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Thought for 2013: Spare a Thought for our Low Paid
The arts survive mostly on the backs of low paid people. We know many creative people in the arts are poorly paid, but under them are the Box Office, F-o-H, bars and catering, cleaning, docents, ushers and show staff paid minimum hourly rates, working part-time as required. While attenders love the artists they see, they also remind us that the whole experience is in their visit, and the personal service they get from the actual people they get to meet, selling them tickets, serving their…See More
Don’t be angry, take action
I wrote this for the UK's Arts Marketing Association.This article may make you angry, but please channel the energy from that into taking action.Once every 8 to 10 years, somewhere in the mainstream media in the UK, some correspondent decides to give the arts a kicking. I have observed this pattern for 40 years, and often a general election or some financial watershed appears to trigger the event. Next week, 5 December 2012, is the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on the budget, and austerity…See More
Don’t be angry, take action
I wrote this for the UK's Arts Marketing Association.This article may make you angry, but please channel the energy from that into taking action.Once every 8 to 10 years, somewhere in the mainstream media in the UK, some correspondent decides to give the arts a kicking. I have observed this pattern for 40 years, and often a general election or some financial watershed appears to trigger the event. Next week, 5 December 2012, is the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on the budget, and austerity…See More
"The Stage newspaper reports that Cluny Macpherson, Regional Director of ACE in Yorkshire, has instigated an internal review of the declarations of interest for the selection panel judging the applications for the Artists Taking the Lead project in…"
"Phil Wood writes: "It would seem Dame Liz is not in possession of all the facts. There was a formal complaint from one of the applicants - the Brazzmatazz project team. We met with Cluny Macpherson and others at ACE in Dewsbury on 20 January…"
"I decided to write on 16 September 2012 to Dame Liz Forgan, Chair of ACE to make the points in the blog above. I have now received a letter reply (snail mail) which, while agreeing with some of my points, focusses at the end on any criticism…"
"Carol Lee posted on her Facebook page today: http://www.facebook.com/CostumeCarol
In a report to Leeds City Council Cultural Partnership chaired by Clr John Proctor on 18 Feb 2010, where the Leeds Canvas bid was one of only two items discussed,…"
Anne-Marie Quigg left a comment for Anne-Marie Quigg"Thanks for the welcome. I have been following Carol Lee's story with a great deal of interest and was pleased to see your coverage. I also know all about people being too afraid to speak up – it has been an issue at the centre of my…"
"Welcome to Brand in your Hand. This tends to be a one way communication - more people contact me outside it than in - but I always hope more people will post and I encourage dialogue.
Roger"
"Some people in Yorkshire are obviously unwilling to go on the record to comment. One points out to me that if other local authorities in Yorkshire, possibly with their universities, had known they could apply and would not be excluded as the…"
Public scrutiny and transparency matters
Arts Council England ought to thank ArtsProfessional (Issue 257 September 2012 Page 5) for their balanced and measured report of Carol Lee’s complaint about the grant allocation process for the “Artists Taking the Lead” project in Yorkshire. (Links here: http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/Magazine/view.cfm?id=6474&issue=257) In a democracy like ours in the UK, it is essential that members…See More
Public scrutiny and transparency matters
Arts Council England ought to thank ArtsProfessional (Issue 257 September 2012 Page 5) for their balanced and measured report of Carol Lee’s complaint about the grant allocation process for the “Artists Taking the Lead” project in Yorkshire. (Links here: http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/Magazine/view.cfm?id=6474&issue=257) In a democracy like ours in the UK, it is essential that members…See More
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What Next? for you and me
I attended the first national convening about What Next? at the Palace Theatre in London on Monday (29 April 2013). The ‘organisers’ of what David Lan, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, was careful to describe as a “movement” and not an organisation, had done well, procuring over 20 venues in Central London for What Next? meetings that morning in their usual format of 20-30 people round a table. Then over 650 people gathered at the Palace Theatre for 1.30pm, the venue supportively loaned…
ContinuePosted by Roger Tomlinson on May 2, 2013 at 8:34
Thought for 2013: Spare a Thought for our Low Paid
The arts survive mostly on the backs of low paid people.
We know many creative people in the arts are poorly paid, but under them are the Box Office, F-o-H, bars and catering, cleaning, docents, ushers and show staff paid minimum hourly rates, working part-time as required. While attenders love the artists they see, they also remind us that the whole experience is in their visit, and the personal service they get from the actual people they get to meet, selling them tickets, serving…
ContinuePosted by Roger Tomlinson on December 31, 2012 at 12:30 — 1 Comment
Thought for 2013: Spare a Thought for our Low Paid
The arts survive mostly on the backs of low paid people.
We know many creative people in the arts are poorly paid, but under them are the Box Office, F-o-H, bars and catering, cleaning, docents, ushers and show staff paid minimum hourly rates, working part-time as required. While attenders love the artists they see, they also remind us that the whole experience is in their visit, and the personal service they get from the actual people they get to meet, selling them tickets, serving…
ContinuePosted by Roger Tomlinson on December 31, 2012 at 12:30
Don’t be angry, take action
I wrote this for the UK's Arts Marketing Association.
This article may make you angry, but please channel the energy from that into taking action.
Once every 8 to 10 years, somewhere in the mainstream media in the UK, some correspondent decides to give the arts a kicking. I have observed this pattern for 40 years, and often a general election or some financial watershed appears to trigger the event. Next week, 5 December 2012, is the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on the… Continue
This article may make you angry, but please channel the energy from that into taking action.
Once every 8 to 10 years, somewhere in the mainstream media in the UK, some correspondent decides to give the arts a kicking. I have observed this pattern for 40 years, and often a general election or some financial watershed appears to trigger the event. Next week, 5 December 2012, is the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on the… Continue
Posted by Roger Tomlinson on November 30, 2012 at 19:47
Public scrutiny and transparency matters
Arts Council England ought to thank ArtsProfessional (Issue 257 September 2012 Page 5) for their balanced and measured report of Carol Lee’s complaint about the grant allocation process for the “Artists Taking the Lead” project in Yorkshire. (Links here: http://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/Magazine/view.cfm?id=6474&issue=257)
In a democracy like ours in the UK, it is…
ContinuePosted by Roger Tomlinson on September 16, 2012 at 12:54 — 5 Comments
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