#KeepArtInAction Leading Artists Call for Emergency Funding
Leading artists have joined calls for dedicated emergency funding for visual arts in Scotland as Scottish Contemporary Art Network launch new digital campaign #KeepArtInAction
“Scotland was once of the best places for contemporary artists to live and work and now without urgent support, it’s world-famous art scene is teetering on the brink,”
SCAN recently issued a set of proposals for a visual art emergency stimulus to the office of Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture.
These proposals include moves that SCAN believes would protect visual art organisations from immediate and medium-term insolvency, as well as safeguard and increase opportunities for commissioning and employment of freelance artists and creative practitioners.
“The crisis for visual artists might be harder to see than in other sectors. It doesn’t become visible through mass redundancies, but it is unemployment. Artists are signing on, there is a huge loss of freelance work. So many artists fell through the net on the assessment of freelance income through the government’s schemes.”
For more information visit SCAN’s Website and join the conversation on twitter using #KeepArtInAction