Presentation for CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth) 13 February 2020 that addresses some of the myths about artists’ practices and livelihoods, the conditions most conducive for supporting the personal and professional lives of many artists over a life-cycle and provides some radical propositions for achieving them.
My doctoral research revealed that if they are to ‘get on’ rather than ‘get by’, artists need continuous access to a specific, nuanced set of interrelated conditions. But although in various ways over the last thirty years certain Arts Council England policies intended to improve both artists’ economic and social status, they’ve failed to do so, instead perpetuating assumptions that artists’ low pay is just ‘how it is’.
This presentation which addressed some of the myths about artists’ practices and livelihoods described the trio of conditions that are most conducive for supporting the personal and professional lives of many artists over a life-cycle. It concluded with some radical propositions for achieving these conditions.
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