Join the CAE Working Group on working conditions in the cultural and creative sectors
Safeguarding Artistic Freedom” is a publication of the report 9th World Summit on Arts & Culture, which was co-hosted by IFACCA and the Swedish Arts Council and held in Stockholm Sweden in May 2023.
The draft report of the European Parliament on the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors is now out.
At a meeting of the working conditions working group of Culture Action Europe in Barcelona, Yasen Vasilev chose to shed light on the position of the “cultural worker” by drawing on his own experiences and by posing a series of questions designed to stimulate ideas, reflections and action.
European Network of Cultural Centres (ENCC) has recently written an article in a two-part series about mental health and human resource strategies for cultural centres and other cultural organisations.
What kind of struggles do art workers face in their everyday work? Why does artistic and cultural work often stay invisible and underpaid?
This report will focus on full and productive employment and decent work for workers and enterprises that produce specific goods and deliver services, in particular on the arts and entertainment side of the cultural and creative ecosystem.
The ‘Structurally F–cked’ report on artists’ pay and conditions, published by Industria and a-n, highlights a culture of low fees and unpaid labour, and concludes with proposals for new ways in which publicly funded institutions can better work with artists.