Visual Arts Work: Key Research Findings and Future Directions

Join us for an industry focused forum that highlights the key implications of the three-year ARC funded project – Visual Arts Work. The project’s aim is to develop sustainable strategies for the Australian visual arts and craft sector. It included two sector wide surveys of both visual and craft artists and arts workers, together with extensive research and analysis has produced insights that are essential to the future of a sector that works for the benefit of all parties. 

We will hear from project team members, industry partners the National Association of Visual Arts and Australian Museums and Galleries Association and artist Madeleine Thornton-Smith. The event will share key project findings regarding artists’ and arts workers’ careers, incomes and working lives along with policy recommendations and proposed actions to contribute to a fairer, more equitable and a sustainable visual arts and craft sector.