Artists' remuneration
Description
D'Art Topic No.6: Remuneration Policies for the arts
Request date: May 2002
We have been asked by the Performing Arts Network in South Africa to assist with research on policies that suggest standardised rates of pay for performing artists, as well as creative artists associated with performance.
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Publications
Fees and payments
Artists Information Company has a variety of resources on artists' fees and payments. more >
Payment of artists advice at OZCO
The Australia Council's website has recommendations on payment of artists. more >
Iceland artists' pay rates as set by Ministry
Iceland's Ministry of Education, Science and Culture provides funding for 'artists salaries'. more >
CARFAC Copyright Fee Schedule
CARFAC's schedules of recommended minimum artist fees. more >
How to pay artists
Information about daily rates and contact details of lead bodies for further information. more >
Artists’ Rates of Pay 1984-2004
Since 1989, a-n has tracked fees and payments offered to artists for art services in the form of residencies and educational workshops. more >
News
Paris life models make nude protest to demand respect ... and better pay
In front of the tastefully decorated Christmas trees outside Paris city hall's culture department, the naked and goose-pimpled models demanded a pay increase, proper contracts and, most of all, respect for their craft as they held trade union banners in the pose of Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People. more >
Artists caught up in Lenihan’s tax net
Art has suddenly become a more taxing business. The 1% income levy introduced by Brian Lenihan, the finance minister, last week will draw hundreds of artists, writers and musicians into the tax net for the first time. more >
Beacons of hope for arts funding
A total of 22 arts companies are sharing a slice of £4.5m after being awarded “beacon status” by the Arts Council of Wales. Karen Price discovers how five of the recipients will spend the money which is earmarked for specific projects. more >
Call for pay shake-up for West End dancers
Leading choreographer Arlene Phillips has criticised pay levels for dancers in the West End and has called for a new wage structure to be implemented that reflects performers’ experience. more >
Actors struggle on just EURO 7200 a year
The president of Irish Equity has urged the Arts Council to set up a new system of multi-annual funding that would enable theatres to better manage their revenue and create more jobs. more >
Pensions for Artists Website Launched
Pensions for Artists is a new website funded by the Arts Council, providing artists with up-to-date information about pensions and savings. more >
Labor arts policy slated
The opposition's plan to introduce a 'paint-for-the-dole' scheme for artists living off welfare has received a 'shellacking' from the Treasurer. more >
New York is for Artists
Governor Eliot Spitzer signed into effect a new bill that will help artists actually live in the neighborhoods they helped change from gritty to glamorous. more >
Irish Arts Council disappointed on tax plans
The Arts Council of Ireland has welcomed news that the artists’ tax exemption scheme is to remain, but says it is disappointed that the exemption is to be capped at €250 000 in any one tax year. more >
Artists turn works into pensions
A pension scheme has been set up to help artists to save while in the early stages of their career. more >
Ministers to discuss Indian heritage and pensions for artists
Cultural Ministers of States and Union Territories in India will convene this week to discuss maintenance and visitor management issues at shrines and cultural sites around the country. more >
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