — specifically, their working conditions, the barriers they face, and their…
How to submit a proposal to Art Worlds
Art Worlds articles share practical advice on the realities of operating in the art world. We’re inviting proposals for articles that offer insights on being an artist from diverse lived experiences. A central focus is how to develop and maintain a sustainable career. We want to hear: In return, we offer up to £250 per […]
Why I stopped making art
This is the story of why I stopped making art for years and how I rediscovered my passion. I’m not juggling it perfectly and haven’t given up the day job. Maybe you can relate. The…
The Last Year of the Inequity Olympics
Artist and writer Alistair Gentry critiques the art world’s focus on marginal diversity gains while it ignores underlying issues of class, disability, and other systemic inequities. Precarious employment, underfunding, and a lack of…
Adaptations
A practice development award of £2000 for an artist to trial new ways of working. Katie Surridge was selected for the 2024 Adaptations award. About the selected artist Katie Louise Surridge (1985) was born and raised in London. She…
Writing to you from burnout, about my desire and inability to stop working
I was verging on unsurprised when I read, through Industria, that the average hourly rate paid to artists is £2.60. Out of a desire not to bum…
The Gig Economy: Making It Work
This article is written following the analysis of four semi structured interviews with gig economy workers in the creative industries. Below is a word cloud of the most frequently used nouns from the interview…
Mental Health for Creative Freelancers
11 stories tackling the everyday mental health challenges of creative freelancers Mental Health for Creative Freelancers is the antithesis to run of the mill mental health advice. It is designed as a practical guide to…
Adaptations
Understanding how artists can adapt their practice for sustainable income on their own terms. Adaptations began as a pilot workforce development grant for three visual artists in spring 2021. It was intended to support artists find new sustainable ways…
Internships
An internship is a junior level job. It should include hands on training while you work and earn money. What is an internship? There is no legal definition of an internship. An internship is a type of low level…
Invoicing
An invoice is a bill. You send an invoice when you work for someone and are self employed. Most employers will not pay you unless you send an invoice.
Artists fees
The fee you can charge for your time depends on how long you have worked professionally and the job you are doing There are number of online fee calculators if you are looking for a quick idea of…
Bolton: Land of Opportunity
Two years ago, at a particularly challenging time in our lives my partner and I made big changes, I quit my teaching job and we moved to Bolton from London. Our aim was to prioritise being…
WFH Residency
£1000 award to convert the first COVID lockdown in 2020 into a ‘work from home’ residency Responding to a collapse in work opportunities during the first COVID lockdown, the WFH Residency paid artists to conduct a ‘working from…
Adaptation strategies of artist-led spaces
A panel discussion, hosted by nomadic artist led space Shipment, on developing sustainable business models for artist led spaces Artist led spaces provide vital access to London’s art world. Both the artists who run them…
ART/WORK: a conversation
A conversation about capital, labour, the working practices of artists, and the future of work This conversation, programmed and chaired by Artquest, looked at the themes of the residency, the working practices of artists, and the future…
Love & Money
There has been an unprecedented amount of media coverage of Banksy’s Girl with Balloon (2006) shredding incident since it took place at Sotheby’s London’s evening sale of contemporary art on 5 October 2018. But none of this…
Scarcity
On 3 September, the United Arab Emirates’ Department of Culture and Tourism announced the ‘postponement of the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi’, and promised that ‘more details will be announced soon’. No details have yet been given…