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STATUS OF THE ARTIST IN THE INTERNATIONAL
ARENA
The following information
is taken from two reports which form part of a series generated
by Arts Council England's programme of research to support
its commitment to the individual artist, creator or maker.
A key concern for those working to support individual artists
is their engagement with the tax and benefits systems. The
first report provides a comparative examination of tax and
social security policies in a number of countries; the second
limits its ambit to an examination within the United Kingdom.
Arts Council England is the national development agency for
the arts; the extracts are reproduced with permission of Arts
Council England.
1. Clare McAndrew: Artists, taxes and benefits:
an international review (December 2002).
A comparative review of the main features of tax and social
security policies affecting artists in Australia, Canada,
Denmark, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. The complete
report is available at
www.artscouncil.org.uk/information/publication_detail.php?browse=recent&id=132.
2. Sheila Galloway, Robert Lindley, Rhys Davies and Fiona
Sheibl: A balancing act: artists' labour markets
and the tax and benefit systems (December 2002);
a study carried out by the Warwick Institute for Employment
Research and the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal
and Research, University of Warwick.
This report presents findings from a series of focus groups
with practicing artists, exploring in a qualitative way their
experiences of employment in artistic practice and other fields.
It is one of two related research projects carried out in
2002 for the Arts Council of England by the Warwick Institute
(the Arts Council of England became Arts Council England in
2003). The complete report is available at
www.artscouncil.org.uk/information/publication_detail.php?browse=recent&id=124.
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