Artists Make Change

About

Artists Make Change is a 12-month research and development project, carried out by a-n The Artist Information Company's Artist Council, designed to explore the role of the artist in society, and in particular to assess, and advocate for, how artists and art organisers can effectively work for change. The project aims to build an understanding of current contexts, to offer information and developmental support for artists, and, through a series of engaged, participatory activities, to find consensus, offer possibilities for and generate momentum to find more effective ways for artists to be considered as an integral part in shaping the future of the country.

Artists Make Change has grown from conversations within a-n The Artist Information Company's national Artist Council around how we can better support artists and art organisers to effectively work for change and how this work can be better heard and represented within a national conversation, not solely within the arts, but in wider society. We know that artists and arts workers can and do make change - within their local communities, within organisations, and by linking up with others to take part in or lead local, regional &s; national projects, campaigns, activism and direct action. We’d like to make this type of activity more apparent - to share with others how and why artists make change, to help artists take effective and productive steps to addressing the problems they see in society, and to advocate for artists as change-makers. We also want to highlight the gaps and what is missing - for example, it is rare that artists are involved in meaningful ways in policy making processes, we rarely hear of artists sitting on the boards of non-arts organisations, and we have never seen an artist as Minister of Culture (or in higher positions in the DCMS) in the UK.

Activities include

- Commissioned texts

- Video Case Studies

- Online Group Discussions

- Artist Interviews

- Advice sessions

- and More!!

Full details to be found at https://www.airspacegallery.org/index.php/amc