MAKER'S
MONEY
Investment
in Entry-Level Artists
A
draft proposal by Dave Duggan, dramatist and novelist, 3.2.2016
The
purpose of the
consultation by the Department of
Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland is
to seek views on how arts and culture can best promote equality and
tackle poverty and social exclusion: making arts and culture
available to everyone.
Maker's
Money is targeted investment in entry level artists, so they can make art. This meets the key focus of the consultation, which is the
benefit of arts and culture to individuals, while ensuring maximum
community benefit, value for money and public support. It assists the
future recognition of the artists, their work and its value. It will
enable artists to begin careers as practitioners, not facilitators,
in Northern Ireland. The investment will deliver equality, strengthen
the economy, contribute to the growth of the artistic workforce (a
vital element in the creative sector), enhance the tourism offer and
hearten us all, thus improving health and wellbeing.
Like
all investments, it is not without risk. Making this investment in a
confident manner, however, will enable artists, in particular new
ones, to respond actively and make work across all artistic forms.
Application and reporting can be minimal and not arduously
administrative for a sole trader. The investment programme should be
considered as long-term. Details would require working up, but, in
outline, could include:
-
An investment period of ten years, 2016-2026;
-
an investment pot of £10, 000 per year, allocated as £2, 000 each
for five individual
artists per year, no artist being eligible for two Maker's Money investments;
-
application is a one line statement of what the artist intends to
make in Northern Ireland, supported by
a brief cv of work previously made in Northern Ireland. As an
investment in entry-level
artists it is likely, but not necessary, that the investment would be
made to younger
practitioners. A receipt to confirm the investment has been received
into the
artist's bank account is the only reporting required.
The
programme budget of £100, 000 over ten years can be allocated as
part of the Department's overall budget in allocation models as used
by Invest NI and Strategic Investment Board. Consideration could also
be given to funds secured by the National Crime Agency in the form of
'assets recovered'. This investment programme would not replace SIAP
funding offered by ACNI.
In
enabling artists to make work using this investment the Vision of the
draft strategy, to offer everyone an equal opportunity to achieve
their aspirations and ambitions, while tackling social exclusion of
artists in a manner that tackles wider exclusions in society by new,
creative works and acts, can be delivered. The key theme of cultural
togetherness is made manifest when a society confidently invests in
makers who use their creativity and skills to make the work they wish
to make. These artists contribute to their own and society's
wellbeing through rich cultural expression, rooted in this place and
reaching far beyond it.
Dave
Duggan 3.2.2016
https://www.dcalni.gov.uk/consultations/consultation-strategy-culture-arts-2016-2026
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