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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…