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…
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 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…
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…
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…
