COVID-19 has impacted the cultural sector in Leeds across the board, but it cannot be clearer that those who have suffered the most are artists.
One area that has repeatedly been discussed is in relation to contracting. Contracts have been broken, terms have not been understood and there are minimal training opportunities both for artists and organisations in relation to best practice in contracting.
East Street Arts have teamed up with Counter Culture to investigate potential solutions to this issue, and we are starting by asking artists and organisations what they might need in relation to contracting. This survey is one of the ways we are doing that.
If you do have five minutes to complete this survey we would massively appreciate it. Our ambition is to create an online contract that can be adopted by artists and organisations, accompanied by a series of resources, accessible formats, and training opportunities.
We hope that this will help artists and organisations to better work together, and avoid some of the complex issues we have faced during the pandemic in the future.
Other things!
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Commission
Decoder joins Guild with virtual residency 'Transition'
DECODER is an LGBTQIA+ artist-led organisation based in Cornwall (First est. as The Penthouse in Manchester 2012), led by...
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Artist support
Artists Commissioned for a new Art Hostel on Mabgate, Leeds
The Art Hostel will open its doors in April 2021.
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Neighbours
Shaping the Neighbourhood Forum in 2021
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Discussions
East Street Arts Recommends
Our Artistic Director Karen Watson recommends a series of books that she has read recently and discusses their consistent thread of how we can do better as a society.
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History
Past show: The Reality of Small Differences @ Inkwell Arts and Union 105
In response to the inaccessibility of a Grayson Perry tapestry exhibition at Temple Newsam, Leeds this exhibition of...
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Event
Guild Conversations: Artists and Data
Data expert Reema Vadoliya introduces three sessions about how artists and creative organisations can use data.