Because this disproportionally effects marginalised and disabled artists, by increasing the financial barrier to entry, solving this problem is a basic #Accessibility & #SocialJustice issue.
Funding this insurance, by becoming the insurer directly, should be a focus of #CreativeAustralia nee #AustraliaCouncil. There’s no point in the government funding grants to organisations, if Artists at large can’t afford to practice safely.
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“Funders are seeking more information than they can credibly audit from organisations who are desperate for funding.” YES THEY ARE.
Proud to find my recent rant about Australian #ArtsFunding for Overland cited in Aden Date’s latest cleverness on bad faith arts sector practices (https://adendate.substack.com/p/bad-faith-evaluation).
#TearsForPeers #ArtsLeadership #RethinkingArtsLeadership #AustraliaCouncil #PeerAssessment
On average, organisations applying for #AustraliaCouncil four-year funding have reported spending between 30-50 hours on each EOI —many giving up their usual new year shutdown period or finding time during festival season. Others opted out in anticipation of the workload over the busy summer period and unprecedented, sector-wide burnout.
My thoughts on the hidden costs of #ArtsFunding for Overland: https://overland.org.au/2023/05/tears-for-peers-the-hidden-costs-of-arts-funding/.
‘Post’-pandemic, the arts sector is both exhausted and animated by a new sense of perspective that leaves many unwilling to put up with these former practices or the way things ‘have always been done’. This includes a new interrogation of the unseen labour of arts funding processes: the expectations on applicants and the pressure on advisors and peers.
The conversation about remuneration of assessment panel advisors and peers is currently lagging behind other areas of sector best practice.
My thoughts on the hidden costs of arts funding are now online at Overland (link in bio or https://overland.org.au/2023/05/tears-for-peers-the-hidden-costs-of-arts-funding/).
#ArtsFunding #ArtsLeadership #RethinkingArtsLeadership #AustraliaCouncil #PeerAssessment
‘Post’-pandemic, the arts sector is both exhausted and animated by a new sense of perspective that leaves many unwilling to put up with these former practices or the way things ‘have always been done’. This includes a new interrogation of the unseen labour of arts funding processes: the expectations on applicants and the pressure on advisors and peers.
Matt Godden
Kate Larsen
Carrot Conspiracy
Sharon Nathani