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Self-Employment, Collectives, Care, Arts Organising, Research, Mentoring, Professional development
Rethinking Governance by Dr Cara Courage
What does fit-for-purpose governance for you, your way of working, and your organisation look like?
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06/09/23
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Research
Resources for freelancers, collectives
&
arts organisers
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer
Posted
04/03/20
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Multidisciplinary
Professional development
Creating Kind Spaces by Gaylene Gould
How do you care for those you are working with, how do we care for ourselves? Restorative Care Practice is way to hold space for yourself and Others
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26/05/23
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Multidisciplinary
Professional development
Contract of Self Care
Luminara Florescu’s Contract of Self Care, avoid burnout and explore sustainable working for artists with physical and mental health disabilities.
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23/05/23
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Curating
Professional development
A reading list by Amal Khalaf
An invitation to discover lines of enquiry into how we relate, and new frameworks for caring action at the intersection of art and social justice.
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23/05/23
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Self-Employment, Rights & Pay, Care, Arts Organising, Professional development
List of Wants by Rachael Clerke
How are people working in the arts expected to know what they want and what they can ask for, what if we actually just… told each other?
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12/04/23
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Moving Image
Self-Employment, Arts Organising, Applications, Research, Mentoring, Funding, Professional development
Moving Image Resource
A resource for artists’ moving image in England by Benjamin Cook, Director of Lux
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30/03/23
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Professional development
Artist Associate schemes
Interested in joining an artist associate scheme? Find out about these regional
&
national initiatives — what they cost, what’s on offer
&
how to join
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23/03/23
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Curating
Self-Employment, Rights & Pay, Care, Arts Organising
Together We Will event
A recording of an event for the Together We Will programme, focusing on dismantling structural inequality in the visual arts.
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04/02/22
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Together We Will: Intersectional Approaches to Best Practice
VASW
shares new recommendations for best practice in visual arts for institutions, organisations and freelance arts organisers.
Posted
18/11/21
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Arts Organising
Arts
&
Heritage Resource Hub
Arts
&
Heritage Resource Hub is an online archive of guides and templates for artists, curators and museum professionals.
Posted
04/08/21
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Care, Arts Organising
Access Docs for Artists
Information on writing an access document for disabled artists.
Posted
08/07/21
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Funding
Funding Workshop: Arts Council England’s
DYCP
A recoding of a workshop by
VASW
for artists and art workers applying for Arts Council England’s Developing your Creative Practice fund.
Posted
11/02/21
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Care, Arts Organising, Communications, Audiences
The Space’s Toolkit on Responding to Online Abuse
A toolkit designed as a pragmatic guide for artists and cultural organisations to effectively prevent and respond to online abuse.
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19/11/20
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Rights & Pay, Funding
The White Pube’s Funding Library
The White Pube’s Funding Library is a resource of successful funding applications to a range of funding bodies to help you write your own application.
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18/11/20
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The Reset Webinar: Euella Jackson and Kamina Walton on Allyship
Watch The Reset, episode
3
: Euella Jackson and Kamina Walton from Rising Arts Agency on allyship in anti-racist work.
Posted
23/09/20
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Curating
COVID-19
The Reset Webinar: Support Networks for Curators
Watch The Reset, episode
2
: Support Networks for Curators, with cultural consultant, curator and producer Mandy Fowler.
Posted
22/07/20
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Curating
Arts Organising, COVID-19
Introduction to Ticketing for Museums and Galleries
Download ACE’s guide on how to introduce a timed entry booking operation.
Posted
15/07/20
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Collectives, Arts Organising, Funding
Rachel Dobbs on Fundraising
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.
Posted
02/07/20
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Collectives, Arts Organising, Connecting
Rachel Dobbs on Mapping out Local Resources
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.
Posted
02/07/20
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Collectives, Arts Organising
Rachel Dobbs on Collective Organising
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.
Posted
02/07/20
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Self-Employment, Rights & Pay, Care
Rachel Dobbs on Precarious Work
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.
Posted
02/07/20
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Self-Employment, Rights & Pay
Rachel Dobbs on Trade Unions
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.
Posted
02/07/20
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Insurance
Rachel Dobbs on Insurance for Freelancers
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.
Posted
02/07/20
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Self-Employment, Rights & Pay
Rachel Dobbs on Arts Workers’ Fees and Pay Rates
Rachel Dobbs shares a range of useful tools and resources from the perspective of a serial freelancer.
Posted
02/07/20
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Multidisciplinary
Audiences
The Reset Webinar: What does social distancing mean to visual arts?
Watch our webinar with Andy Brydon (Curated Place) and Fiona Wotton (Cornwall
365
) on the arts sector’s recovery from the
COVID-
19
pandemic.
Posted
24/06/20
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COVID-19, Audiences
Audience Engagement resources from Curated Place
Andy Brydon from Curated Place shares resources on reopening and engaging audiences as organisations adjust to living with the
COVID-
19
pandemic.
Posted
24/06/20
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Research
Research
Updated:
BLM
Resources Compiled by
VASW
An ongoing list of resources to help us learn and relearn all we can about racism within the arts and within wider society.
Posted
24/06/20
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COVID-19
Is the future of the art market online?
The Art Newspaper podcast discusses the future of the art market as galleries and auction houses remain closed and art fairs have been cancelled.
Posted
11/06/20
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Writing
Rights & Pay, Care, Research, Mentoring, Connecting
BLM
Resources from Jody Mulvey / @sadgrads
2020
A collection of books, articles, charities and other resources exploring racism within the arts.
Posted
03/06/20
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Multidisciplinary
COVID-19
Impact of
COVID-
19
on Visual Arts Workers: Survey Summary
Following emergency sector support measures announced in March,
CVAN
and Earthen Lamp developed a survey on the pandemic’s impact on creative practice
Posted
27/05/20
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Care
Tips and Tricks for Budding Young Artists
RWA
has collated a series of articles designed to help young artists and children discover art and create at home.
Posted
20/05/20
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COVID-19
Art Workers Italia: Manifesto
Art Workers in Italy share their outline of demands in response to how things have transpired due to the Coronavirus.
Posted
20/05/20
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COVID-19
Pandemic Programme
A list of interesting, entertaining, useful, relaxing, recommended, critically engaged
&
particularly
GOOD
online visual arts content by Kevin Hunt.
Posted
20/05/20
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Research
VASW’s South West Cluster Meeting
Notes by VASW’s Network Manager Paula Orrell from public sector development meetings from September
2019
till January
2020
.
Posted
07/05/20
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Research
Strategic Communications and Advocacy Plan
A research project by
UK
Arts
&
Heritage consultancy Palmer Squared identifying key regional challenges.
Posted
07/05/20
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Research
Futuring the Visual Arts: A Review of Youth Arts Provision
A research project by Dr. Ronda Gowland-Pryde on the current status of regional youth arts programming. Commissioned by
VASW
.
Posted
07/05/20
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COVID-19
COVID-
19
impact survey: Final Report
a‑n The Artists Information Company share the final report from their recent Covid-
19
impact survey.
Posted
29/04/20
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COVID-19
COVID-
19
: Artists Survival Guide by a space arts
a space arts have shared the first of their regular Artist Survival Guides designed to offer support during the Coronavirus’ restrictions on movement.
Posted
25/03/20
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Self-Employment, Care, Connecting, COVID-19
COVID-
19
&
Freelance Artists
A new website has been created to give freelance artists access to invaluable resources throughout these uncertain times.
Posted
18/03/20
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Rights & Pay, Funding, COVID-19
COVID-
19
: Information and guidance for artists and arts organisers
Access support and guidance from across the arts sector, plus wider government and
NHS
guidance, following the coronavirus Covid-
19
outbreak.
Posted
18/03/20
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Care
Future Proof, Ep
5
: On Resilience and Personal as Political
Eliza Gluckman (Deputy Director, Government Collection) hosts a conversation with
3
SW-based artists to explore resilience and personal as political.
Posted
26/02/20
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Arts Organising
Future Proof, Ep
4
: Forecasting the Future of Exhibition Making
In this Future Proof podcast, journalist, author and futurist Katie Baron, discusses the future of exhibition making.
Posted
26/02/20
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Arts Organising
Future Proof, Ep
3
: Worlds and Futures made Possible through Practice
Robert Leckie (Director, Spike Island) hosts a conversation with the Brunswick Club and Simon Sheikh on the value, meaning, and impact of space.
Posted
26/02/20
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Care, Arts Organising, Mentoring
Future Proof, Ep
1
: Setting the Scene
Tune into the first part of the Future Proof series, where we introduce the focus of discussions from a collection of artists, curators and academics.
Posted
19/02/20
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Care
Future Proof, Ep
2
: Platforming Young Voices
In this Future Proof episode, Emily Bull is joined by a collection of young artists who explore how we can develop more accessible environments.
Posted
19/02/20
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Communications
The Space’s Online Audiences Toolkit
A user-friendly guide to building your online audiences, created by The Space.
Posted
19/02/20
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