Best Practice for Artists and Publicly Funded Galleries

Best Practice for Artists and Publicly Funded Galleries:
Discussion document now open for comment

All members of the Australian visual arts and craft industry are invited to provide comment on any sections of the text and on any matters you consider relevant. Sections of the documents have been numbered so that you can respond by quoting the section number and then making your comments.

The aims of the project are:

For artists: to provide a comprehensive picture of the not for profit publicly funded galleries section of the industry and the relationship parameters that may be offered, assisting artists to negotiate fair returns and conditions within the marketplace.

For galleries: to provide not for profit publicly funded galleries and their governing bodies with benchmarks for acceptable practice in their dealings with living Australian professional artists.

NEW DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: 31 August 2007. Please send comments to merrilee@visualarts.net.au

Read the Call for Comment - includes how you can respond.

Read the full document

Read in sections:

Section A – Mapping the sector

A.1 Introduction

A.2 Types of publicly funded galleries

A.3 Types of exhibitions in publicly funded galleries

Section B – Proposed Codes and explanatory texts

B.1 Key terms

B.2 Best practice for exhibitions in publicly funded galleries

B.3 Best practice for selling art and craft in publicly funded galleries

B.4 Code of Ethics for publicly funded galleries.

Best Practice for Artists and Publicly Funded Galleries is a joint initiative of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and Museums Australia, funded by the Gordon Darling Foundation.

You may also be interested in reading NAVA's report into the payment of artists' fees by publicly funded galleries - go here

and Fees and Wages from the Code of Practice which outlines recommended minimum artists' fees.