Dear artists and other types, Did you know that a new Art Decree is pushed through the parliament these weeks? After covid, it risks to push artists not forward, but…
Category: general
THIS IS NOT OUR DECREE
On March 13th, it will be one year since all culture was locked. Is there’s anything to celebrate? A few covid-waves later, the situation is still very similar: all doors…
THIS IS NOT “OUR” POLICY
8 maart 2021 This is not “our” policy Does Jan Jambon want to become the minister who nips artistic careers in the bud, or the minister who really takes artists…
DIT IS NIET ONS KUNSTENDECREET
8 maart 2021 Dit is niet ons decreet Wil Jan Jambon de minister worden die artistieke loopbanen in de kiem smoort, of de minister die kunstenaars echt serieus neemt als…
SOCIAL SECURITY
UNESCO: “Indeed, the largest subsidy to the arts comes not from government, patrons or the private sector, but from artists themselves in the form of unpaid or underpaid labour.” Fair Arts Almanac…
State of the Arts’ Almanac Session on Social Security Lunch
We all deserve a fully functioning system. One that gives us security and comfort by protecting our basic rights and needs. A system that offers wellbeing in the largest sense…
February: Social Security
An invitation to participate in a discussion and a collective assembling of suggestions in relation to the reform of the social security for artists! Fair Arts Almanac Session #2: SOCIAL SECURITY…
Reflection on Rest (by Nicolas Galeazzi)
I love the last entry in the common notepad of the TIME TO REST day, organised by SOTA on January 30th 2021. It’s a reference to the Josef Beuys’ galerist’s…
Call: Saturday 20th February we do culture, join!
Dear artist, cultural worker, cultural organisation, Do you agree that since the cultural sector was closed down again, it’s very silent? That the economic effect of the lockdown is not fairly…
New Arts Decree is cooking…..
and we’re cooking, too! NL Op de ministerraad van 18 december 2020 werd op voorstel van minister-president Jan Jambon de herziening van het Kunstendecreet voorgesteld. De Vlaamse Regering hecht haar…