Flipboard Art & Photo DeskApr 10, 2024

Workers at the Creative Growth Art Center, a non-profit in Oakland, California that supports artists with disabilities, are forming a union. The Art Newspaper reports that the move was motivated by concerns over hiring practices, wages and benefits, an over-reliance on volunteer labor, and poor treatment of staff with disabilities. Story may be paywalled.

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Workers at California non-profit that supports artists with disabilities are unionising

The organising effort at the Creative Growth Art Center coincides with the organisation’s 50th anniversary and follows the launch of a high-profile partnership with SFMoMA

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Helen PerrisJul 14, 2023

As someone who occasionally gets paid to act, and has children who have occasionally been paid to act, it is very telling that in the last 15 years, there has been a decrease in the pay for acting jobs.

I got $2000 for a day of extras work on an ad in 2008. Now, even roles with speaking parts might only get $2000.

#actorsstrike #actorslife #artsindustry #performingarts #australiantv

NapelsGeelFeb 2, 2023
A paper published in the Sociology journal in November 2022 found that just 8 percent of actors, musicians and writers were from working-class backgrounds: half the number of the 70s, despite decades of initiatives to make the #arts more open and diverse.
#inequality #class #nepotism #neoliberalism in the #artsindustry #creativeindustry https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adgnk/american-nepo-babies-have-nothing-on-the-british
American Nepo Babies Have Nothing on the British

From Benedict Cumberbatch to “Bridgerton”, the posh and parentally blessed are everywhere in UK entertainment.