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Ireland At Venice update [Edited 05/09/22]

July 6, 2022adminNo comments

  [Edited 05/09/22] ‘We acknowledge all the work that Temple Bar Gallery & Studios have done this year by improving the conditions for mediators at this year’s biennale and are pleased to hear that the workers are receiving an equivalent to the living wage for 26hrs work. This position was originally advertised in January as…

Praxis welcomes Basic Income for the Arts, demands clarity on oversight and disability supports

April 18, 2022adminNo comments

  Praxis: The Artists’ Union of Ireland are celebrating a policy success, as several changes put forward by our members to the Basic Income for the Arts scheme were implemented by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and the Gaeltacht. Regarding the aims of the scheme, we find that the focus has rightly shifted to…

PRAXIS 2022 AGM VOTES to campaign for ‘A Wage To Live On’

April 8, 2022adminNo commentsAGM

  April 2nd in Cork, union members gathered from across the island, with many contributing via Zoom, for the second Annual General Meeting of Praxis: The Artists Union of Ireland. The campaign that members most felt the need for was ‘A Wage To Live On’, which is to promote the Living Wage as a minimum…

Aramark Deal a ‘stain’ on The Reputation of The National Gallery of Ireland

March 3, 2022adminNo comments

  Aramark is an American corporation that operates three Direct Provision centres for the State in Cork, Clare and Westmeath, and are commercially involved in the US prison system and ICE. The Direct Provision system is an oppressive and dysfunctional migrant prison system which has successfully enriched private companies like Aramark over many years.  …

“Solidarity, fortitude, purpose, and hope” – New Year Statement from Praxis’ Chairperson, Kerry Guinan

December 30, 2021adminNo commentsStatement

  2021 has rewritten the story of artists in Ireland. Not just for the COVID-19 pandemic, and the wreckage it has made in our lives and work, but for the decision that you and 200 other artists made to join a trade union to change things for good. Artists have been in a state of…

The Artists’ Basic Income Guarantee Pilot Scheme

December 14, 2021admin2 commentsBasic Income, Policy Paper

  Praxis: The Artists Union of Ireland is calling for the wellbeing of artists to be the first priority of the new pilot for a Basic Income Guarantee Scheme for artists in Ireland. We welcome the proposed scheme, which we want to see permanently improve the living and working conditions of artists in Ireland. Artists…

Good Practice for Artists: Working Around Covid-19

December 12, 2021adminNo commentsCovid-19, Health & Safety

  The following bullet points are non-exhaustive and have been tailored for artists.    Since the pandemic began, we have witnessed the Arts sector come to a complete stand-still, on multiple occasions. As artists, we understand the frustration and the desire to return to a state of ‘normality’, however, we must demand a return to…

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We met with the Arts Council of Ireland

May 30, 2021adminNo comments

On the 24th of May, Praxis had its first meeting with the Arts Council of Ireland.   As part of our ongoing campaign to build an artist-led public funding applications system, Praxis’ Chairperson, Kerry Guinan, and Outreach Officer, Ruairí ó Donnabháin, met with Arts Council’s Director, Maureen Kennelly, and Strategic Development Manager, Toby Dennett. We…

What would CETA mean for artists?

May 27, 2021adminNo comments

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), similar to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the European Union–Mercosur agreement, is an EU free trade business agreement that was negotiated in secret between the EU and Canada over five years from 2009 to 2014. The European Parliament approved the deal in February 2017 and…

Artists’ Union Launches with Campaign against ‘Unfit for Purpose’ Arts Council Application Process

March 29, 2021adminNo commentsunion

Artists make Ireland a lively, cultural place to live and visit and their work should be properly valued. That is the message from Praxis: The Artists Union of Ireland, as they launch their new trade union on March 30th. Praxis was founded a year ago by a group of artists who came together to create…

What is a Trade Union?

March 29, 2021adminNo commentsunion

A trade union is a collective of workers, banding together to improve working conditions and pay, address safety concerns, discrimination or inequalities, provide work-related services to members and to give a voice to workers in an industry or workplace. Did you know? Artists were some of the first trade unionists. From the 12th century, artists…

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Who is Praxis? – Ireland’s Union for Artists

March 29, 2021adminNo commentsunion

In early 2020 (just before COVID-19 landed in Ireland), A4 Sounds in Dublin hosted a group of artists to participate in an experiment as part of their artistic programme ‘We Only Want the Earth.’ The experiment asked if a trade union model was feasible and desirable for artists in Ireland. To investigate, the artists involved…

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