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Visual Artists Ireland
  • Home
  • About us
  • Members Area
  • Listings
    • Jobs & Opportunities
      • Jobs & Opportunities Advertising Policy
      • Your Listing – Submit Job / Opportunity
    • Upcoming VAI Events
    • What’s On around Ireland
      • Add your event
  • Services
  • Knowledge Base
  • Directories
    • Directory of Artists
    • Arts Directory
  • Contact Us
How Can We Help?

Career

  • Advice for Starting Out
  • Advice for Starting Out – Top Tips
  • Artist / Gallery Relationships
  • Artists and Curators
  • Artists, Commercial Galleries & the International Art Market
  • Arts Awards: Prizes! Prizes!
  • Awards, Bursaries and Grants
  • Getting a Studio
  • Getting exhibitions.
  • How to Recognise an Art Scam
  • Online galleries – Vanity Site or Outright Scam?
  • Postgraduate Education, Training and Scholarships
  • Presenting Yourself
  • Promoting your Work Online
  • Re-entering the Visual Arts?
  • Seeking Studio Space
  • Self-Organisation as a Way of Being
  • Socialising Your Arts Practice
  • The Artist as Curator
  • Undertaking Commissions
  • Undertaking Residencies
  • When Work Resembles Another Artist’s – A Guide for Visual Art Students
  • Working Abroad
  • Working with Public Galleries

FAQs

  • Artist Fees
  • Artist Tax Exemption
  • Available Funding for Artists
  • Commercial Rates Exemption
  • Documenting Your Work
  • Editioning / Selling Video Work
  • Editioning Prints
  • Finding Exhibitions & Curators
  • For Artists: Calculating Daily / Hourly rate
  • Funding for College
  • Garda Vetting
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Help With Funding Applications
  • How To Get My Work Seen
  • Insurance for Artists
  • Is Arts Funding going to affect social welfare payments?
  • Is Arts Funding Taxable / Tax exempt?
  • Jobseekers Allowance for Artists
  • Mentor Fees
  • Publishing Artist Book / Catalogue
  • Resource Organisations for Specialist Support
  • Seeking An Agent / Representation
  • Seeking Funding
  • Self-Employment
  • Social Insurance – PRSI / Voluntary Contributions
  • Social Welfare
  • Talking to Social Welfare – Common Problems for Artists
  • Tax Clearance Certificates
  • Tax Exemption on Limited Edition Prints
  • Websites

Finance

  • Budgeting and Financing
  • Pensions for Artists
  • Tax and Self-Employment
  • Tax and Self-Employment – Northern Ireland
  • VAT and Artists

Green & Ethical Artist

  • Sustainable Art Practices – Online Resources
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Archival and Longevity Qualities of Eco Materials in Art
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Detailed Actions
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Filtering Liquids for Reuse or Disposal
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Some Thoughts for Visual Artists
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Tips on Sourcing Materials

Legal

  • Advisory Note to Irish Artists Regarding Potential U.S. Tariffs and Import Regulations
  • Artists Resale Right (ARR)
  • Brexit Information for Artists
  • Child Protection Awareness
  • Contracts
  • Copyright
  • Copyright & Legacy Planning
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
  • Copyright and the Visual Artist
  • Copyright Principles for Visual Artists
  • Guidelines for Making a Complaint
  • How to Recognise an Art Scam
  • Importing and Exporting Your Work
  • Insurance for Artists
  • Visual Artists & The Law

Payment Guidelines

  • Best Practice Guidelines for Internships
  • Long Term of Loan of Works – Fee & Conditions
  • Visual Artists Payment Guidelines Calculator

Practical Guides

  • A Practical Guide to Setting Up a Studio Space
  • A Practical Guide to Setting Up a Studio Space – Sustainable Model
  • Artist Contact Checklist | Stay Visible, Stay Reachable
  • Artists, Commercial Galleries & the International Art Market
  • Balancing Artistic Vision with Practical Constraints in Public Art Projects
  • Basic Principles of Art Handling
  • Brexit Information for Artists
  • Copyright & Legacy Planning
  • Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
  • Documenting Your Work
  • Facilitation Skills for Artists Working with Groups
  • Getting exhibitions.
  • Handling Disputes
  • Health and Safety in the Studio
  • How to Recognise an Art Scam
  • Importing and Exporting Your Work
  • Insurance for Artists
  • Making Sales: Video and New Media Artworks
  • Needs Analysis Models and Their Application for Public Art Projects
  • Negotiation Skills Workshop
  • Organising an exhibition or event taking into consideration access
  • Organising and Managing Projects
  • Preparing Proposals
  • Pricing Your Work
  • Public Art Practice for Artists and Commissioners
  • Publicity: 5 Simple Steps to Craft an Effective Press Release for an Exhibition or Event
  • Publicity: Template Press Release for an Exhibition or Event
  • Publicity: Top Five Reasons a Media Campaign Doesn’t Work
  • Publicity: Using Visual Artists Ireland (VAI) services to enhance visibility and engagement
  • Setting up an Artist Group
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Archival and Longevity Qualities of Eco Materials in Art
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Detailed Actions
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Filtering Liquids for Reuse or Disposal
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Some Thoughts for Visual Artists
  • Sustainable Art Practices: Tips on Sourcing Materials
  • Undertaking Commissions
  • Working with What You’ve Got

Social Protection

  • Basic Income for The Arts Pilot Scheme
  • Pensions for Artists
  • Social Welfare Jobseeker’s Allowance

Featured Articles

Popular Articles
  • Artist Contact Checklist | Stay Visible, Stay Reachable
  • Advisory Note to Irish Artists Regarding Potential U.S. Tariffs and Import Regulations
  • Online galleries – Vanity Site or Outright Scam?
  • Publicity: Top Five Reasons a Media Campaign Doesn’t Work
  • Publicity: Using Visual Artists Ireland (VAI) services to enhance visibility and engagement
Newest Articles
  • Basic Income for The Arts Pilot Scheme
  • Brexit Information for Artists
  • Getting exhibitions.
  • Tax and Self-Employment
  • Visual Artists’ Access to Jobseeker’s Allowance – Social Welfare
Recently Updated Articles
  • Finding Exhibitions & Curators
  • Editioning Prints
  • Documenting Your Work
  • Available Funding for Artists
  • Artist Fees

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