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AtHomeStudios | Next Meeting and Call for New Members

April 26, 2017

AtHomeStudios is currently looking for new members. AtHomeStudios is a collective of Visual Artists practicing from a studio that is based in their home.

The group meet regularly the new VAI Offices approximately every two months The meetings provide an opportunity for artists to engage in peer critique, gain feedback, socialise, share ideas and discuss common concerns.

If you are a professional artist who works from home, and would like to join AtHomeStudios please contact athomestudiosdublin@gmail.com

Next meeting is Tuesday 9 May, 10am -12 at the VAI Offices, 4 Oliver Bond St., Dublin 8. All welcome but spaces are limited so please RSVP to athomestudiosdublin@gmail.com.

For more information visit www.athomestudios.wordpress.com

What Next | Weekly meeting next Wednesday 12 October at 9am at Peacock Theatre Cafe, D1

October 1, 2016

what-next-ncfa

Next weeks’s What Next? meeting to discuss ways in which to move the campaign forward will take place on Wednesday 12 October at 9am. **Please note new location for the meeting**

It is open to anyone to attend, please help spread the word and invite all cultural practitioners and supporters of the arts.

For minutes from previous meetings see: ncfa.ie

Location:
Peacock Theatre Cafe
24 Abbey Street Lower,
Dublin 1

Topics Discussed at Meetings:

Progress of campaign
Engagement with TD’s
Ways of getting involved
Public engagement
Campaign message
Looking to international and national examples
Ways of involving the public and sector as a whole
Campaign films
Enlisting expert advice
Culture 2025 consultations
NCFA constituency reps
Plans for moving forward

What Next | Weekly meeting next Wednesday 29 July at 9am

July 19, 2016

what-next-ncfa Next weeks’s What Next? meeting to discuss ways in which to move the campaign forward will take place on Wednesday 27th of July at 9am.

To facilitate and help inform a meeting between the NCFA steering committee and Q4 PR, next weeks meeting will be at the earlier time of 8am in the Visual Artists Ireland offices.

It is open to anyone to attend, please help spread the word and invite all cultural practitioners and supporters of the arts.

Location:
VAI
7-9 Central Hotel Chambers,
Dame Court,
Dublin 2

Topics Discussed at Meetings:

Progress of campaign
Engagement with TD’s
Ways of getting involved
Public engagement
Campaign message
Looking to international and national examples
Ways of involving the public and sector as a whole
Campaign films
Enlisting expert advice
Culture 2025 consultations
NCFA constituency reps
Plans for moving forward

What Next? | Weekly meeting next Wednesday 06 July, 8.30am

July 1, 2016

what-next-ncfa Next weeks’s What Next? meeting to discuss ways in which to move the campaign forward will take place on Wednesday 6th of July at 8.30am to 10am. The meeting is open to cultural practitioners from all disciplines and supporters of the arts.

Location:
VAI
7-9 Central Hotel Chambers,
Dame Court,
Dublin 2

Wednesday 6 July, 8.30am

Discussed at meeting on 29 June:

Dáil debate on 22nd June

motion passed
volume of media coverage
full visitor gallery
interesting comments from TD’s

Getting involved

setting up email templates for contacting TD’s
contacting NCFA if meeting arranged with TD for support
getting involved in local NCFA constituency groups
getting involved with your local Strategic Policy Committee

Campaign Film

Jenny Keogh has offered to volunteer her services to make a campaign film and is open to suggestions for personal stories of the influence and impact of culture on the lives of individuals. Contact Jenny by email on jennykeoghfilms@gmail.com

Discussed at meeting on 22 June:

Recognition of the value of culture in:
– Policy
– Status of the artist
– Art in Education

Difficulties faced by all artists in securing equitable payment and how this might be changed
– Solidarity on Payment Guidelines. Non compliance with unfair conditions (exhibitions/institutions that don’t pay artist fees)
– Acknowledgement of exhibitions/institutions that comply with Artist Payment Guidelines
– Lobby Arts Council and local authorities to adopt an evaluation system to asses organisations in receipt of funding on their compliance to Payment Guidelines

Tourist Tax / Patronage Tax
– Should Ireland implement a Tax on Bed Nights, a system used in many EU countries (France, Germany, Italy and more)
– Visual Artists Ireland shows that the introduction of a tourist tax could raise over an additional 48,000,000 Euro for the cultural sector based on CSO statistics issued for bed nights in 2015

Dáil debate on the Arts to take place on 22nd June at 4.30, expectation of high attendance of cultural practitioners in the visitor gallery

Future What Next? meetings
– see if there is interest in alternating the times of the meetings every two weeks, 8.30am one week, 6.30pm the following
– Aim to have monthly meetings in a larger public space
– part of the monthly meeting to allow a platform for representatives from different cultural backgrounds to detail issues specific to visual art/theatre/dance/music/literature in order to find common ground and clarify message

Discussed at meeting on 15 June:

Public Engagement:

How the campaign can galvanise the support of the public to communicate the value of our culture to government and connect across cultural disciplines.
Open discussion about plans for the coming weeks and months.
Political Updates:

NCFA Constituency reps have been meeting with TD’s in their regions and it is having an impact.
On Tuesday 14 June, NCFA met with Brendan Howlin, Joan Burton and Kevin Humphreys. Following this, Mr. Howlin has since secured the agreement of the Taoiseach that the draft cultural strategy (Culture 2025) will be referred to the Oireachtas Committee for debate and amendment prior to finalisation.
Fianna Fail have put forward a motion on Arts to be discussed in the Dail next Tuesday evening (21/06)

What Next? | Weekly NCFA Meeting | Wednesday 22 June

June 15, 2016

The next NCFA meeting to discuss ways in which to move the campaign forward will take place on Wednesday 22nd of June at 8.30am to 10am. The meeting is open to cultural practitioners from all disciplines and supporters of the arts.

Location:
VAI
7-9 Central Hotel Chambers,
Dame Court,
Dublin 2

Discussed at meeting on 15 June:

Public Engagement:

How the campaign can galvanise the support of the public to communicate the value of our culture to government and connect across cultural disciplines.
Open discussion about plans for the coming weeks and months.

Political Updates:

NCFA Constituency reps have been meeting with TD’s in their regions and it is having an impact.
On Tuesday 14 June, NCFA met with Brendan Howlin, Joan Burton and Kevin Humphreys. Following this, Mr. Howlin has since secured the agreement of the Taoiseach that the draft cultural strategy (Culture 2025) will be referred to the Oireachtas Committee for debate and amendment prior to finalisation.
Fianna Fail have put forward a motion on Arts to be discussed in the Dail next Tuesday evening (21/06)

About NCFA:
Established in 2009 as a response to the McCarthy Report, The National Campaign for the Arts is a nationwide, volunteer-led, grass roots movement that makes the case for the Arts in Ireland. The NCFA’s pre-election manifesto included calls on the government to:

Commit to increasing annual investment in Arts and Culture to 0.3% of GDP, taking us half way to the European average
Publish the cultural policy document Culture 2025 in draft form for interrogation by the Oireachtas Arts Committee.
Maintain on an annual basis, the €50 million allocated to the Department of Arts for 2016 commemorations, and ring-fence it for The Arts Council and The Irish Film Board.
Implement tax efficiencies/strategies to stimulate corporate and philanthropic giving
Create a new Arts fund from National Lottery funds.
Appoint an expert panel of Artists/Cultural Managers to function as Policy and Strategy Advisors to the Minister and the Department.

#WhatNext4Arts | Full House at NCFA Meeting Last Thursday | Next Meeting 15 June

June 10, 2016

NCFA hosted a public meeting for the arts community in Project Arts Centre on Thursday 9 June. The purpose of the meeting was to create a forum to discuss recent issues concerning the arts sector and to consider the viability of the setting up of a movement similar to What Next?

What Next? is a national movement of arts and cultural organisations, artists, funders, policy makers, institutions, and individuals in the UK who come together regularly to articulate and strengthen the role of culture in society.

Speakers at the event included Hannah Bird (National Movement Lead, What Next?) and Brian Sheehan (Co-Director, YES Equality). The event was chaired by Jo Mangan and Maria Schweppe and generated a productive conversation with many important points being raised from the audience.

The general consensus was that we need to communicate a clear and positive message to galvanise the support of the public and the sector as a whole. This should include all cultural practitioners not just those in receipt of public funding. It was acknowledged that while increased funding of the arts sector will be part of the goal of the current campaign, the main task will be to bridge the gap of understanding and articulate the value of culture as a vital, intrinsic part of our society, experienced and owned by all.

Video footage of the event can be viewed here: www.periscope.tv/Campaign4Arts/1RDxlOlrlOoJL

The tag #‎whatnext4arts‬ is trending updates and opinions on the topic.

What Next Meeting Wednesday 15 June, 8.30am

The next meeting will take place in Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 8.30am – 10.00am, on the 15 June to discuss ways in which to move the campaign forward, in particular ‘how to get the public to advocate for the value of the arts.’

There will be no speakers at this meeting and it is open to anyone to attend. It is hoped that this will be the first of weekly meetings for members of the arts and culture community to attend.

Join the Facebook event for updates: www.facebook.com/events/

Arts Council: ‘New Strategy for the Arts in 2015’

November 27, 2014

arts_council_logo At its November plenary meeting, the Arts Council agreed a process to develop its new strategy for the arts in 2015. The move follows the publication of Inspiring Prospects, the Arts Council’s strategic review, which was presented to the June plenary meeting. The Council said it would begin this process over the coming weeks.

Also at the November plenary meeting, and in response to feedback from artists and arts organisations as well some of the proposals in Inspiring Prospects, the Arts Council resolved to develop a new funding framework and assessment system for 2016/17, linked to the new strategy. The new system is intended to be more transparent, and is aimed at achieving better outcomes for Arts Council funding and development initiatives.

The Council also welcomed the presentation of insights from the recent qualitative group research, conducted by Pathfinder on its behalf, which will be presented in Galway and Dublin later this month.

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First results of our meetings during the Venice Biennale

June 20, 2011

On Thursday we will have our decisive meeting with ArtQuest about future collaborations and partnerships. “Artquest provides critical engagement and practical support to London’s visual artists and craftspeople, working with practitioners in London throughout their careers.”

Following detailed discussions about partnering, VAI and Artquest are now investigating how to take the wealth of information contained within both organisations to create a cross pollinated information source, supported by a professional development programme that can provide artists with the skills and confidence that they need to survive in the present economic climate. This project is part of VAI’s 2011 programme which is addressing the widening of support structures so that professional visual artists will feel less isolated.

More about the project later. Check our twitter account for updates on the meeting.

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