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Work with us: research and consultancy
Work with Artquest to make the arts more equitable for artists by finding out about artists’ working lives and lived experience. Artquest works inside and outside the arts to help make the art world more equitable for all artists. Our consultation and advice is backed up by evidence on how artists work to build better […]
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Restore the Arts: impact, precarity, and action, in National Portfolio Organisations 2023-2028
15 years of austerity era standstill funding for NPOs is hobbling public programmes, thwarting ambition, holding back sector development and business model investment, while negatively impacting working conditions…
Artists Business Models
Helping artists, policymakers and employers understand how artists work, career development opportunities, and building equitable processes Artists and how they work are widely misunderstood inside and outside of the art world. Even artists themselves have difficulty in describing how the peculiar mix of non arts employment, artistic practice, freelance activity and funding combine to make an […]
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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…
Tender: Better Open Calls
Better Open Calls is a research project that looks at how arts organisations find artists to work with. It proposes and tests equitable processes for organisations to find and choose artists. If you would like to…
Supporting Whitechapel Gallery’s open call for London Open Live
Building on our research, Artquest are supporting Whitechapel Gallery’s application and selection process for London Open Live. Whitechapel Gallery’s open call exhibition, The London Open, is back with an exclusive focus…
Artists decolonise museums
Workshops in June and July 2021 on how artists practice can help with the work of decolonising UK museums and collections Artists decolonise museums built on research and action for systemic change in how we can address…
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…
The New Lockdown
Reopening attitudes amongst artist led organisations in England (July 2020) In July 2020, as the UK Government published guidance to encourage arts and cultural organisations reopen, Artquest conducted a targeted survey of artist led organisations to understand…
Artists’ Livelihoods
How do artists earn money, how much do they earn, and what do they do to earn it? What are the motivations and inspiration behind being an artist? a n, Arts Council England, Artquest and our partners held…
The Value of Money
Artists livelihoods and value systems around money. This research from 2014 looked at how visual artists value and consider money in their practice as a measure of success. Professional visual artists operate in a complex and…
Money Talks
How do you balance work, life and practice without selling out? Artists are always thought to be ‘not in it for the money’, but we all have bills to pay, holidays to go on and sometimes children to…
Artists projects archive
See all of our projects delivered direct to artists since 2001, from residencies, conferences, commissions and publications to image licensing, internships, studio assistant employment, networks, events and grants. Visit projects archive.